Smart Building

The building becomes an ecosystem.

NSB connects equipment, data and use to create buildings that are easier to operate, more responsive and able to evolve.

Intelligence distributed throughout the building
Our vision

A building should be more than a collection of technologies.

It should work as a whole.
Lighting, comfort, security, access, energy and building services deliver their full potential when they can exchange information and act in coordination.

Functions

Understand. Automate. Monitor.

Smart Building brings the building’s useful functions together in a coherent architecture. Every automated action should meet a real user need or operational objective.

Monitoring

Centralise status, controls, technical alarms and relevant information to provide a clear view of the building.

Automation

Adapt operation to occupancy, schedules, measured conditions and the scenes defined for the project.

Energy management

Measure consumption, track trends and use available information to support better control.

Comfort

Coordinate lighting, temperature, shading and other functions to adapt spaces to their users.

Technical alarms

Send faults and important status information to suitable interfaces to support a prompt response and easier operation.

Adaptability

Plan an open architecture that can support changes of use and future building extensions.

Sense · Connect · Control

From information to action.

The building senses what is happening, shares information between systems, then turns it into actions, automation and operational decisions.

SENSE

Occupancy, temperature, light, access, consumption and equipment status.

CONNECT

Enable technologies to communicate and create a shared architecture.

CONTROL

Automate, control, monitor and adapt the building.

Monitoring

A clear view of the building.

Operation

The right information, at the right level.

Effective monitoring is not about displaying everything. It should reveal the information that helps users understand the building’s status, take action and plan ahead.

Status Functions & equipment
Alerts Faults & events
Data Measurements & trends
Centralise

Bring several systems together in a coherent view.

Prioritise

Present information according to users’ and operators’ needs.

Act

Enable useful controls and adjustments without exposing technical complexity.

Applications

Intelligence tailored to the project.

A home, office, shop and commercial building have different objectives. The architecture must start with the specific uses and constraints of each project.

Residential

Comfort, simplicity and control.

Coordinate the home’s functions while retaining intuitive use and discreet technology.

Commercial & professional

Operation, performance and adaptability.

Monitor useful functions, simplify operation and adapt the building to occupancy and changing business needs.

Technical architecture

Enable systems to communicate.

NSB selects and organises technologies according to project requirements. The aim is a durable, interoperable architecture, not a building locked into an accumulation of independent solutions.

KNX

An open architecture to coordinate many building functions.

DALI

Advanced lighting management and integration into scenes and automation.

IP & networks

Communication infrastructure for systems, interfaces and connected equipment.

Gateways

Interfaces between protocols and ecosystems where the project requires them.

NSB · KNX CERTIFIED Design, integration, programming and commissioning.
Project example

Commercial building

A Smart Building architecture can bring comfort, lighting, shading, energy measurements and technical alarms together within a monitoring interface suited to operational needs.

KNX DALI Monitoring Energy Comfort Alarms
SENSE Occupancy
measurements
status
CONNECT Systems
protocols
data
CONTROL Automation
monitoring
operation
Design & support

Intelligence is designed from the earliest project stages.

NSB gets involved early to define requirements, design the systems architecture, anticipate interfaces between trades, support technology choices, and deliver integration, programming and commissioning.

Clients & businesses

Build a solution suited to use, operation and future development.

Architects & engineering consultants

You imagine the space. We design the intelligence that brings it to life.