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36 Products and solutions – Industry Sector
We’re helping meet the growing demand for increased personal safety and more secure public and
private infrastructures by linking electronic security and building automation systems. For exam-
ple, we synchronize access control, video surveillance and intrusion detection with building auto-
mation systems and integrate the entire package into existing customer IT infrastructures. At Ger-
many’s Düsseldorf International Airport, for instance, we’ve bundled a mobile communications
(GSM) network with systems for intrusion protection, re safety, danger detection, passenger guid-
ance and ight information to create a comprehensive security management system.
Energy savings and energy efciency are – like security – vital concerns for us and our customers.
In these areas, we intend to leverage additional market potential over the next ten years by deploy-
ing innovative building management technologies.
Available since the 1990s, our product and solutions portfolio for cutting primary energy consump-
tion in commercial buildings has been continuously augmented and improved. Today, rising energy
costs – coupled with government programs for environmental protection and tightened environ-
mental regulations such as stricter limits on CO2 emissions – are giving this market an additional
boost.
We also provide comprehensive maintenance services for installed systems all around the world.
The roughly 60,000 new systems being commissioned every year are continually enlarging this
foundation, paving the way for protable business development.
Over the next few years, we’ll continue to rigorously expand our position as a leading provider of
intelligent building technologies. Our Total Building Solution (TBS), which intelligently automates
and networks all building technologies into a single integrated system, will play a key role here. This
innovative platform reduces costs over a building’s entire lifecycle and maximizes exibility during
renovations and upgrades.
Building Technologies
Johannes Milde
CEO
www.siemens.com/buildingtechnologies
In addition to a broad range of products, systems and services for
electronic security and re protection, our portfolio includes building
automation solutions and electrical installation technologies that save
energy, increase user comfort and protect the environment.