A property equipped with a Technical Management System for Building Facilities (SGTE), is one that has a set of instruments that perform an automation function for various purposes, such as energy management, control and activation of receivers centrally or remotely, emergency and security systems in buildings, automatic security systems. lifting doors, blinds, awnings, commercial closures, air conditioning regulation systems and other devices, which have specific requirements included in the applicable European Directives in accordance with the provisions of article 6 of the Low Voltage Electrotechnical Regulation.
These SGTE according to their scope of application are called as Home automation and building automation.
The home automation It is the set of technologies applied to the control and intelligent automation of the home, which allows efficient management of energy use, providing security and comfort, as well as communication between the user and the system.
The Inmotics, for its part, is the set of technologies applied to the control and automation of hotels, shopping centers, schools, hospitals, universities and tertiary buildings.
Therefore, the main differences between home automation and Inmotics, as we can extract, are the following:
– Surface on which they are implanted.
– Applications and uses.
As a consequence, home automation is more oriented towards the products of a home, as home appliances, blinds, air conditioning systems, light bulbs, etc. Its main objective being, above all, to generate maximum comfort in the house, communication between the system and the people who live there and, of course, optimize and reduce energy consumption, with the consequent savings on bills.
Inmotics, on the other hand, is more oriented towards optimization of energy consumption on a large scale and its objective is to achieve maximum fit, energy and money savings, and efficiency in building management.
The technology required for the implementation of a home automation or building automation system must maintain a balance between simplicity, versatility and cost. Thus, the general qualities that these systems must have are the following:
– Flexibility. Flexibility allows you to make modifications, expansions or adapt to new technologies or needs more easily. Flexibility is obtained by leaving room for future expansions, allowing the installation of modular subsystems, using open and standard protocols.
– Accessibility. Accessibility is related to the ease of access and use of the system by any type of person, especially those who have a disability or are elderly.
– Simplicity. Simplicity is defined in opposition to complexity. A simple system is more reliable than a complex one, it has a lower probability of failure.
– Without maintenance. One of the design objectives is that the system requires as little maintenance as possible and that, if necessary, access to sensitive parts of the installation is easy.
The ultimate goal of home automation is to make the user's life easier. In this sense, all situations that alter the patient's lifestyle or represent any difficulty should be avoided. An example is considering the situation of the installation in the event of a power outage or installation failure. Blinds, for example, must be able to be operated manually, or critical elements must have backup or redundant systems.
