thermokon & easy sens

Sensors

for energy efficient

buildings

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PortraitFounded in 1988 by Harald Zygan

Thermokon Sensortechnik GmbHMittenaar / Germany (headquarters)

Thermokon Elektronik Components GmbHStockerau near Vienna / Austria

Thermokon-Danelko Elektronik ABÄngelholm / Sweden

Thermokon Polska Spolka z o.o.Jelenia Gora / Poland

Distributors within Europe, the United States

and Russia

2008 figures:

approx 100 employees at all 4 locations

Turnover > 15 Mio EUR

Export ~ 45 %

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Total Germany

Total Export

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Thermokon – Turnover

Export 24,6% Export 41,8%

Export 42,6%

Export 48%

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Thermokon – Product Mix

I/O-Modul 2%

Air Quality & CO2

4%

Room Operating

17%

Humidity 11%

EasySens 13%

Cable sensor 19%

Duct-/Immersion

11%

Multisensor 2%

Pipe contact

6%Outdoor 4%

BuschJaeger 1%

pressure 4%

Screw-In 4%

Lux-Level/

motion 2%

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Thermokon – Growth

0,00 €

500.000,00 €

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3.000.000,00 €

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Duct/Immersion

Room OperatingPanels

WRF 08

EasySens

Humidity

Cable sensors

Air Quality & CO2

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Focus on Strengths

· Specialised in sensor components for the building control technology

· Sensors (temperature, rel. humidity, brightness, motion, air quality, CO2, pressure)

· Room operating panels in individual design and customized panels

· EasySens (battery- and wireless system)

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Products

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LON, Modbus, Bacnet

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Design & Technic

Designed for most standard

50x50mm frames, i.e.

– Merten M-Arc, M-Plan, M-Smart

– Gira E2, Event, Esprit, ST55

Thermokon ECOS

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Habitat: Office buildings

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Offices, commercial buildings

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Monuments, refurbishment

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Typical Office Space

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MainsLAN

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LON

Energy harvesting: motion

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Moving (rotating)

magnet induces

current in

surrounding coils.

Energy ~ n * rpmn = number of windings

rpm = speed of magnet

(size & magnet = const)

Energy harvesting: motion

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Switches

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Energy harvesting: ambient light

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• Ambient light > 50 lux powers sensor

• 3h charging at 200 lux provides enough energy for 14h in total darkness

• Fully charged devices survive more than 3 days in total darkness

What is lux ?

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cd*sr

m2

lm

m21lx = 1 = 1 All clear ??

1m

~1 lx

Typical Illumination Intensities

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School• Blackboard 500 - 1000 lx

• General class room 300 - 500 lx

Office Building• PC workplace 200 - 500 lx

• Conference room 300 - 700 lx

• Corridor 50 - 100 lx

Hotel• Reception 300 - 700 lx

• Restaurant 150 - 300 lx

• Staircase 50 - 150 lx

Efficiency = fast & no overhead

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• No overhead, 14 byte only

• High speed transmission (« 1ms)

• Randomly timed multiple transmissions

t

t

Sensor 1

Sensor 2

Sensor 1

Sensor 2

Cyclic and/or adhoc transmision

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information transmission

Temperature cyclic

Setpoint cyclic

Occupancy button adhoc

Fan stage setting cyclic

Cyclic:

if value has changed since last

transmission, cycle time is 100s.

If unchanged, cycle time is ~ 16 min.

Physics – signal damping

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• Signal damping when

propagating though

walls

• Damping depends on

material and water

content

• Furnitures damp as

well !

Radio range in building:

20-30m typ.

Effective path lenght - multipath

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LON

wireless, no batteries

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0..10V, relay out

sensors / transmitters gateways / receivers

Ethernet, RS485

DDC

USB

Why not use a battery ?

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55 floors

more than 100 tenants

13000 lights and blinds

4200 switches

„Battery based radio systems are

cheaper“

„Battery life is up to 7 years according

to datasheet !“

Question:

Which switch will determine the

replacement interval ?

Room-Controller

0–10V and relay outputs

Communicating BMS

Transceivers (Bidirectional commnunicating radio)

Thermostat controller / hotel application

Window contact

Illumination, dimming / blinds & shutters

Fireplace / kitchen exhaust

Initial situation

• 27 guest rooms in each building (2 stories)

• No individual temperature control in the guest rooms

• Floor heating

• No automation: manual manifolds

• Hot rooms in winter

• Temperature controlled by clocked boiler modulating the flow temperature

• High average annual consumption:

150 kWh/m²

Concept for first building

• LON network

• Each room to be equiped with:

– LON Room thermostat

• Outdoor temperature sensor to

control flow temperature

• Integrate existing central heating

boiler

• Add electrothermal valves to floor

heating manifold

EasySens Window contacts

• Connect room automation to

booking management system

• Thermal metering

Energy consumption

[kWh]

2006

Se

pte

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Octo

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r

No

vem

be

r

De

ce

mb

er

Average building #1 &2

(no automation)8398 7947 13650 18474

Building #3

(with automation)2892 4919 7924 8977

Savings [kWh] 5506 3028 5726 9497

Savings [%] 65,5% 38,1% 41,9% 51,4%

Results after step 1

Prof. Achim Heidemann, University Albstadt-Sigmaringen

Energy

consumption

[kWh] 2007

Jan

ua

ry

Fe

bru

ary

Ma

rch

Ap

ril

Ma

y

Jun

e

July

Building #1

(no automation) 15423 11293 15696 11056 10325 3737 4753

Average Building

#2&3

(with

automation)

7341 4864 6990 1585 645 497 599

Savings [kWh]8082 6429 8706 9471 9680 3240 4154

Savings [%] 52,4% 56,9% 55,5% 85,7 % 93,7 % 86,7 % 87,4 %

Results after step 2

Prof. Achim Heidemann, University Albstadt-Sigmaringen

Cost (2006)

• Energy savings > 60% (!) compared to initial state.

• Cost of room automation per guest house:

40.000 EUR

• Estimated annual savings per guest house:

85.000 kWh ~ 8500 l oil

~ 8500 m3 gas

~ 5.500 EUR

• Significantly improved guest comfort

• Integration of booking system and Web based visualisation: 45.000 EUR

Cost / BoM

• 13 room thermostates with

setpoint adjuster SR04P

• 26 window contacts SRW-01

• 2 heating controller for 8 zones

SRC-DO8

• 3 bidirectional LON-Gateways

STC65-FTT

Annual energy savings

1656,59

2028,00

592,00

888,00

5164,59

ca. 5500,00

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35756 Mittenaar, Germany

Tel.: +49 2772/6501-0

Fax: +49 2772/6501-400

EMail: [email protected]

Internet: http://www.thermokon.de

Thank you very much

for your attention !

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