Defining Building Systems

Building systems are the critical systems of your facility, such as the Electrical, HVAC, Security, Life Safety, Lighting, Utilities, Telecom, and Energy Management. These systems are rarely, if ever, independent entities; rather, they depend on each other to operate. For example, most building systems rely on the building's base electrical service for power; and computer systems often need supplemental cooling to operate properly. You can define equipment systems that show the relationships between systems, assemblies and components. You can then associate an equipment systems with the building system of which it is a part.

All building systems are typically designed, installed, managed, maintained and supported by their own team of domain of experts. They are often evaluated and controlled both as an independent system and as a part of a larger system and the whole building.

Procedure: Defining building systems

To define a building system:

From the Process Navigator or Home Page, select Define Building Systems.
The Define Systems form shows a list of building systems already defined.
To add a new building system, click the plus sign .
The System form appears for you to define the new record.
Enter the following information:
System Code – Enter a unique code for the system.
System Type – Choose a system type, such as Base Building Electrical System, HVAC, or Emergency Lighting. These values come from the validating System Types table. The System Type data is developed using the Emergency Preparedness application.
Building Code – Select the building in which this system is located from the list o buildings from the validating Buildings table.
Recovery Status – The default is "No Status." Leave this field as is. In the event of an emergency , staff will use this field to update system status to indicate, for example, if the system is fit for use, or not.
Vendor Contact – Enter the name of the vendor or person responsible for the system.
Comments / Description. Enter any further notes about this system.
Click Save.