Honeywell introduces powerful integrated facility management solution

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(2000), "Honeywell introduces powerful integrated facility management solution", Facilities, Vol. 18 No. 13/14. https://doi.org/10.1108/f.2000.06918mab.017

Honeywell introduces powerful integrated facility management solution

Keywords Facilities management, Information management, Computer systems

Honeywell has introduced Enterprise Building Integrator™ (EBI), a powerful integrated facility management solution that makes an entire business more efficient and productive. Its specific purposes are to provide a high return on investment and to stimulate growth, by providing a single and seamless, highly sophisticated control and information base for many management systems and subsystems.

EBI can provide complete control of all a building's core systems – including services, security and fire – as well as unrivalled integration of real-time and historical information from many different enterprise subsystems. These include industrial manufacturing and process automation, financial and personnel records, environmental controls and supply chain databases. EBI can link to existing systems, such as personnel and access systems, and can use common databases and card readers, for example, so preserving earlier investments.

EBI's open architecture and robust user interface provides a single powerful "window" to all data and operations, enabling users at all levels to reduce operating costs, achieve optimal maintenance strategies and achieve greater productivity through higher reliability and less downtime. EBI makes it easy to manage day-to-day operations economically, while enabling executives to integrate facilities effectively into their growth strategies. Critical decisions can be made quickly, with positive effects on the bottom-line of the business.

The EBI system technology has been developed alongside Honeywell's Industrial Automation and Control solutions, which have been well-proven worldwide in hundreds of mission-critical applications. Examples are offshore gas platforms and onshore oil terminals, where the consequences of system failure resulting in lost production are invariably very expensive and are also safety-critical.

EBI is scalable to the size of an enterprise and is easily expanded as the organisation grows or requires more sophistication.

EBI uses PC-based client-server LAN/WAN-based architecture on Windows NT to provide cost-effective connectivity to any enterprise data infrastructure without the need for proprietary IT hardware. It is simple to operate and to configure: it not only uses the familiar Microsoft Windows operating environment, but also has an easy-to-use interface coupled to an intuitive menu and Windows operating system.

EBI includes powerful software applications such as LifeSafety Manager, Building Manager and Security Manager. Each manages a particular facet of a building, while integrating to cover a total enterprise.

LifeSafety Manager provides primary monitoring and full control of a building's smoke and fire detection systems and safe evacuation of occupants. In addition, its seamless combination of event information, response prompting and tracking capabilities makes it an exceptional incident management and regulatory compliance tool, if required by local codes of practice.

Building Manager integrates and controls products and subsystems for a building's HVAC, lighting, hydraulics and energy usage. Based on an open building automation architecture, this application works seamlessly with BACnet open protocol and LONMARK devices, as well as other third-party devices and subsystems.

Honeywell Security Manager allows building operators to control and monitor access and security at one or more installations. This application provides centralised alarming, cardholder management and the ability to acquire and use data from human resource databases. The security application has comprehensive reporting capabilities, with preconfigured standard reports and the ability to create reports customised to the facility's needs (see Plates 2 and 3).

Plate 2 Honeywell Enterprise buildings Integrator (EBI provides, easy, intuitive navigation and fast access to critical information

Plate 3 Honeywell Enterprise Buildings Regulator (EBI) integrates all core facility functions, giving a complete view of the enterprise

For further details contact Honeywell Control Systems Ltd, Honeywell House, Arlington Business Park, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1EB, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1344 656000; Fax: +44 (0)1344 656240; E-mail: UK infocentre@honeywell.com Web: www.honeywell.com/uk

Honeywell is a US$24-billion diversified technology and manufacturing leader, serving customers worldwide with aerospace products and services; control technologies for buildings, homes and industry; automotive products; power generation systems; speciality chemicals; fibres; plastics; and electronic and advanced materials. The company is a leading developer of software, solutions, and Internet e-hubs, including MyAircraft.com and MyPlant.com Honeywell employs approximately 120,000 people in 95 countries and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol HON, as well as on the London, Chicago and Pacific stock exchanges. It is one of the 30 stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also a component of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index. Additional information on the company is available on the Internet at www.honeywell.com