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Technical expertise in building automation

 

Target Audience

This webinar is designed for anyone who wants to make buildings intelligent, efficient, and future-ready:

  • Professionals from HVAC, electrical, and building technology fields who want to expand their expertise with the key technology of building automation.

  • Technicians, engineers, and project managers seeking to confidently plan, manage, and execute complex automation projects.

  • Career changers with a technical background who are looking to enter an exciting and in-demand field of the future.

  • Service technicians aiming to enhance their skills and become proficient with new systems, standards, and digital tools.

Whether you want to advance your career, open up new professional opportunities, or deepen existing knowledge, this webinar provides the perfect introduction to the world of building automation.

Your Benefits at a Glance

  • Intensive & Compact: In just 4 days, gain hands-on training that truly advances your skills.

  • Understand & Apply: Learn the fundamentals of modern control and automation technology – and put your knowledge into practice immediately.

  • Practice-Ready: Build confidence in working with bus systems, sensors, and instrumentation & control systems that are essential in almost every building today.

  • Recognized Qualification: Complete the training with an official certificate – a valuable addition to your career profile.

  • Immediate Value: Benefit right away – what you learn can be directly applied to your ongoing projects.

Organizational Information

  • Duration: 3 days of compact online modules + 1 practical on-site day in Switzerland, concluding with a final exam.

  • Practical Component: High proportion of hands-on exercises – already integrated during the online modules.

  • Language: German

  • Certification: Official certificate in Technical Expertise in Building Technology

Registration

Registration is carried out via the TIVZ website.

Costs:

CHF 3’000,-  per participant

Registration at TIVZ

Course Program & Key Topics

Day 1 – Fundamentals & PLC Technology

  • Fundamentals of Control Engineering: Measurement, control, and regulation; P, PI, PID controllers; open and closed loops; disturbances; controlled processes; time delays.

  • Practical Examples: Temperature and pressure control.

  • PLC Basics: Structure and functionality, wiring vs. PLC, digital and analog signals, IEC 61131-3 standard.

  • Workshop: Programming simple PLC logic.

Day 2 – Bus Systems & Sensor Technology

  • Bus Systems in Building Automation: Modbus, BACnet, KNX, LON, DALI – comparison and typical applications.

  • Fieldbus vs. System Bus: Addressing, communication principles, sources of interference.

  • Sensor Technology: Temperature, pressure, humidity, CO₂, and flow sensors.

  • Signal Types, Data Processing, Filtering, Calibration.

  • Practical Exercise: Analyzing and interpreting measurement data.

Day 3 – Instrumentation & Control Systems (I&C) & Applications

  • Overview of Common I&C Systems: Siemens Desigo/Synco, SAIA PCD, PRIVA Blue ID/ECO.

  • Differences, Applications, Visualization / Building Management Systems (BMS).

  • Applications: Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning control; heat recovery; mixed air dampers; lighting control; sun shading / blinds; safety systems (smoke extraction, access control).

  • Workshop: Designing the control of a ventilation system.

Day 4 – Exam & Certification

  • Review of All Modules and open Q&A session.

  • Multiple-Choice Exam & Practical Application Task.

  • Evaluation and Individual Feedback Sessions.

  • Certificate Awarding & Closing Session.

Your professors

Prof. Dr. h.c. Klaus F. Layer

Publicly appointed and sworn expert in glazing craftsmanship, building physicist, and head of the Steinbeis Consulting Center for Applied and Constructive Building Physics (SU2213). Technical expert for the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) in engineering. Energy Efficiency Expert (EEE) for residential and non-residential buildings. Lecturer at DHBW Mosbach, DHBW Mannheim, DHBW CAS in Heilbronn, and Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Inf. Kai Becher

Managing Director of the Technology and Innovation Center – TIVZ.
Program Director at DHBW Mannheim for the field of Technical Building Equipment. Specialist planner and construction manager for fire prevention. Energy Efficiency Expert (EEE) for residential and non-residential buildings. Certified expert in building damage assessment. Lecturer at DHBW Mosbach, DHBW Karlsruhe, and DHBW CAS Heilbronn.

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