ECO-I LTD – DOP (Development of Prototype) of a Universal embedded intelligent BMS Controller on a Single PCB

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A BMS (Building Management System) plays an important safety function, controlling,monitoring, optimising, and reporting on facilities (ventilation, lighting, power, fire, security),as well as giving owners ability to optimise comfort/efficiency. Systems linked to BMSrepresent on average 55% of a building's energy usage. BMS comprises software+ hardware;leading to global opportunities for products and services.This $30bn industry employs over 0.5m staff and serves 150 countries. Over 10000 UKcompanies operate in this market. Almost every industrial and domestic building has at leastone BMS Controller - a purpose-built unit that manages data (temperature, humidity, pressure,current, etc) which it uses to communicate instructions to BMS devices.Products that reduce energy and carbon emissions in buildings will be in increasing demand.Europe’s Energy 2020 document and Lisbon Treaty states “Energy efficiency is a keypriority” and “the price of failure is too high”. Europe's Energy Performance of BuildingsDirective (EPBD) targets enhancement opportunities at building controllers. Further, theDisplay Energy Certificates (DEC), Carbon Reduction Credits (CRC), BREEAM andIS016001, all require the use of a BMS – supporting estimates that the UK Energy market willreach £200bn by 2020 from £43bn now. BSEN 15232 was created to measure impact ofintelligent building controls on energy in buildings - expected mandatory in future.This project addresses these problems. Following two successfully funded TSB grants (POMand POC - File Refs 700289 and 710518 respectively), we address the problems bydeveloping a DOP Stage ‘Universal Controller that maximises interchangeability amongstBMS equipment, requires no wiring, no dedicated ‘expert’, uses common software, andmaximises interoperability via the cloud. A low-cost ‘Plug and Play’ approach has beenidentified, based on SmartPhone tech that could satisfy current /future needs, and opensignificant $bn markets.