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Solutions Anwendungen

How a Media Company Uses BACnet/SC and

End-to-End Planning to Create a Resilient

Security Architecture

Wie das Medienhaus Ulm mit BACnet/SC

und durchgängiger Planung eine belastbare

Sicherheitsarchitektur schafft

The Neue
Pressegesellschaft (NPG)’s
new media centre in Ulm
Das neue Medienhaus der
Neue Pressegesellschaft
(NPG) in Ulm
© Andreas Handsch,
Neue Pressegesellschaft
mbH & Co. KG

Security as an Integral Part of Building automation concept to be as homogenous as already apparent in the design engineering:
Automation. possible – always with a focus on functionality fewer errors, lower manual effort and clear
Sicherheit als integraler Bestandteil der for the user,” explains Carsten Knopf, Authorized structures. “When planning, engineering and
Gebäudeautomation Officer for Prinzing Automation GmbH, which operations rely on the same database, efficiency
carried out the building automation. potentials can be realized earlier and buildings
When constructing their new media center can be adapted later much more easily,” states
in Ulm, Neue Pressegesellschaft opted for a Operation is via intuitive touch panels that Rainer Knodel, System Specialist in Building
highly networked, flexible building. The building include a customer-specific app. In open-plan Technology at WAGO.
automation was designed as an integrated, areas, cloud-based controls for functions, like
overall system from the start, and as such is lighting, temperature and shade, are accessed High Security Standards with BACnet/SC
functional, secure, and consistent across all via QR codes directly at the workstations.
building systems. Enhanced connectivity places increased
Efficiency Begins in Engineering importance on security. At the media center in
Integrated Concept Instead of Isolated Ulm, a clear IT-OT separation was implemented
Solutions A rigorous data model provides the foundation: in accordance with current requirements (e.g.,
the entire building automation was built NIS2) – including secure, controlled remote
A building system separated by trades was using the BACtwin. This maintains database access.
rejected from the start. Instead of KNX for consistency: from planning, through engineering
controlling room functions and a separate and commissioning, on up to operation. The core of the communication architecture is
controller for heating, ventilation and air Machine-readable information and tools, like the BACnet/SC. This standard enables encrypted
conditioning, a fully integrated concept was WAGO Solution Builder engineering software, and authenticated communication within
implemented, which unites room climate, ensure that names, structures and logics are the building automation, without restrictions
lighting and shading in a common building consistently maintained. on interoperability. “For modern buildings,
automation system. BACnet/SC is no longer an option, instead, it’s a
This produces a functioning, overall system, logical consequence,” Knodel emphasizes.
“We did not consider the requirements in which all components interact with a high
separately, but instead developed the building degree of transparency. Efficiency gains were

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