This life cycle cost analysis tool is important for building automation systems (BAS). Let’s first talk about what a life cycle cost analysis tool is. It is a tool that can calculate various costs of a BAS system from beginning to end, throughout the entire life cycle. Not only the cost of buying the equipment at the beginning, but also the cost of operation, maintenance and other expenses. It works, really.
1. First of all, it can help us make a budget: through this tool, it is like opening a budget account book in advance. Can estimate how much the BAS system will cost at each stage. In the equipment purchase stage, we have to purchase a whole set of equipment, right? Analyzers, sensors, etc. With this tool, you can roughly know how many books you will spend at one time. If not, it’s easy to suddenly discover overspending later! It's just like when you are about to go out to buy something, but when you check out, you find that you don't have enough money, and you panic to death.
Provide global procurement services for weak current intelligent products! (I don’t know if it will be used when purchasing these equipment)
2. Optimize operation: Because the tool will analyze which method is most cost-effective during system operation. For example, if some equipment runs for a long time and consumes high energy, we will adjust the control strategy to make it more economical. It's like adjusting the gear when driving. The appropriate gear is more fuel-efficient. If there is no analysis of operating costs, a large amount of electricity, manpower, and other resources may be wasted in long-term operation, just like a person who should have walked fast but ended up taking a slow walk, spending a lot of energy in vain.
3. Maintenance management is of great significance: the tool can observe and predict when the equipment may break down, how much money will be needed to repair it, and what key components will be replaced. One big advantage is that we can plan in advance and prepare for material procurement in advance (and suddenly remembered that we can provide global procurement). We don’t have to wait until the machines are all down and people don’t have a clue to look for parts. This is much more effective than the kind of management that involves crossing the river by feeling for the stones. It will delay the project less and save the company a lot of trouble.
Let’s talk about what kind of tool is better. This depends on the situation of your business. So how to choose tools? Some people choose tools that are highly versatile and can be used for any building project, but they may not be so suitable for certain special requirements.
Let me give you a comparison example of those small buildings with simple systems. If you choose a complex multi-functional tool, although it has full functions, it is difficult to get started, complicated to operate, and wastes a lot of money for unused functions. It's like asking a cyclist to carry a lot of tools that are only used on a sailboat. They are cumbersome and take up resources. If the BAS requirements for medium and large-scale projects are high and complex, not using a suitable, easy-to-use, multi-functional and powerful tool would mean that the racer has to ride a 28-bar bicycle to participate in the F1 competition, and there will definitely be no chance of reaching the finish line. Therefore, you should choose a life cycle cost analysis tool suitable for your BAS based on the project size and complexity factors. This is probably the idea of not using the wrong tools in a daze. The best thing is to use it just right, I personally think so!
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