Flexibility

The Power to Change

Change is a way of life for office buildings, whether they are owner or tenant occupied. Work groups evolve, strategic business directions grow, and tenants roll over. The ability to keep employees productive and attract top prices from tenants also depends on the speed with which a space can be retrofitted to fit the new tenants’ specific needs. [1]

One of the many limitations in responding to change in building environments today is the inflexibility of a facilities’ power infrastructure. And though access to power has become more important than ever before, the power infrastructure within buildings has not kept pace with the growing demands and changing needs of its users. What’s more, today’s power infrastructure limits an owner’s ability to implement energy management and control strategies after a space has been occupied.

Enter Convia. Convia is a control platform that seamlessly integrates all of the applications in a space and provides users with an easy to use interface full of control options. Convia controls allow different applications to easily communicate with each other: occupancy sensors, for example, will not only trigger lights to go on, they will signal plug loads, HVAC set-points, and the energy reporting system as well. With Convia, individual technology applications become part of an integrated solution—a solution that is easy to use and program.

The Convia Enabled Wiremold components replace the traditional “pipe and wire” approach to electrical delivery with plug-and-play components that make installation and reconfiguration much less labor intensive. With Convia Enabled Wiremold products, energy management accessories, such as occupancy sensors and dimming switches, can be added at any time during a building’s lifecycle without disruption. All of Convia’s components are 100% reusable, eliminating the need to fill dumpsters and landfills every time a space is reconfigured. There is no limit to how often a space can change with Convia.

Knowledge Truly Is Power

The green building era has undoubtedly reduced energy consumption and made today’s buildings more efficient. But how much more efficient? Today’s buildings lack continuous commissioning, the knowledge necessary to continually optimize the performance of a space or building. But the Convia platform gives you the information you need to make better decisions about a space. Every electrical event that takes place, along with the energy usage, is tracked and logged. With Convia, you are free to configure and install your energy strategies; measure them; then go back and implement changes. Plug-and-play technology makes it easy to reconfigure zones and building-wide electric to ensure ongoing optimization within your building.

Convia’s Energy Track reporting tool also provides you with information to help you plan for smarter spaces in the future. How much energy is being used at any given time? What type of technology applications are you using most frequently? Convia will answer these questions so you can maximize space planning.

From individual occupant preferences to building wide control, Convia’s flexibility offers unique opportunities for achieving energy savings that may otherwise be lost in traditional electrical systems. For example, the ability to perform corrective action when systems are not implemented as designed, especially for daylighting, or the continual optimization of energy controls throughout physical changes in space-use, are achievable objectives when Convia is on the job.

By any measure, Convia is a new framework that challenges the traditional paradigm of electrical infrastructure by enabling physical and logical flexibility.

Discover How Flexible You Can Be

	System Programming Complete system programming, with unprecedented control to ensure ongoing performance.		Global Gateway Next generation technology for energy management, accessible from your PC.
	Convia Wand Reconfigure a space within moments, with the touch of a button.		Protocol Bridge Get all your devices to work together, despite differing network protocols.