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Solutions Anwendungen

Smarter Airports with Battery-Free

Wireless Sensors

Intelligentere Flughäfen mit batterielosen

Funksensoren

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Bridging BACnet and Wireless EnOcean For example, Heathrow’s four main terminals easily integrated with BACnet-based systems,
Technology span over 540,000 m². Ensuring comfort and ensuring seamless integration into existing
air quality in such a space requires dense sensor building management frameworks.
Airports are complex infrastructures where coverage – typically one CO sensor per 2500 Installation becomes dramatically simplified:
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facility managers face significant challenges in m², plus temperature, humidity, illumination, sensors can be adhered directly to walls or
maintaining high levels of passenger comfort and motion detection. Roughly 400 multi-sensor ceilings, eliminating the need for wires or battery
while keeping energy use in check. Varying devices would be necessary, each traditionally maintenance. The result is a future-proof sensor
occupancy patterns across terminal zones involving either extensive wiring or periodic infrastructure that is highly adaptable to spatial
– gates, lounges, baggage claim – require battery replacement. reconfigurations or operational shifts – ideal for
flexible, real-time environmental data to support To address this challenge, multi-functional, dynamic environments like airports.
optimal HVAC and lighting. Battery-free wireless battery-free wireless sensors powered by
sensors, integrated with BACnet-based building ambient energy sources offer a compelling Integrating with the BACnet Network
automation systems, provide an efficient, alternative. With a pair of devices providing
scalable solution for these challenges. integrated temperature, humidity, CO , light, and The EnOcean SmartServer IoT integrates battery-
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occupancy detection, each pair minimizes the free sensor data into the existing BACnet building
Scalable Sensing for Smart Terminals number of units needed while maximizing data management system. Each sensor appears as
coverage. a digital twin with location and key values like
Continuous monitoring of indoor environmental CO , temperature, and humidity. These BACnet
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quality demands extensive sensor deployment – Energy Harvesting: No Wires, No Batteries objects behave just like those from wired devices,
particularly across high-traffic public buildings making integration seamless. The SmartServer
like airport terminals. A conventional approach These sensors use indoor solar cells to harvest also supports semantic tagging with standards
using wired or battery-powered sensors energy from ambient light enabling permanent like Project Haystack or Brick Schema to simplify
becomes cost-prohibitive due to installation operation without external power or batteries. use in analytics and optimization tools.
labor and maintenance needs. Data transmission is wireless and can be

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