info@positivenav.comAvalon, Macmillan Road, Rowley Regis, B65 8ASCall AboutDomestic Commercial Service Areas Contact07518 498193Request Estimate - Home - Commercial - Building Automation Commercial # Lighting, HVAC andOccupancy Controlon One Platform Loxone building automation that makes a commercial property cheaper to run and easier to manage, designed, installed and commissioned by the same contractor. Request Estimate07518 498193 Loxone partner · Phased retrofit around trading hours · No-obligation quotes · West Midlands, London and Manchester Loxone Partner Accredited on the platform we design and commission. Local logic Runs on the Miniserver, not dependent on a cloud service. Phased retrofit Installed floor by floor while the building operates. One contractor Electrical infrastructure and controls from one team. ## What commercial building automation does Building automation is a single control platform that runs lighting, heating, cooling, ventilation, shading and occupancy detection from shared logic and shared sensor data. Instead of a lighting system on a timeclock, a heating system on a separate schedule and a ventilation system running flat out regardless, the building responds to how it is actually being used. That distinction is where the money is. Most commercial buildings do not waste energy through inefficient equipment so much as through equipment running correctly at times and in places where nobody needed it. Conditioning empty meeting rooms, lighting unoccupied floors, and cooling a facade while the heating fights it from the other side are all control problems, not plant problems. We design and install on Loxone because it puts lighting, climate, shading, access and metering in one configuration environment with local logic. As a Loxone partner we deliver the electrical infrastructure and the controls together, which removes the usual boundary between the contractor who installed the cables and the specialist who was supposed to make them do something. ### Who it is for Offices, retail units, hospitality venues, light industrial premises, landlords and developers across the West Midlands. ### New build or retrofit Specified at design stage on new schemes, or retrofitted in phases into an operating building. ### What is controlled Lighting and daylight linking, HVAC and zoning, ventilation and air quality, shading, occupancy, access and energy metering. ### What you get back Lower consumption, fewer comfort complaints, plant that runs less, and consumption data you can act on. ## What uncontrolled buildings cost you The waste in a commercial building is rarely visible. It happens overnight, at weekends, in rooms nobody entered, and in plant that has been running against itself for years. ### Conditioning space nobody is using Heating and cooling that follow a fixed schedule condition every zone whether it is occupied or not. A floor booked at thirty per cent occupancy still costs full-occupancy energy, every day, without anyone noticing on a single monthly bill. ### Heating and cooling fighting each other Where zones are controlled independently and badly, one system heats while another cools the adjacent space. You pay twice for energy that cancels out, and comfort still is not achieved. ### Lighting running against daylight Perimeter lighting at full output on a bright afternoon is pure waste, and it is entirely normal in buildings without daylight linking or occupancy detection. It also shortens lamp life and adds cooling load in summer. ### No data, so no case for investment A single utility bill tells you what the building cost, not where it went. Without circuit-level visibility, every efficiency proposal is a guess and every board-level business case is unsupportable. ### Plant wearing out from unnecessary run hours Equipment that runs when it does not need to reaches its service interval and its end of life faster. The capital cost of premature plant replacement usually dwarfs the energy that was wasted getting there. ## How we deliver a building automation project - 01 ### Survey and usage assessment We walk the building, review existing plant, distribution and controls, and establish how the space is genuinely occupied through the day and week, not how the schedule says it is. - 02 ### Design and written proposal A zone-by-zone control strategy, the devices and panel work required, what integrates with existing plant and what does not, and itemised no-obligation pricing with clear phases. - 03 ### Phased installation Control cabling, sensors, panel modules and field devices installed in agreed windows, area by area, so the building continues operating throughout. - 04 ### Configuration Logic built to the agreed strategy: occupancy behaviour, setpoints and setbacks, daylight linking, shading rules, ventilation response and scheduling. - 05 ### Commissioning and proving Every zone exercised against its intended behaviour, including out-of-hours and fault conditions, with occupants' override behaviour tested rather than assumed. - 06 ### Handover, tuning and support Training for whoever manages the building, documentation of the strategy, then a tuning pass once real occupancy data has accumulated. Ongoing changes are configuration, not site work. ## What the building gains ### Lower consumption Conditioning and lighting follow occupancy instead of a clock, removing waste rather than reducing service. ### Fewer comfort complaints Zone-level control ends the too-hot, too-cold argument between areas on the same system. ### Less plant run time Equipment runs when needed, extending service intervals and deferring replacement capital. ### Data you can act on Circuit and system metering that turns an energy bill into a list of specific opportunities. ### Local resilience Logic on the Miniserver, so control survives a broadband outage. ### One accountable contractor Infrastructure and controls installed and commissioned by the same team. ## The control strategy in detail The specification varies with the building, the plant and the occupancy pattern. These are the areas where a control strategy earns its cost. ### Occupancy-driven lighting and daylight linking Presence detection at zone level switches and dims lighting to actual use, and daylight sensing trims output where natural light is already doing the job. In perimeter zones this alone removes a large share of daytime lighting energy without anybody noticing a change in light level. Out-of-hours behaviour matters as much as daytime. Cleaning and security patterns can run reduced lighting that follows the person through the building rather than illuminating every floor for one occupant. ### HVAC zoning, setpoints and setback Zoning heating and cooling to how the building is actually divided, and giving each zone its own sensing, setpoint and schedule, stops one thermostat dictating conditions for spaces with completely different loads and occupancy. Setback strategy is where overnight and weekend savings come from: allowing unoccupied zones to drift within defined limits and recovering ahead of occupancy, rather than holding full setpoint through the night on the assumption that recovery would be slow. ### Ventilation and air quality Ventilation controlled on measured CO₂ and humidity rather than a fixed rate matches airflow to the people actually in the space. Meeting rooms get the airflow they need when full and stop over-ventilating when empty. Air quality control also has a direct comfort and productivity effect that fixed-rate systems miss entirely, because a room at capacity and the same room with two people need completely different treatment. ### Shading and solar gain Automated blinds driven by sun position and external temperature reduce cooling load before it enters the building, which is far cheaper than removing the heat afterwards with mechanical cooling. The same logic manages glare on screens through the day and can take useful solar gain in winter, coordinating with lighting so internal light levels stay consistent as the shading moves. ### Metering, monitoring and reporting Metering at circuit and system level shows what lighting, HVAC, small power and any process load are each consuming, and when. That is the difference between knowing the building cost too much and knowing which system to address first. Because the same platform both meters and controls, findings turn into changes immediately: a plant item running outside its schedule is not just reported, it is corrected in configuration. ### Commercial versus domestic automation Domestic automation is judged on comfort and convenience for a household with predictable routines. Commercial automation is judged on measurable running cost, occupant comfort at scale, plant longevity and the ability to evidence performance. The platform is the same, which is useful for clients with both a business premises and a home, but the control strategy, the metering depth and the reporting requirements are entirely different. Building automation also underpins compliance planning for the 2027 Future Building Standard. ## Frequently asked questions What is building automation actually controlling?Lighting, heating, cooling and ventilation, shading, access and occupancy, and energy metering, all from one control platform with shared logic. The point is that these stop operating as separate systems that fight each other and start responding to the same information about how the building is being used. Can it be installed in an existing building?Yes. Retrofit is common and usually staged, one floor, one system or one plant area at a time, so the building keeps operating. We survey what is already installed, identify what can be integrated and what needs replacing, and phase the work accordingly. How disruptive is installation?Less than most facilities managers expect, because the work is phased around your operating hours. Cabling and panel work happens in agreed windows, and commissioning is done area by area rather than as one building-wide switchover. How quickly does it pay back?That depends on your current consumption, tariff, occupancy pattern and how badly the building is currently controlled. Buildings running fixed schedules regardless of occupancy typically have the most to gain. We assess your actual usage before making any claim about your figures. Does it depend on an internet connection?No. Loxone logic runs locally on the Miniserver, so the building keeps operating normally without a connection. Remote access and remote monitoring need connectivity; the control itself does not. Can it integrate with plant we already have?Often yes, depending on the interfaces available on the existing equipment. We establish this at survey rather than assuming it, and tell you plainly where an item of plant cannot be integrated without replacement. Who commissions and supports the system?We do. As a Loxone partner we handle design, installation, configuration and commissioning ourselves, and remain the point of contact for changes afterwards. There is no handoff between an electrical contractor and a separate controls specialist. Can staff still control their own areas?Yes, and they should be able to. Local override at the wall or by app within defined limits keeps occupants comfortable without letting one person set a whole floor to run all night. Does it help with compliance and reporting?Circuit-level and system-level metering gives you actual consumption data rather than a single utility bill, which is what you need to evidence performance and to plan work against the 2027 Future Building Standard. Which areas do you cover?Birmingham, Solihull, Wolverhampton, West Bromwich, Dudley, Oldbury, Halesowen, Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon, with project work in London and Manchester. ## Related services - Commercial electrical contracting - Energy optimisation - Testing and installation - Future Building Standard (2027) - Positive & Nav Electrical home - Contact us for a no-obligation quote ## Where we work - Birmingham - Solihull - Wolverhampton - Warwick - London - Manchester ## Find out what your building is wasting. Tell us about the premises, the plant and your operating pattern, and we will survey it and quote a control strategy with no obligation. 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