Our company deals with the design, manufacture, construction and operation of various unique building physics, energy and thermal comfort on-site monitoring systems, as well as the expert evaluation of the measured results. If you have any unique building physics problems during your research, expert or design work, or building operation that require continuous on-site measurements, contact us!

When could a monitoring system be required:

• Verification measurement of unique / innovative structural solutions
• Monitoring of problematic (failure-prone) or particularly sensitive structures
• Investigation of the operation of unknown existing structures
• Evaluation of demonstration structures implemented within the framework of product development
• Investigation of thermal comfort problems
• Other unique research tasks or legal disputes

Most commonly used sensors:

• Simple or shielded air temperature sensor
• Simple temperature sensor installed inside a structure
• Accurate measurement of surface temperature of a structure with thin thermocouples
• Simple or shielded air temperature and relative humidity sensor
• Temperature and relative humidity sensor installed inside a structure
• Heat flux density measuring stamps for recording heat fluxes through a structure
• CO2 concentration sensor
• Air quality sensor
• Air pressure difference sensor
• Thermo-anemometer for measuring low air velocities (e.g. for calculating thermal comfort)
• Motion sensor for recording building use
• Globe thermometer for measuring average radiant temperature
• Weather station for recording local microclimate
• Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation incident on or transmitted by a structure
• Pyrgeometer for measuring long-wave infrared radiation incident on a structure
• Illumination sensors
• Opening sensors for recording the position of doors, windows, blinds, etc.

Data gathering, storage and delivery:

• Online storage in the cloud, on your own dedicated server if required
• Cloud-based dashboard interface for data visualization and export, for registered users (customers)
• Real-time updating graphs that can be embedded in public websites
• Automated e-mail alert messages based on measured data
• Automated transfer of data to the customer's own or third-party computer system via the Internet

Connected services:

• On-site survey
• Customization of BCD monitoring system or even development of a completely unique system
• Installation of monitoring system
• Operation of monitoring system
• Removal of monitoring system
• Documentation of measurement data
• Conversion of measurement data to desired format
• Evaluation of measurement data, general building physics / energy consulting based on the results

The BCD Monitoring System

In addition to completely project-unique monitoring solutions, our company has also developed its own modular building physics monitoring system. This system is mainly optimized for industrial applications, where wireless data transmission may not be feasible, but it is usually easier to connect the elements with cables. However, we plan to adapt it to residential and public building environments, where wireless data transmission is more desirable.

The system consists of a central unit and any number of monitoring modules, which are strung together on a single central cable chain that provides both communication and power. The individual modules can handle a variety of sensor types in a virtually plug-and-play manner, with minimal individual configuration:

• air temperature
• temperature and humidity
• mean radiant temperature (with bulb thermometer)
• surface temperature (with thermocouple)
• heat flux density
• airflow velocity (with thermal anemometer)
• etc.

The modules can also be placed outdoors, depending on the housing and sensor connection sockets.

The measurement is controlled by a central, internet-accessible and reconfigurable control box. The data is transmitted via the internet to our own servers, where they are available with a delay of a few seconds. The monitoring server is also our own development and facilitates the configuration, processing and display of the measurements. The customer can easily follow the measurements themselves via a graphical interface.