Right in the middle the Logline® ENERGY system of BTR NETCOM GmbH

TU Darmstadt is the winner of the Solar Decathlon contest / Highest energy reserves / The focus on power consumption

Blumberg, November 2007. The self-sustaining solar house of the Technische Universität Darmstadt carried off the first place. The architecture faculty of the TU won the Solar Decathlon, an international contest of the U.S. Department of Energy. The bungalow scored among other with its high energy reserves. Part of the design - the energy controlling system Logline® ENERGY of BTR NETCOM GmbH located in Blumberg/Germany. BTR NETCOM, one of the leading manufacturers of systems for building cablings and building automation is sponsoring the Darmstadt solar house project together with about 90 German industry sponsors.

Logline® ENERGY a new system development for energy controlling by BTR NETCOM consists of networked DCU data loggers (DCU = Data Control Unit) for consumption capturing via M-bus and of sensors, signal converters, power supplies and software. "The energy controlling system provides house owners and facility managers with an automatic and complete focus on the power consumption of buildings", states Torsten Janwlecke, Managing Director of BTR NETCOM. They can easily practise remote monitoring of buildings via telephone or data network from one central office. Consumption data can be analysed in charts and diagrams on a computer to optimise the energy need and to further cut consumption. One Logline® ENERGY DCU data logger controls up to 80 meters and collection points. The Team of the TU Darmstadt decided for a premium solution consistent both in techniques and aesthetics that left a deep mark at the presentation in Washington D.C. "A class of its own", stated the jury and awarded highest scores in the sections architecture, lighting and energy balance.

Four different bus systems perform together in the Darmstadt solar house to provide an economic, efficient and easily controllable electro-infrastructure. A LCN bus controls lamps, switch-keys and outlets. Programmed light scenes light up on one key-stroke. Three more bus systems – EIB, Mod-Bus and the M-Bus with the Logline solution by BTR NETCOM – collect temperatures, humidity, CO2 concentration of the room air and current consumption. The data of the four bus systems are bundled in the system control software B-CON. Data are visualized on computer via touch panel offering a complete overview of all relevant building components.

For further informationen see www.btr-netcom.com, www.solardecathlon.de, www.solardecathlon.org.

For further information contact:
BTR NETCOM GmbH
Im Tal 2
78176 Blumberg, Germany

Managing Director Torsten Janwlecke
Phone +49 7702 533-181
TJanwlecke@metz-connect.com
www.btr-netcom.com

Presscontact:
BTR NETCOM GmbH
Michael Stepanek
Marketing Services
Im Tal 2
78176 Blumberg, Germany

Phone +49 7702 533-115
Fax +49 7702 533-433
MStepanek@metz-connect.com
www.btr-netcom.com

About METZ CONNECT and BTR NETCOM:
As part of the METZ CONNECT Goup and specialist in electric and electrical connectivity BTR NETCOM GmbH produces systems for structured and application neutral cablings for buildings, offices and industry at their German headquarters in Blumberg (Black Forest) as well as in Budapest (Hungary) and Zhongshan (People’s Republic of China).

The portfolio includes active and passive components for data and communication networks, particularly connector, distributor, termination and switching systems for Cat.5, Cat.6 and Cat.7 such as data outlets, data cables, patch panels and patch cables. BTR NETCOM offers standard solution for both copper and optical fibre cablings and covers the performance requirements up to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Furthermore the product portfolio comprises the fields of building automation, industrial automation with Ethernet and bus systems, measuring and control technique and energy management. The development and design centre in Blumberg creates more than 20 innovations per year.

Along with its two sister companies RIA CONNECT and MC TECHNOLOGY BTR NETCOM forms the core of the independent METZ CONNECT Group under the leadership of the entrepreneur’s family Metz. The group has production and sales sites in Switzerland, Hungary, France, the United States, Singapore, China and Hong Kong and cooperates with sales partners in more than 20 countries. The group employs a staff of more than 600 persons worldwide.

www.metz-connect.com

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