Supported by Dubai Municipality & Fujairah Municipality Smart Building Automation Summit 2016 Concluded Successfully.

Information Exchange Group (IXG) organized Smart Building Automation Summit 2016 which was held at Hilton Jumeirah Beach Resort, Dubai on April 26-27, 2016. The summit was supported by Dubai Municipality, Fujairah Municipality, Emirates GBC, ASHRAE Falcon Chapter and Middle East lighting Association and featured leading stakeholders, thought leaders and subject experts of Building Automation industry.

The summit highlights included interactive panel discussions, one to one business meetings, round table discussions and engaging presentations which encouraged the participants to voice their concerns and share their experiences with the fellow participants in an open discussion format. Business opportunities regarding futuristic technologies and emerging market trends were also exchanged amongst the project developers and service providers at the event. 

The summit witnessed industry experts coming together to discuss topics including Strategising the Pathway to Adapt by Energy Efficiency Laws for Green Buildings, Challenges of facilities management of buildings with automation and what designers can do to make buildings work, Achieving efficiency and reduced footprints through efficient pumping solutions for Sustainable Water, Exemplifying Sustainable Building Management, Strengthening Smart buildings as fundamental building block of the smart cities, Devising Energy-Efficient Models for Optimised Performance through Building retrofits, BAS & Cost Management, Planning of guidelines and incentive structures for the smart and energy efficient building, Integration of Building Information Modelling and Building Automation.

The summit brought together leading industry experts from organizations like Dubai Municipality, Fujairah Municipality, NAFFCO, Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, BASS, Dubai Carbon Centre for Excellence, Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, SAUTER, Leviton, Tyco, Grundfos, Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, KEO International Consultants, Middle East Centre for Sustainable Development, CG Technology Fire-Safety, United Nation Development Programme among others.

BASS, the official System Integration Partner of the summit highlighted the relevance of set of codes introduced by Dubai Municipality promoting the use of energy saving systems - BMS and lighting Control systems, hence emphasizing building’s energy consumption as a significant community issue.

As a total solution provider, BASS service the industry with best in class engineering practices in design, installation, commissioning and maintenance enabling the client to smoothly manage their facility. Partnered with premium brands, BASS offers market leading solutions like Sauter Building Automation, Leviton- Lighting Controls & Tyco-Security Systems.

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