HEA1 – VISUAL COMFORT – MAX. 4 CREDITS
OBJECTIVE – To ensure that daylighting, artificial lighting and occupant controls are considered at design stage to deliver best practice visual performance and comfort for building occupants.
Disabling glare through building layout and/or design:
- Provision of shading systems with possibility to control
Shading control for all ‘relevant building areas’:
- Areas where lighting and resultant glare could be problematic for users
- Workstations, projector screens
Internal lighting is zoned to allow for occupant control
ABB category
Energy metering*
Entry Door System
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
Connectivity with BMS**
Ranges of wiring devices and installation materials***
KNX building automation
ABB SMART BUILDINGS SOLUTIONS
(*) Applicable to switchable installations (not purely for monitoring or other purposes). All metering devices (except CMS and EV meters) have digital outputs that can act to control an on/off switch. Control can be carried out via timers (AG timers, DBT timers) and via twilight switches (TL line). Regulation is not possible.
(**) The FusionAir room sensor provides a user interface for lighting control; the strategies of the Cylon series controllers may include the management of lighting schedules.
(***) Millennium dimmers are manually operated and do not take external factors into account.
HEA2 – INDOOR AIR QUALITY – MAX. 5 CREDITS
OBJECTIVE – To recognise and encourage a healthy internal environment through specification and installation of appropriate ventilation, equipment and finishes.
Assessment criteria:
Ventilation
- Good practice guide for ventilation
- Sufficient distance between air intake and air exhaust
- CO₂ or indoor air quality sensors
Natural ventilation strategy
ABB category
Energy metering
Entry Door System
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning*
Connectivity with BMS**
Ranges of wiring devices and installation materials***
KNX building automation****
ABB SMART BUILDINGS SOLUTIONS
(*) Control of thermal comfort, indoor air quality, energy efficiency
(**) The controllers, associated strategies and associated FusionAir sensors are designed to include ventilation / IAQ control
(***) Millennium KNX thermostats: control ventilation via HVAC
(****) Fan Coil controller, Fan actuator and HVAC controllers likewise
HEA4 – THERMAL COMFORT – MAX. 3 CREDITS
OBJECTIVE – To ensure that appropriate levels of thermal comfort are achieved through design and suitable controls are selected to maintain a thermally comfortable environment for occupants.
Assessment criteria:
- Thermal zoning and controls
- Zones within the building and how building services can heat or cool these zones efficiently and appropriately
- Occupant control is required for these zones
ABB category
Energy metering
Entry Door System
Heating, ventilation and air conditioning
Connectivity with BMS*
Ranges of wiring devices and installation materials**
KNX building automation*
ABB SMART BUILDINGS SOLUTIONS
(*) Thermostats, HVAC controllers and similar devices can regulate the temperature on a room-by-room basis
(**) Millennium KNX thermostats control ventilation via the HVAC system
