The strong growth of ATS Group made expansion to an additional site necessary. An industrial building was purchased at the Langerbruggekaai in Ghent and this building was completely revised and renovated according to the most advanced building techniques on the market, and it serves as a reference for their customers in the field of energy optimisation.

Fully integrated building management system in the offices and workshops

The study, design and installation of the technology and the associated implementation of the building management system were carried out entirely by ATS. In the offices, all techniques such as lighting, heating, ventilation and sun blinds were integrated on a single platform via Siemens Total Room Automation. Via presence detection, daylight control and the weather station, all these techniques are activated according to the needs of the moment. All these techniques interact with each other to optimise the comfort of the employees and the energy performance.

In the workshops with a surface area of 9500 m², presence detection and daylight control for lighting and HVAC are also used in no fewer than 16 operating zones. The LED lighting is optimally controlled via the Wago Light Manager with connection to the Desigo CC building automation platform. The same operating zones are also used for heating via gas immersion heaters.

In terms of ecology, there is an extensive rainwater recovery system. All systems are managed by the Desigo CC automation platform.

Battery storage

The site in Ghent also invested in a system for battery storage or BESS (Battery Energy Storage System). This system can store up to 400kWh of energy in Lithium-ion batteries and was installed to optimise the company's own energy consumption.

The procedure to install a wind turbine with a capacity of 4.5MW on the site is also underway.