Building Automation planning and design tool implementing EN 15 232 BACS efficiency classes

The proper design of Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS) and Technical Building Management (TBM) with complex technical systems and thousands of devices is a very difficult process with a lot of laborious works. The usage of dedicated tools for design process may simplifies these efforts and works. The BACS and TBM have impact not only on buildings' comfort and safety, but also on the energy performance. In this paper concept of a new software tool is introduced. This tool provides guidance for taking the BACS and TBM functions as far as possible into account under buildings planning and design processes. The guidance based on the EN 15232 standard, defining the BACS and TBM efficiency classes. First stages of development of the proposed software tool have been presented. Proposed by authors software tool helps to solve typical issues under BACS design process.