Digital solutions for laboratories

Siemens offers fully integrated, intelligent building automation solutions designed to meet strict technical and regulatory requirements in pharmaceutical and life science laboratories. HVAC control systems efficiently regulate and monitor parameters that influence the quality of laboratory processes and products, while enhancing energy efficiency and reducing operating costs.

Key components include:

• Exact, modulating magnetic valves for precise control
• Dynamic pressure and volume flow controls
• Calibrated humidity and temperature sensors

Demand‑driven control of lighting and shading is an essential component of digital laboratory solutions. Building automation and laboratory control systems enable significant energy savings while supporting optimal lighting conditions.

This demand‑based approach allows life science laboratories to achieve high energy efficiency performance levels, up to energy efficiency class A, supporting sustainable building operation through optimized lighting and shading control.

Access control solutions centrally record user activities and provide a clear overview of all persons present in and around life science laboratories. Information from access control systems, personnel data, plant and maintenance records, and access history is combined in real time to support access decisions by area and time.

These scalable systems meet high security standards for critical environments and can be configured precisely according to individual laboratory requirements.

People and assets in laboratories and cleanroom environments require comprehensive protection. S‑LINE fire detectors enable the earliest possible fire detection, while Sinorix™ fire suppression systems provide suitable solutions for a wide variety of fire types.

In emergency situations, intelligent evacuation systems support safe and orderly evacuation through emergency voice communication and emergency lighting, helping to prevent panic and ensure clear guidance for occupants.

Fume hoods can significantly impact a laboratory’s energy consumption depending on room configuration. Digital fume hood control systems measure and regulate exhaust volume flows based on the opening position of the front sash.

Demand‑based control reduces or increases volume flow as required, while automatic sash closing when the system is not in use delivers additional energy savings. This contributes to improved sustainability and reduced operating costs without compromising safety.

Critical Environment Technology (CET) enables safe, precise and fast measurement, control and monitoring of air volume flows and room pressures in life science laboratories. Using open‑standard interfaces, CET can be easily integrated into building automation systems, covering room ventilation, exhaust air, and pressure control.

This approach helps laboratories achieve high levels of efficiency, safety, and cost‑effectiveness, with potential energy efficiency improvements of up to 50%, while maintaining all safety requirements.

Compliant control technology provides intelligent building automation designed to meet the demanding technical and regulatory requirements of life science laboratories. Room control systems monitor and regulate parameters affecting process and product quality, including room pressure, temperature, and humidity.

Convenient room displays offer clear overviews of critical conditions and automatically highlight warnings, limit violations, and alarms to support secure and efficient laboratory operation.