Building Controls: An Introduction

Overview

Building controls play a vital role in buildings - from keeping people safe and increasing productivity/wellbeing, to achieving organisational and societal objectives such as reducing carbon and saving energy.

Building controls are so important when it comes to providing measurable data, whether it be on CO2 levels, humidity, Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), fine dust, temperature and system performance.

Recognising the data and understanding what the data means and how it can be used is a game-changer for better performing buildings. 

This course will equip you with the knowledge and appreciation of building controls and how they can be applied successfully within buildings.  

Learning aims

• Appreciate the fundamentals of building controls, including terminology, systems, standards. 
• Recognise how building controls can be used to achieve organisational objectives.
• Understand how data is collected by building control systems and how that data can be acted upon.

Who should attend

This course is suitable for facility, project and commercial managers, sales staff, general construction and maintenance personnel who require an appreciation of how and why building controls are important and how they can be implemented successfully within a building. No prior knowledge is required.

Course content

• Why we need building controls.
• Building Management Systems overview, component parts, equipment and operation.
• Control applications - controls, compensation, optimisation, dhws, air handling unit plant and equipment.
• Control for comfort.
• Lighting terminology, components, influence on wellbeing.
• Legislation and regulation.
• Building energy management, data collection, monitoring and targeting.
• Integrated systems, fire, security, access.
• Security of Building Management Systems.
• Commissioning of control systems.
• Management of building control systems, post occupancy evaluation and maintenance of controls.
• Building performance considerations.

Lecturer

John Marrow
John has worked in the Building Services industry for over 30 years.  He delivers a range of services including Technical Building Services and Applications.  Sales, Project Management and Leadership Development Training.  Read John's full profile. 

Course details

1 day course 

6 CPD hrs

BSRIA Certified Course

Delegates will be provided with a complementary copy of the BSRIA Guide BG 83/2023 Guide to Controls.

Please be advised this course requires a minimum of 5 delegates.  Should we receive fewer bookings, BSRIA reserves the right to amend your booking to the next available date.