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Solutions Anwendungen

Smart Building Management for SMEs: How

Small and Mid-Sized Real Estate Projects

Benefit from Cost-Effective BMS Solutions

Smartes Gebäudemanagement für KMU: Wie

kleine und mittlere Immobilienprojekte von

kosteneffizienten BMS-Lösungen profitieren

An innovative service concept from the
Belgian HVAC specialist Thersa delivers
highly cost-efficient building management
– ideal for small to mid-sized properties.
The concept is built on intelligent solutions
from SAUTER.
Ein innovatives Servicekonzept von Thersa,
dem belgischen HLK-Spezialisten, ermög-
licht ein besonders kosteneffizientes
Gebäudemanagement – ideal für kleine
und mittlere Objekte. Den Grundstein dafür
legen intelligente Lösungen von SAUTER.

The digital transformation in building
management is well underway. The many
advantages of digital building management
systems (BMS) are now universally
acknowledged. Yet until recently, it was primarily
large companies that were able to benefit from
them. For small and medium-sized businesses,
the high investment and operating costs of
the required IT infrastructure often proved
prohibitive. Since 2023, an affordable solution
has been available for small and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs). In cooperation with
SAUTER Belgium, Thersa – a Belgian specialist
in heating, sanitation, ventilation and eco-energy In cooperation with SAUTER Belgium, THERSA supports building management solutions for projects of all sizes. At
– offers smart building management in the form Carré Janson in Tournai, THERSA was responsible for the HVAC and sanitary installations.
In Zusammenarbeit mit SAUTER Belgien unterstützt THERSA Gebäudemanagementlösungen für Projekte jeder Größe.
of a Software-as-a-Service solution for projects Beim Projekt Carré Janson in Tournai war THERSA für die HLK- und Sanitärinstallationen verantwortlich. © Thersa
of all sizes. This innovative service concept has
already proven its value in the two years since
its launch. A key factor for integration on the acts as a central element in the customer’s As for the data, Thersa provides its customers
operator side is the modu630-RT BACnet/SC building and room automation network, ensuring with the web-based integration platform
router from SAUTER. secure data transmission to the externally hosted SAUTER Vision Center (SVC), hosted on its
management software. The modu630-RT own servers, as a central and modular software
The solution router communicates exclusively using the solution for building, energy and maintenance
encrypted BACnet/SC protocol and operates management. This all-in-one tool reliably and
To unlock the full benefit of a digital BMS, all in an outbound-only principle. This guarantees precisely records all building data transmitted
that building operators need is a secure Internet end-to-end encryption and effectively prevents by the local modu630-RT BACnet/SC router,
connection to a BACnet/SC hub operated by unauthorised access. No complex firewall enabling convenient remote control, analysis
Thersa. This connection is enabled by the setups or VPN solutions are needed, and and visualisation of building functions. Access
modu630-RT BACnet/SC router from SAUTER’s communication remains exceptionally secure to the SVC environment via SAUTER Remote
modulo 6 system family. The compact device and user-friendly. Management is risk-free thanks to multi-factor

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