About us


Abtec Building Technologies, Leicestershire
Bringing Intelligence to Buildings

We’ve earned a reputation for delivering innovative building management systems for smarter, energy efficient buildings. Our bespoke services have been implemented across new build projects, refurbishments and deployment in an existing infrastructure.

We have helped organisations track and monitor energy consumption, via energy metering and sub metering. We’ve designed and implemented services to lower energy consumption. We achieve this whilst creating a comfortable climatic environment for staff to work in.

Our experience and range of technologies can help bring about real improvements and help clients:

  • Reduce energy costs
  • Improve the deployment of building control systems
  • Enhance security systems
  • Create a comfortable working environment for employees and visitors
Why Choose Abtec?

We’ve got all the skills to help you deliver your project, on time and in budget.

Proven track record

As you can see from our client projects, we have years of experience delivering projects for clients.

Unique skills

Along with the traditional skills you’d expect we’ve also got a few that you wouldn’t.  Our team has Cisco accredited engineers in it and highly skilled software developers.  This is important as more building control projects are delivered over IP networks.

Trustworthy contractor

We’ve been working with primary contractors for many years.  As an accredited CHAS organisation we understand what’s required when working on projects.

Open standards

Our services use open standard technologies.  This means that clients aren’t tied down to expensive proprietary equipment in the future.  It also gives client’s more choices and ways in which they can reduce energy too.

Bringing it all together

Using the open standard KNX, we can bring many different types of building control device together on one platform.  We can deliver a single user interface that gives clients a holistic view of their building.  We can even deliver this over an IP network, making it more accessible to qualified users.

Accreditations and Accolades

Abtec is a CHAS accreditted contractor

Trustworthy Contractor

We take health and safety compliance seriously and are CHAS approved.

Abtec Building Technologies Cyber Essentials

Latest Awards

Electrical Contractors Association Awards 2018:

ECA Best Energy Solutions Project Award – Highly Commended

KNX Awards 2014

Awards 2014

We made it to the final of the KNX Awards 2014, held at the Frankfurt Light and Build 2014 event.  Our project, The Crystal, where we deployed KNX into one of the most energy efficient buildings in the world, made it through to the final in the category Best European Project.

KNX Awards 2014 - Trophy


Technologies we use

KNX

KNX is quickly becoming the worldwide standard for building automation protocols.  It can communicate with many different types of control device, and works over IP networks.  Our engineers can design networks, programme, install and commission KNX devices.

DALI Lighting

Due to its flexibility DALI is becoming the most popular lighting control standard.  Abtec is one the UK’s leading DALI lighting control specialists.  We can enable clients’ to have more control over their lighting, reducing power when not required and controlling light levels with our tablet apps.

BMS

Our engineers are fully compliant with many building management systems (BMS), including the Tridium Niagara Framework and Siemens Desigo system.  Our expertise is trusted so much so that we have been selected by Tridium to advise on their latest KNX protocol.

Protocols

We are fully conversant with many other types of building management protocols such as;

  • Modbus
  • BACnet
  • LonTalk
  • C-Bus