TAC - Intelligent
Infrastructure and Energy
Efficiency
Schneider Electric - Experience and
Expertise You Can Trust
 Global leader in electrical management and
automation solutions with many well-known brand
names such as SquareD.
 Sales: $16.5 billion
 Employees: 85 thousand worldwide
 130 countries
 TAC is a Schneider Electric subsidiary that
acquired Andover Controls in 2004
 Fastest growing building automation company in
the industry
 Provides complete, integrated building solutions,
including HVAC, power, access control and
security, lighting, performance contracting and fire
& life safety.
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TAC
 The Local Office
Providing Integrated
Building Control
– Project Development
– Project
Design/Engineering
– Project Installation
– Project Commissioning
– Service and Support
 TAC can Implement Any
Proposed Energy
Related Projects
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 Large TAC System
Installation at MIT
– 56 Building Installations
– 83 I/P Controllers
– Elaborate Secure VPN
Network
– 19 Local and Portable
Workstations
– Web Client Accessibility
– 21,375 Hard Wired
Inputs
– 13,411 Hard Wired
Outputs
– 104,225 Programmed
Numeric Points
Typical Control Components in an
Occupied Space
 Typical Today - 4
– Temperature Sensor
– Device to Measure air
flow
– Motor to drive airflow
damper for cooling
– Valve and motor to
drive heating device
 Future for Optimizing
Occupant Space
Conditions- 9
– Same 4 points
– Occupancy sensor
– Lighting level sensor
– Dimmable ballast
– Indoor air quality
Sensor
– Motor for shades and
blinds
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Where are the costs associated
with a Control System installation
 Historical Costs
– Hardware - 45%
– Labor Hours - 25%
 Today’s Cost
– Hardware - 25%
– Labor Hours - 30%
• System Design
• Programming
• Testing Check-out
and commissioning
• System Design
• Programming
• Testing Check-out
and commissioning
– Electrical Installation
Labor – 30%
– Electrical Installation
Labor – 45%
Technology Improvements have driven the hardware
costs of a control system down, while the cost of
Labor has increased.
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Control Industry Challenges
Related to Energy Optimization
 Need for additional instrumentation drives
up the cost of a control system
– Drives up hardware costs
 Each added sensor or controlled device
requires additional labor
– Electrical installation
– Field Check-out and Commissioning
Business decisions are driven by a cost benefit
analysis. Added Control System Cost
Annual Energy Saved
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=
Acceptable Payback
Is Energy Savings a Good
Investment?
 Can industry reduce the
cost of control
installation.
– Reduce Hardware
Cost
– Reduce Installation
Cost
Energy Cost Keep Rising
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Can Internet 0 help
reduce installation costs?