Siemens Technology Enhances Berlin State Library, Reducing Costs and Emissions

Project Overview

Siemens Smart Infrastructure has equipped the Berlin State Library's "Haus Potsdamer Straße" with intelligent building technology. This initiative aims to optimize sustainability and energy efficiency, ensuring a stable climate to better protect the library's valuable cultural assets.

The project is part of a broader decarbonization program with the German federal government, building on Siemens' experience in modernizing seven other cultural institutions since 2007.

Key Benefits and Achievements

• Supports the federal government's climate goal to reduce CO2 emissions from government buildings by 65% by 2030.
• Guarantees energy cost savings of €19.8 million within ten years for the library.
• Achieves an annual CO2 reduction of 3,745 tons for this specific project.
• Contributes to a total of approximately €45 million in gross energy savings and 11,745 tons of annual CO2 reduction across eight modernized cultural institutions.
• The library's energy consumption is projected to decrease by 52%.

Siemens' Role and Technology

Siemens provides advanced building technology, including the Desigo building automation system, room controllers, sensors, and a cloud-based energy and asset management platform based on Siemens' digital building platform, Building X.

Products for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) are also implemented to improve process control, featuring flexible air supply and connection to district cooling with a capacity of 2.5 megawatts. Additionally, 5,300 LED lights have been installed.

Building X is a digital building platform designed to digitize, manage, and optimize building operations, paving the way for sustainable and profitable facilities. It is part of Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform.