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The 15-storey Seylan Tower at Colombo 3 has become the country’s latest landmark building to adopt the state-of-the-art Building Management System (BMS) of Schneider Electric – which has already been deployed successfully at the Cinnamon Grand.
The globally-proven BMS of Schneider Electric together with the energy retrofit expertise of Lanka Energy Conservation (LEC), the BMS Systems Integrator for Schneider Electric in Sri Lanka, which carried out the installation, guarantees a 20% or more energy saving. This responds to the growing need of large infrastructure projects for a comprehensive building management system – a need felt particularly in Sri Lanka given the country’s high electricity charges. Energy savings will have a positive impact on the power generation side.
Schneider Electric’s SmartStruxure solution – which has been created with foremost focus on customer needs – optimises energy consumption, maintains healthy and productive environments, updates aging facilities and provides anytime, anywhere access to building information. Thereby it meets all requirements of a sophisticated BMS – which is intended to monitor and control a building’s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems and security systems via a computer-based control system.
From left: Lanka Energy Conservation CEO Sheriff Rukshan, Schneider Electric Country Director Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives Pradeep Saikia, Schneider Electric AGM Wenura Jayasinghe, Seylan Tower Maintenance Engineer Nandana Kumara and Lanka Energy Conservation Chairman Dammica Wickramaratne
“Considering that 40% of the world’s energy is used in buildings and that 75% of a building’s costs over its lifetime will go to maintenance and operating expenses, a robust building management system is critical – especially for large enterprise buildings,” Schneider Electric Country Director Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Maldives Pradeep Saikia said. “Given particularly the high cost of electricity in Sri Lanka, the need for a comprehensive and proven Building Management System is felt perhaps than in many other countries. While substantially reducing expenses by saving power and thereby improving one’s own profitability, the adoption of Building Management Systems also enables companies to become more sustainable and environment-friendly.”
“Lanka Energy Conservation (LEC) deployed its Sri Lankan and Australian project team to complete the installation on time and the solution outcome has already exceeded our expectation,” said Seylan Development PLC Chief Manager Kusal Edirisinghe.
“Energy conservation is our prime focus and SmartStruxure BMS solution from Schneider Electric is an integral part of our energy guarantee projects in Sri Lanka and the region. Within a short period, we have also demonstrated the savings,” said Lanka Energy Conservation Ltd. (LEC) Chairman Dammica Wickramaratne.
