Smart Building Automatic Control Systems, What Criteria Should You Choose?
Why is smart building automatic control gaining attention now? Have you ever thought about this? Like wondering if you can achieve both a comfortable indoor environment and sustainable energy efficiency simultaneously. Smart building automatic control technology has undergone innovative advancements in recent years, capturing the interest of many. How did such advanced technology come to occupy a significant position in traditional buildings? The answer lies in a fundamental change in how buildings are operated.
The purpose of smart building automatic control systems is to optimize and automate various building functions to enhance energy efficiency and maximize user convenience. Through this, not only economic effects but also environmental protection can be achieved. Especially as energy consumption and carbon emission reduction become global topics, the adoption of intelligent systems beyond simple control is no longer optional but essential. This presents a new paradigm in building management and secures its place as a key element of future urban environments.
What Functions Are Included?
The functions provided by smart building automatic control systems are very extensive, aiming for an integrated management solution beyond simple control. For example, in a smart building, lighting and temperature can be automatically controlled to save energy. At the core of these functions is the BAS (Building Automation System). BAS integrates and controls major facilities within the building, such as boilers, air conditioners, lighting, power, heating, and cooling, supported by an intuitive scafa UI-based 2D/3D interface for efficient management. With controllers capable of expanding up to 160 Tags, Modbus (RTU/TCP) communication, scheduling, and self-diagnosis functions, it ensures system stability and flexibility.
Additionally, it analyzes data in real-time to manage air quality and safety within the building. Alongside this, the BEMS (Building Energy Management System) analyzes and predicts the building’s energy usage, supporting efficient energy management and cost analysis. It enables real-time monitoring of various energy sources such as electricity, gas, heating, hot water, lighting, and air quality, making performance analysis against goals possible. Especially in an era where ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) management becomes important, BEMS secures its position as a key platform for corporate sustainability. Research cases indicating significant energy usage reduction upon BEMS system implementation are also being published.
One of the core technologies for such energy savings is the invert+ (Inverter-Based Energy Saving System). Compared to a regular inverter, it shows an efficiency improvement of 12% to 28% at a load rate and reduces losses by up to 75% in no-load situations. Proprietary technology that minimizes fixed and dynamic loss especially achieves high efficiency in partial load areas (83% efficiency at an average load rate of 12%), contributing significantly to actual energy savings. An energy management expert evaluated this by saying,
“The efficiency and loss reduction in partial load areas is a testament to exceptional technological prowess.”
Smart building automatic control systems offer energy optimization solutions beyond simple control, and through scafa (Integrated Control Platform), they support integrated optimal maintenance management of building facilities including PMS (Facility Management), PRC (Process Control), PQMA (Power Quality Analysis), and MCSA (Motor Diagnosis).
What Changes Do Users Actually Feel?
At a company that installed smart building automatic control systems, many employees noted significant improvements in their work environment.
“With temperature and lighting automatically adjusted, an environment conducive to concentration on work was created.”
They said. This technology not only increases user convenience but also has a direct positive impact on work efficiency. A comfortable and stable environment increases employee satisfaction, which in turn leads to improved productivity.
Users positively rate the changes experienced in their daily lives with the introduction of these systems. Summarizing real user reviews as follows:
★★★★★ – Comfortable environment, energy savings, convenient management.
In this manner, smart building automatic control systems simultaneously offer operational efficiency and cost savings for building managers, and optimal comfort and safety for building users. Especially, the integrated operation of advanced BAS/BEMS allows for control and data analysis from a single UI, significantly reducing management complexity. Also, environment-optimized expandable designs support flexible expansion of tags, input/output modules, enabling customized solutions for any environment.
The credibility of these systems is assured through various domestic and international certifications such as the K Mark, Q Mark, Superior Product Procurement, and Green Technology Certification, as well as having passed 16 international tests like UL, GS, and BTL AWS/BC, ISO. With 19 registered Korean patents and U.S./China/Japan patents complete, along with a T2 grade in SME technology evaluation, distinct technological competitive advantages are proven. Extensive delivery records in over 600 instances in culture, education, medical, defense, exhibition/research, and public facilities, especially focused on public institutions, demonstrate strong reliability and experience in delivery.
Future Prospects and Application Possibilities
Smart building automatic control technology is expected to be applied in increasingly more buildings in the future. Especially in residential buildings, there will be active movements to utilize these technologies to enhance quality of life. As the significance of BEMS (Building Energy Management System) gains prominence globally, many countries such as Korea, Japan, the European Union (EU), Singapore, and the UAE (Dubai) are mandating or planning phased expansion of BEMS installation. This will be a major driver for BAS market expansion, boosting the growth potential of smart building automatic control systems.
The likelihood of mandatory BEMS is increasing in countries like China, Australia, Canada, India, Malaysia, and Thailand, expanding opportunities for overseas market entry. Intelligent control systems based on the Fourth Industrial Revolution, integrating AI and big data technology, will evolve into more sophisticated energy prediction and control systems. Strengthened by domestic procurement experiences, enhancing overseas competitiveness of K-certified products, and exploring public procurement entry into Southeast Asia and the Middle East markets is a notable growth strategy for companies.
This can reduce energy usage across entire cities and contribute to creating a sustainable environment. AI and data-driven energy prediction and control system R&D will be the core direction of future smart building automatic control technology, preparing for even greater innovation.
Thus, smart building automatic control systems are becoming crucial elements that harmoniously connect technology, environment, and human life. We hope more people can enjoy these benefits.
Smart building automatic control systems are key technologies that can achieve not only energy efficiency but also user-centered environment management. KDC, in line with this trend, presents the stability and scalability of the smart building market based on advanced BAS and BEMS integrated technology.
