Focussing on a holistic and integrated strategy, Sauter strives to look after a building or complex for the duration of its entire lifespan. As the company’s executive vice president Erik Kahlert says: “Our products and services are being integrated into every single phase of a building’s lifespan. New inventions are being launched all the time.”
Tradition of innovation:
Sauter’s state-of-the-art climate control solutions
The latest examples are dmoothly designed touch screen devices for room automation systems, optimised regulation of heating, ventilation and cooling through new motors and valves and a building management application which allows energy management to be an integrated part of the system. Building management has never been made easier. www.sauter-controls.com
Creating energy efficiency through building automation is the declared goal of the Sauter Group’s enterprise for which they provide both products and service. Their concepts look after a building while constantly developing and applying new devices and software-based management solutions. These solutions stand on an engineering tradition of more than a hundred years. TEXT: CORNELIA BRELOWSKI I PHOTOS: SAUTER, F. HOFFMANN-LAROCHE LTD.
Globally active, including the Middle Eastern and Asian markets, Sauter is still small enough to be flexible and close to the client. This dual quality works as their trust-building factor. Renowned references worldwide, such as the Allianz Arena in Munich, the airport in Frankfurt, the tower of Roche’s head office in Basel, the Highlight Towers in Munich or the Berlin State Library are proof of Sauter’s intense customer relationship. The Sauter company was founded in 1910 in Grinderwald, Switzerland, by the innovative engineer Fritz Sauter. Initially designed for manufacturing electronic timers, the enterprise established itself quickly with innovations such as the first electronic boilers and thermal devices. In fact, the company grew so quickly that by 1920 Sauter had moved to Basel and started expanding internationally to Germany, France and Sweden. By 1935, the 82 | Issue 87 | May 2016
first solutions for electronic heating and climate control established the base for the company’s goals that are still valid today. The decades following the end of the war showed rapid improvement and expansion with Sauter being among the first to present software-controlled building management systems as early as 1974. The ‘90s showed expansion to the Eastern European market and in 1997 Sauter launched the first internet-based building automation solution. For the past decades, Sauter has focused on the reduction of CO2 emissions and has established itself as a green building specialist by integrating alternative energy sources. The ‘Sauter Vision Center’ stands for a new class of web-based building control applications with a modular, scalable visualisation surface, effective both for single buildings and the management of decentralised facilities.
Top Left: Highlight Business Tower Munich: saving operational costs with SAUTER’s energy management and control strategy. Top: Roche headquarters, Basel: highest energy efficiency on 41 storeys with SAUTER room and building automation. Middle: Roche headquarters, Basel - communication area: demand-based room automation for an optimal room climate through SAUTER. Bottom: Berlin State Library: perfect climate conditions for 11 million valuable books through SAUTER solutions.