2008 COMMERCIAL 84 pages of smart building innovations CLIPSAL LIVINGREEN Meet your Green Star Energy Ratings and Save Money 11 BUILDING CATEGORIES Exploring the most innovative and cost effective technology solutions for your project needs LEGAL POWER What makes Brisbane Magistrate’s Court so intelligent? CUT YOUR LIGHTING COSTS IN HALF AND REDUCE POWER BILLS Hilton Adelaide DELIVERING A SMArTEr, GrEEnEr, FASTEr BUILDING SOLUTION Never before have we demanded so much of the modern building. More power. More light. More comfort. More intelligence. And in today’s energy conscious society, we demand all of those things in the most energy efficient package possible. More for less. Achieving those goals represents a major challenge for any building design brief to overcome. Th at’s where the advantages of dealing with one supplier are a great benefi t. Established in 1920, the world famous Clipsal brand is Australia’s number one provider of electrical accessories. However, the Clipsal name is also a market leader in data communications, industrial and commercial lighting control markets. Many of these feature in some of Australia’s most prominent building projects. COVER: Icebergs Dining Room and Bar, Sydney (Image courtesy of Lazzarini Pickering Architetti) BUILDING CATEGORIES OFFICES OFFICES & CASE STUDIES 4 > 9 RETAIL 10 > 15 Energy management + user friendly HOSPITALITY ® + fl exibility + integration = C-Bus 16 > 21 Clipsal’s fl agship product for the commercial sector is the C-Bus Control and Management System. C-Bus provides intelligent HOTELS lighting control and superior energy management solutions. 22 > 27 It is simple to use and easily adapts to future changes. Its track record of saving thousands of dollars in commercial developments speaks for itself. And by saving energy, C-Bus not only saves money APARTMENTS but will deliver energy effi ciency goals and contribute to saving 28 > 33 the environment too. C-Bus also off ers a platform to create a true integrated building SPORTS solution with lighting control, climate control, security and more. 34 > 39 To achieve this, Clipsal has formed the C-Bus entente program, an alliance with third party manufacturers to ensure their products are C-Bus compatible. Th ese partners include major players such as CASE STUDY AMX®, Tour Andover Controls (TAC), Ness Security Products and 40 > 43 Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) to name a few. Clipsal’s complete portfolio of products off er a total solution LIVING GREEN to any commercial project requirement delivered by more than 200 & EES representatives spread across Australia. Clipsal can work closely 44 > 47 with developers, consultants, architects, project managers and facilities managers to deliver your full electrical needs and building MODULINE management requirements. 48 > 49 By choosing the Clipsal brand you also get the full backing of Schneider Electric, the world’s biggest electrical company. Clipsal is now affi liated with complementary brands in the EDUCATION Schneider Electric Group such as Merlin Gerin, Square D, 50 > 53 Telemechanique, TAC building management systems and security control, Citect ‘Real Time Intelligence Soft ware’, APCMGE ‘Critical Power and Cooling’, Effi cient Energy Systems, Moduline HOSPITALS Cable Management Systems and more. 54 > 59 GOVERNMENT With the convergence of technologies, 60 > 65 the importance of communication between all your non essential and INDUSTRY essential services has never become 66 > 71 more critical. Clipsal Australia, with the support of all the companies CIVIL 72 > 75 in the Schneider Electric Group, can deliver a true energy efficient, clipsal.com innovative and cost effective solution 76 > 77 for your next building project. PRODUCT RANGE 78 > 81 Victorian County Court, Melbourne OFFICES AND BOARDROOMS 4 2008 Commercial Solutions clipsal.com Image courtesy of Erin Lewis 2 3 4 5 1 Moduline Service Column 2 C-Bus Multi Sensor 3 R45 Shuttered Jack 4 Tamper Proof Data Outlet 5 TAL Series Skirting Duct 6 Powertainment 7 FFB Floor Box Outlet 1 6 7 “Will the last person to leave, please turn Surround Power the lights off? just doesn’t cut it in today’s The TAL Series skirting ducts are an ideal way of ” providing access to power, voice and data around competitive business world. The rising cost the entire perimeter of the office. To enhance their of energy is impacting on today’s business low profile design the TAL Series is powdercoated in a choice of colours. The “3 division” design margins like never before. incorporates separate compartments for power, voice and data cables. Minimising overheads through efficient use of energy is now an important part The open plan office space means that many work of maximising profits in any business. C-Bus can maximise those efficiencies stations require power and data access in the centre in any office. With light level sensors, the system can be designed to take of the layout. Service columns are a simple means advantage of ambient light levels and utilise only the minimum necessary to achieve this however Moduline FFB Series amount of lighting, saving energy and money. When the offices are vacated, Floor access boxes are a discreet alternative. C-Bus will automatically turn lights off after a timeout period set in the control and monitoring software. Bring Your Data Up To Speed Low traffic areas do not need to be permanently lit. Use C-Bus motion Shut down your office’s voice and data sensors to light up those areas only when needed. If a staff member is working communications and you may as well shut the back late, C-Bus occupancy sensors will automatically override any preset program business. No office can function adequately if to provide safe pathway lighting. the data products are not up to speed. Clipsal can Is your office layout likely to change in the future? C-Bus offers you the flexibility provide every office with a full end to end to re-program lighting groups to accommodate future requirements to the office solution including Cat 6 data transmission, data space such as new office structures, partitions, and new open plan desk cabinets, data jacks and ports. A Cat 6 solution configurations. By careful planning and design, the return on investment provides full phone, fax, email and internet is maximised, providing substantial savings through reduced energy services as well as audiovisual and teleconferencing consumption and maintenance. In addition, C-Bus can be integrated into a facilities for conference rooms. complete building management system incorporating access control, heating and A Clipsal Datacomms Representative will provide cooling, security, lifts and more. assistance with any project in the pre-wire areas Power Up ie. checking cable runs, bend radius segregation and valuable advice in relation to cable routing. Moduline service columns provide a simple attractive means of distributing Datacomms can also assist in the termination power, telephone and data to remote locations. These are ideal for large open and testing process. plan office spaces, particularly where centrally located workstations require power and data access. 5 Window Dressing Tight for Space? A common problem in today’s offi ces is the correct identifi cation Clipsal Titanium Flexiport data wall plates are perfect for accessing and labelling of power and data outlet circuits. Th e use of sticker data in areas of limited access such as alongside desk areas. Over labels or plastic identifi cation studs on wall plates are common but time, patch cords can sag into a position that exceeds the minimum these methods are unattractive and can be potentially hazardous bend radius. Th e Flexiport wall plate incorporates a full 90º fi eld of because the labels can be tampered with and removed. Clipsal’s adjustment, providing a solution that minimizes the occurrence of unique window labelling system provides a sleek, professional overstressed patch cords, providing long-term network reliability. fi nish while protecting circuit identifi cation from being damaged or tampered with. Automatic Light Switching for the Offi ce Thinking Outside the Square For larger offi ce spaces, Clipsal’s range of Ultrasonic Occupancy Sensors have a 360° fi eld of view, and are designed to conveniently Th e award winning Clipsal Titanium Data Cabinets were designed and economically control lighting such as open plan offi ces and long to complement contemporary offi ce designs and fi t in with the open corridors and hallways. plan layouts rather than be relegated to a service room along with other ancillary offi ce equipment. Th e design has inspired a complete range of wall cabinets and data jacks and in the process, completely redefi ning the status of these products in the offi ce place. 6 2008 Commercial Solutions clipsal.com Identity Crisis Offi ce servers can quickly turn into a spaghetti mess of cables, particularly where changes and additions to offi ce layouts are frequent. Th is makes it all the harder for IT personnel to identify cables causing greater disruption to the offi ce place as changes to the network system need more time and eff ort to complete. Clipsal Titanium patch panels have built in label holders with LAN, VOIP, phone and fax icons to make identifying outlets much easier. 1 Data Points with ID Labels 2 Flexiport Wall Plate 3 Titanium Data Cabinet 4 C-Bus Light Level Sensor 5 Ultrasonic 1 4 5 Occupany Sensor 6 C-Bus Schedule Plus Control and Monitoring Software 7 Data Patch Panel 2 3 6 7 7 Seamless Integration Another button can allow the presenter to effortlessly change the boardroom from video presentation mode to discussion mode. In Today’s boardroom requires a wide range of technology products addition, C-Bus is able to achieve a high level interface with the more and systems to meet the demands of the 21st century. A Clipsal advanced AMX® and Crestron® colour touch screens.