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Total Building Solutions

To meet today’s high standards of ef-

ﬁciency, comfort, security, reliability

and ﬂexibility, buildings require appli-

cations from a wide array of technolo-

gies – from building automation, ﬁre

safety and security to lighting and low-

voltage power distribution. As an ex-

pert in all these areas, we ensure the

reliable operation of ofﬁce blocks,

complex production facilities, hospi-

tals, airports and buildings for the life

sciences industry. Comprising the in-

frastructure needed to network, moni-

tor and control all of a building’s sys-

tems, our Total Building Solutions of-

fer certiﬁed packages of products and

systems that fulﬁll all the require-

ments of advanced building technol-

ogy. To contain ﬁres and facilitate

building evacuation, for example, ﬁre

safety systems are directly linked to

climate and door control systems. To

maximize security, lighting is con-

nected to alarm systems. And to con-

serve energy, lamps are automatically

switched off and heating systems

turned down in unoccupied rooms.

Electronic health records

Electronic health records enable clini-

cians to collect and optimally adminis-

ter disease and treatment information.

With a patient’s consent, treating phy-

sicians can access an individual’s com-

plete medical history, allergy data,

prescribed medications, clinical imag-

es, lab results and much more – clearly

an advantage when it comes to en-

hancing diagnostic accuracy.

Klinikum Chemnitz, one of Germa-

ny’s largest hospitals, shows how the

system actually works. This facility is

one of the country’s ﬁrst in which a

teleradiology service has been linked

to an electronic health record. Pa-

tients’ demographic and administra-

tive data can now be transferred from

external sources and made available

in the electronic health record. This

means, for example, that an accident

victim admitted to an area hospital

that is networked with Klinikum

Chemnitz can be diagnosed on the ba-

sis of computed tomography images

without a specialist being physically

present. The patient’s image data is

relayed electronically to the hospital,

where a specialist on duty then pro-

vides the diagnosis – a prime example

of how electronic health records can

help cut costs while enhancing the

quality of care.

The SPPA-T3000 control system

Our SPPA-T power plant automa-

tion system is one of the world’s most

advanced control platforms. This

fourth-generation system enhances

the cost efﬁciency of power plants by

continuously monitoring up to

, process inputs and outputs.

Functions like machine protection and

thermodynamic plant monitoring as

well as simulators for training plant

employees can be completely inte-

grated into the automation system.

This seamless integration not only

guarantees a uniform user interface

for the various applications but also

cuts operator costs for hardware,

maintenance and employee training.

With its new range of functions, our

SPPA-T control system offers in-

telligent, cost-efﬁcient solutions for all

types of power plants.

2 Introduction 10 Our world 36 Our company

 Our answers to the toughest

questions of our time

12 Demographic change and healthcare 18 Urbanization and sustainable development