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Building automation and technology

Innovative building automation and technology for energy management, comfort, and efficient building management.

Introduction
Better living for everyone

We’re spending more and more time away from home — at work, in education, shopping or travelling. Building technology plays a vital role in creating healthier, more comfortable workplaces, schools, hospitals, hotels and public buildings.

Priva develops sustainable building automation solutions for building management, energy control and personal comfort. Using our technological expertise, we create systems that deliver a healthy indoor climate for every building user while reducing the overall CO₂ footprint. In doing so, we support facility managers, building owners and investors in creating energy-efficient, future-ready buildings where people truly thrive.

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Our impact in numbers.

40
+
Years’ experience in Building automation
40
K
successfully installed Priva Building Management Systems
40
%
of Dutch utility buildings have a Priva system

What is building automation? 

Building automation is the automated, often digital, monitoring and control of building systems such as climate, energy and lighting. In larger or existing buildings, maintaining oversight over building performance can be complex due to varied spaces, legacy systems and rising energy costs. Building automation brings these systems together, giving you insight, control and optimisation across the entire building.

Smart tools for easy building management

Discover Priva Digital Services – smart tools for maintaining optimal building conditions.

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Benefits

The benefits of building automation 

Operational energy use accounts for around 28% of global building-related CO₂ emissions. Building automation helps reduce this impact while improving performance and compliance. Key benefits include:

1. Increase property value

Modern building automation adds value to existing infrastructure and increases asset value. Data-driven insights reveal new opportunities to reduce energy use and costs. Read more about property value >

2. Operational efficiency and cost savings

Smart software and digital services help you use your building more efficiently, control energy costs and reduce operational expenditure. Discover efficient building management >

3. Improve comfort, wellbeing, and productivity

A healthy indoor climate improves comfort, wellbeing and performance. Automated heating, cooling and ventilation play a key role in achieving this. Read more about comfort and wellbeing > 

4. Energy savings and sustainability

Are you as a property owner contributing to the UK's Net Zero target for 2050? Gain detailed insight into energy consumption and actively steer towards lower energy use, energy-efficiency and Net Zero targets. Read more about making buildings sustainable > 

5. A future-proof building

Integrated systems, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors and AI help optimise building performance and prepare your building for future demands. Think of IoT sensors to measure temperature, or the use of artificial intelligence for predicting energy use. Discover smart buildings > 

6. Make building management easier

Smart tools simplify daily operations, saving time and cost while giving you greater control. Opt for simplified and easy building management. Discover smart tools for building management > 

7. Comply with laws and regulations

Building automation supports compliance with UK building regulations, energy efficiency standards and Environmental Performance Certificate (EPC) requirements. Read more about EPC compliance requirements >

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Key building automation components

Building automation systems are flexible and suitable for all building types. They can include sensors, controllers and automation for measuring and regulating various parameters such as: 

  • temperature and humidity 
  • occupancy and movement 
  • indoor air quality (CO₂) 
  • lighting and shading 

Together, these components enable fully automated climate and energy control.

Automatic room and zone control

Individual room and zone control allows individual climate settings per space, regardless of building type. It doesn't matter whether it's an office, hospital, school, or industrial environment. Solutions such as the Priva Comforte line connect all installations to one central system, improving comfort in each room. The result? The building meets individual climate preferences, increased comfort, reduced energy use and more efficient building management. 

Solutions

Building automation solutions for efficient building management

Building management systems, control panels and digital services, including solutions for energy management, climate control and HVAC.

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Priva ecoBuilding: Save energy and improve comfort with data & AI
ecoBuilding is an intelligent layer of cloud-based software that sits on top of your existing building management system.
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Digital solutions and smart buildings

A future-ready building is a smart building. Digital solutions for building automation make life easier for users, help achieve sustainability goals – such as energy savings and a smaller carbon footprint – and ensure efficient operation, while being suitable for all types and sizes of buildings. At the same time, these solutions ensure that a building functions as efficiently as possible, significantly improving the experience for both users and facility managers.

Priva ecoBuilding

One of those smart solutions is Priva ecoBuilding. It Uses digital twin technology and AI to predict energy demand and optimise indoor climate performance. Discover Priva ecoBuilding >

Priva Digital Services

Priva Digital Services consists of various modules of cloud-based services that improve accessibility, scalability and resilience, while reducing energy and maintenance costs and accelerating return on investment. At the same time, you ensure a pleasant indoor climate for greater comfort and higher productivity. Discover Priva Digital Services >

Security of your building automation system

If you work with building automation and digital services, good security is crucial. At Priva, we believe it is extremely important to deliver highly secure solutions and to ensure that your building data, privacy and platform security are guaranteed. You can read more about this in these two white papers: 

  1. Whitepaper Information Security
  2. Whitepaper Cloud Security 

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Sustainable buildings and energy management

Faced with a continuously growing world population and increasingly scarce natural resources, we need new technologies to create a sustainable future. The way we generate, purchase, store, and distribute energy in our buildings must be completely revised. Furthermore, the energy transition requires smarter energy managementPriva's building technology and building automation solutions help you see exactly how energy is being used, reduce energy consumption, improve efficiency and maximise the use of renewable energy. Our energy management solutions help you become climate neutral by 2050.

Customer stories

What our customers have to say

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Klima-Campus Lichtenau: “Phoenix rising from the Ashes”
  • Klima-Campus Lichtenau
  • 2025
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Priva Blue ID for Lysningen - a new school in Viborg Municipality in Denmark
  • Lysningen School Denmark
  • 2024
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Vanbeek's 150-year-old office: From Energy Label E to Paris Proof
  • Vanbeek
  • 2024
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How Weverskade BV makes climate control insightful with data
  • Weverskade BV | Property owner of the Lely group
  • 2023
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Priva Digital Services successfully connects 10 Flemish care centres to the cloud
  • Residential care group GVO
  • 2023

Future-proof buildings with building automation

For buildings in the future to comply with applicable rules, legislation, and user requirements, Priva Building Automation offers you the right solutions. Through the use of advanced and energy-saving technologies, it is possible to guarantee sustainability and efficiency in the long term. When choosing building automation for your building, it is important to pay attention to a number of crucial points.

1. Comfort and energy savings

Choose systems that ensure optimal indoor climate and simultaneously minimise energy consumption. The best solutions find the balance between user comfort and energy efficiency.

2. Compatibility with open standards

Ensure that your system works with open communication protocols and standards. This guarantees easy integration with other systems and prevents vendor lock-in with future expansions.

3. User-friendliness

Choose intuitive interfaces and dashboards that are easy to operate for both users and administrators. A user-friendly system increases acceptance and effectiveness.

4. Scalable and future-proof 

Select systems that are easy to expand and adapt. Make use of possibilities such as IoT and AI for efficient building management that can grow with changing needs.

5. Return on investment

Weigh the purchase costs against operational costs and savings. Ensure that your building complies and continues to comply with applicable regulations, so you can optimally benefit from your investment. 

About Priva Building Automation

Creating a climate for growth shouldn't take too much effort. We want you to benefit from our technology with minimal effort on your part. With digital and cloud-based solutions, Priva minimises effort on your side: no upfront investment, no system maintenance, just reliable comfort, control and performance. 

Want to learn more about one of Priva's products or services or need tailored advice? Get in touch, we’re happy to help. 

News & Insights

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