User reports
Airport Berlin Brandenburg
Apron drainage with BACnet: cost-effective and fail-safe
Berlin Brandenburg Airport uses an extensive infrastructure to manage rainwater over an area of almost 1,500 hectares. In order to reduce costs in the apron drainage process network and make the system more fail-safe, the operators rely on gateways from MBS GmbH.
The new Berlin Brandenburg Airport, which handles all air traffic in the German capital, opened at the Schönefeld site in 2020. Its area was expanded by almost 1,000 hectares, which is equivalent to around 2,000 soccer pitches. An extensive sewer network with pumping stations, retention basins and treatment plants ensures that rainwater is collected, treated and drained away.
Data of great relevance is collected in the apron drainage process network. For example, heavy rainfall is closely monitored. In addition, the level of TOC (total organic carbon) in the surface water is continuously measured so that this information can be regularly passed on to the environmental authorities.
Stuttgart Airport
Remote meter reading combined with building management technology
The growing number of M-Bus-capable consumption meters presented Stuttgart Airport with the challenge of further developing remote meter reading at an appropriate cost. The impressively simple solution consists of universal gateways from MBS GmbH with firmware from Baeris. In this way, data can now be transmitted securely and reliably. At the same time, a future-proof infrastructure is created that gives operators unrestricted access to building automation.
With around 8 million passengers a year and around 10,000 employees at over 300 companies and authorities, Stuttgart Airport is an important factor in the state capital of Baden-Württemberg. The airport aims to reduce its CO2 emissions to an absolute minimum by 2040. Its climate protection concept includes environmentally friendly energy generation through the expansion of solar systems and the development of an intelligent digital power grid. This is because it operates a closed distribution network as an energy supplier via a subsidiary.
City of Aachen
Large-scale energy data monitoring
The city of Aachen took the necessary replacement of an older generation of data loggers as an opportunity to connect its M-Bus-capable consumption meters to MQTT communication. The gateways from MBS GmbH ensure greater operational reliability and flexibility.
Germany's westernmost city has been very active in energy policy and climate protection for 30 years. It was awarded the European Energy Award in Gold back in 2011 and has been participating in the EU's "100 climate-neutral cities" mission since 2022. The operator of numerous properties also launched an integrated climate protection concept three years ago in order to accelerate the reduction of greenhouse gases.
"The energy assessment of municipal properties plays a key role in this," says Markus Gilliam, Team Leader Energy Management and Building Automation at the City of Aachen. His 16-strong team not only manages the building automation systems using central control technology, but has also recently been entrusted with the planning and implementation of municipal photovoltaic systems. It also collects all consumption data for the energy management system (EMS) for municipal properties such as schools, daycare centers, swimming pools and gyms.
