Industrial building services
Industrial building services
We design HVAC, automation, energy and electrical systems for industrial environments, supporting production operations, safety and environmental control. Our services are suitable for new investments, expansions and the development of existing facilities.
What do our services include?
Building services engineering for industry involves the design and coordination of technical systems in production facilities. This includes, for example, surveys, documentation, commissioning support, and the design of ventilation, heating, cooling, water, electrical, automation and energy solutions.
Who is the service for?
The service is intended for industrial companies that are building new facilities, expanding existing production or modernising their plants. It is also relevant for organisations seeking to improve the performance of existing systems, enhance energy efficiency or ensure uninterrupted and safe production operations.
What are the benefits of the service?
Well-designed building services help manage environmental conditions, support process requirements and ensure the coordination of different systems. They facilitate maintenance and provide a stronger foundation for a controlled, low-risk commissioning phase.
Building services engineering is an integral part of industrial operations
Building services engineering in industrial environments is not a separate element of a building. Its design must simultaneously take into account process requirements, the compatibility of technical systems, safety, maintainability and future modification needs.
Sweco designs technical systems for industrial sites that support the entire operating environment—not just an individual building. We provide design services for new investments, production expansions, technical refurbishments and the development of existing facilities.
Our services include, for example:
- HVAC design for industrial facilities
- Automation design for industrial applications
- Refrigeration design and energy solutions
- Electrical design for industrial environments
- Measurements, existing-condition assessments and environmental analyses
- Documentation, inventories and as-built data production
- Commissioning support, testing and support for system development
- Laser scanning and Matterport imaging
HVAC design for industry
Industrial HVAC design ensures that production, storage and technical spaces perform according to their intended use. The design takes into account factors such as indoor climate conditions, heat loads, humidity control, contaminants, maintainability and the compatibility of systems with the production process.
For industrial facilities, we design, among other things, heating and cooling systems, water supply and drainage systems, ventilation and local exhaust systems, as well as compressed air and other gas systems.
Solutions are sized according to the facility’s operational needs, safety requirements and lifecycle performance.
Examples of industrial HVAC design include:
- Ventilation for compressor rooms
- Local exhaust ventilation for processes that generate solvent vapours
- Emergency ventilation solutions for refrigeration units
- Cooling water solutions for process equipment
- Hot water production and distribution for washing processes
- Local exhaust ventilation for welding stations
Automation design for industry
Automation brings technical systems together into a fully integrated whole. It enables the management of environmental conditions, equipment operation, alarms, measurement data and energy use, ensuring that the building and production processes support one another.
We design automation solutions for new production facilities, expansions, modernisation projects and technical refurbishments.
Our services include, for example:
- Design of building and energy automation systems
- Specification of measurement and instrumentation solutions
- Design of control and regulation principles
- Design of interfaces between production processes and building services systems
- Solutions supporting remote monitoring and reporting
- Commissioning support, testing and documentation
Our goal is not only to deliver a functional system, but also to provide useful data for maintenance, monitoring and continuous development.
Refrigeration design and energy solutions for industry
Industrial energy design examines how energy is generated, transferred, used, stored and recovered as part of a facility’s operations. The aim is to support decision-making with technically and economically sound information.
Our services include, for example:
- Corporate energy audits and energy management systems
- Energy assessments, audits and industrial energy analyses
- Assessment of heat recovery and waste heat utilisation opportunities
- Energy and lifecycle comparisons, including profitability analyses
- Energy and environmental condition calculations, including CFD simulations
- Design of energy solutions, including heat pumps, solar PV systems, electric boilers and energy storage systems
- Refrigeration design
- Metering and design solutions that support the use of energy data
- Support with applications for energy subsidies
Energy solutions are assessed from the perspectives of investment, operation, maintenance and system suitability—not solely on the basis of purchase price.
Electrical design for industry
In industrial electrical design, reliability of operation, safety, sufficient capacity and adaptability are key considerations. Systems must support both current production needs and future changes.
Our services include, for example:
- Electrical distribution and power supply systems
- Main and auxiliary electrical systems for production facilities
- Distribution boards, switchgear and cabling
- Safety system design
- Backup power and UPS solutions
- Earthing, lightning protection and protection coordination calculations
- Metering, monitoring and energy management solutions
Careful electrical design supports safe operation, efficient maintenance and changes in the production environment.
Assessments, measurements and documentation
Assessments, measurements and documentation
