PROJECT BACKGROUND

The client had an antiquated Honeywell Building Automation System that needed to be upgraded. Sunbelt Controls developed a solution to upgrade the City Hall three-building complex to a state-of-the-art Distech Controls BAS. The project involved multiple buildings (Rotunda, Council, and Tower) and required multiple phases to complete the conversion from Honeywell to Distech Controls.

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS 

• Conversion of legacy DDC controls to brand new, IP-based controls
• New Graphical User Interface complete with state-of-the-art graphics
• New IP-based BAS network spanning multiple buildings including a High-rise tower
• UUKL control/monitoring of critical life-safety equipment
• Project phasing included Normal Day Time working hours and Night/Overtime working hours
• Replace existing critical infrastructure with the latest and greatest

WHAT SUNBELT CONTROLS DELIVERED 

• Installed state-of-the-art Distech Controls Building Automation System.
• Web-based Graphical User Interface with enhanced three-dimensional graphics
• IP Based controls that reside on a high-speed Ethernet network
• DDC Control of advanced HVAC Systems, including Air Handling Units, Variable Volume Boxes, Fan Coil Units, Exhaust Systems, Computer Room Units, Hot Water Plant, and Chilled Water Plant
• Implemented Title 24 Energy-savings programming and control
• Monitoring and control of critical life-safety systems with separate UUKL-rated network and controls
• Retrofitted complicated Fire Fighter’s Override Panel
• Monitoring of critical systems, like Fire Life Safety System, Generator, Sewage Systems

Project Team

Owner/Occupant: City of San Jose

Product Solution: Distech