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Review of the project situation
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Every project is unique in its own way. For efficient planning, it is important to include as many influencing
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factors as possible in a checklist at the project start.
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Type of building use

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school, hotel, multi-purpose etc.
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Operator concept
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Is the owner / developer also the user of the real estate? Goals of the operator regarding tenancy, variability and
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period of use? Optimized costs of investment and operation (building
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energy performance, EnEV, etc.)
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Level of building installations, equipment and

................................................................. furnishing
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high-level
medium
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standard
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Cost frame
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Scheduled budget
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schemes / operator concepts
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Dimensions
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Building area ............... m2
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Building height ............... m
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Average floor height ............... m
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Number of floors ...............
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Car park, access ways
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use
................................................................. Uniform
use (e. g. offices) Different use (e. g. shop, garage, office)
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Limitations
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Defined locations (for cable routing)
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................................................................. Maximal
dimensions / weights for moving in installation components (observe transportation routes)
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Specifications for emergency diesel unit
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(exhaust air, fuel-tank room)
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Energy passport
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Facade design (let-through values) Lighting (light design)
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Room control functions (lighting, shutters and blinds)
................................................................. Lighting
(light design)
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Safety requirements
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Power supply
................................................................. Fire lobbies
EMC
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Video surveillance Fire alarm system
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Access control
................................................................. Time
recording Security system
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Safety-relevant installation parts

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Depending on the building use
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Elevators
................................................................. Safety lighting
for workplaces
Central batteries for safety lighting for meeting area
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Sprinkler system / booster pumps
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Lifting systems for sewage water draining
Smoke and heat vents (SHV)
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Communications centers
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Electro-acoustic centers (ELA)
................................................................. Components
of the video / security system
Secondary pipe heating for sprinkler pipes in cold area
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Life-supporting systems
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Planning documents
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Drawings, space assignment plans, utilization plans, tables on energy balance, technology descriptions,
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requirements, for example from installation rules for cabling, factory regulations and similar
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................................................................. Building
regulations, conditions imposed by authorities
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Depending on the building use, for example:
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Installations for gathering of people (VDE 100, Part 718 previously VDE 0108)
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Medical locations
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Part 710 previously VDE 0107)
Hazardous locations
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Areas for technical installations

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Can existing rooms be used?
................................................................. Requirements
set by the power supply network operator > Technical supply conditions (TAB)
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Arrangement of areas / rooms (rising ducts, fire lobbies)
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Technical requirements from the user
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Reliability of supply
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Quality of supply
................................................................. Availability
................................................................. Variability of
the electricity supply
Expandability
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Layout requests
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Power management
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Control system (visualization of technology, messages, control / commands)
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Level of building installations, equipment and furnishing
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high ...)
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................................................................. Comfort
Installation bus for lighting, shutters and blinds
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Room monitoring Central building control system
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Communication
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Performance targets / conditions / preliminary
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clarifications and decisions
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Power network supply operator

agreed upon with power supply
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Medium- / low-voltage supply
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demand claimed Interfacing to existing technologies
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Time schedule
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Date of building completion
................................................................. Date of
completion for planning documents Time slot for moving in certain parts of the installation,
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otherwise the area would no longer be accessible (e. g. lifting in the transformer with a crane)
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Planning documents
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technical installations in buildings (electric power supply)
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We recommend that all existing technology and available
................................................................. information
required to plan a power distribution system be checked before you start with the actual planning work. A complete
set of data will help avoid planning errors and
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recognize potential for cost savings. Below you will find a keyword list of all technologies
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typically used in a project. The keywords can be used as a checklist for examining interdependencies and
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completeness of your review of the project situation. A closer examination of interrelations between individual
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technologies will often reveal matters that have not yet been dealt with, for example:
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Joint use of rooms and building areas
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Cable routing
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Crossing lines:
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Cables
................................................................. Busbar
trunking systems
Sanitary systems
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Ventilation (air conditioning)
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Have fire lobbies been taken into account?
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Have all technologies for building automation and danger management been taken into account and given
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priority (networked integrated planning)?
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Overview of building work contract sections
Plant radio installation (electric power, location)
Below you will find a summary of the most important work
Communication system (electric power, location)
contract sections with comments (in brackets) treating the most relevant aspects for power supply:
Antennas (electric power, location)
Medium-voltage switchgear (location, connected load)
Data network (electric power, location)
Safety power supply (requirements, connected loads,
Radio installations (electric power, location)
power consumers to be supplied, location)
Intercoms, emergency call systems (electric power,
Redundant power supply (requirements, connected
location)
loads, power consumers to be supplied, location)
TV wiring (connected loads, locations)
Uninterruptible power supply (requirements, connected
Technology / machinery (electric power, location, scope
loads, power consumers to be supplied, location)
of performance)
Low-voltage switchgear (location, connected load)
Heating (electric power, location)
Sub-distribution systems (locations, connected loads)
Ventilation (electric power, location)
Grounding / equipotential bonding (neutral-point
Air conditioning (electric power, location)
connection, central grounding point, number of poles
of switching devices)
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Lightning / overvoltage protection (critical power
................................................................. consumers,
requirements)
Installation equipment / installation bus (requirements,
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design)
................................................................. Building
automation (scope of performance, linking with power supply)
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Automation technology (connected loads, requirements,
................................................................. bus system,
communication levels, interfaces)
Drives (connected loads, elevators, pumps, ramp-up
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behavior, control, alarms)
................................................................. Visualization
method (user interface, scope of technology to be integrated)
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General lighting (connected loads, floor plan)
................................................................. Workplace
lighting (connected loads, floor plan)
Safety lighting (connected loads, floor plan)
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Sun shields (control, scope of performance)
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Smoke and heat vents (SHV) (electric power, location)
................................................................. Public-
address system (electric power, floor plan)
Fire alarm system (electric power, location)
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Intrusion detection system (electric power, location)
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Video surveillance system (electric power, location)
................................................................. Special radio
installation for external communication (electric power, location)
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