SBA 511: Creating an Effective Alarm Design & Management Strategy for Large Facilities
Update: 2025-09-04
Description
How many alarms in your BAS require action? If your alarm console feels like chaos, you're not alone. This episode explores how a structured alarm strategy improves operations in large facilities. It focuses on reducing noise, building trust in the system, and ensuring alarms drive the right actions.
This episode helps you align your alarms with what matters so your team can respond with clarity and confidence.
In this episode, we explore:
- What alarms should be and how to distinguish them from notifications
- The impact of alarm flooding, nuisance alarms, and poor prioritization
- How to develop a clear alarm philosophy and define actionable thresholds
- Tactics to standardize, suppress, and escalate alarms effectively
- The connection between alarms, energy efficiency, and predictive maintenance
The right alarm strategy keeps your team focused, your systems efficient, and your tenants comfortable.
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