Continente is a hypermarket that belongs to the Sonae Distribution. It was the first hypermarket chain in Portugal (the first market opened in 1985 in Matosinhos), and still remains today as a reference in the food retail sector in the country. Its stores are mostly located in large shopping centers in major Portuguese cities, however, there are plenty of shops with their own space located outside shopping centers. In total, the chain owns about 169 stores in Portugal.
Late last year, the store in Matosinhos began the first phase of a major refurbishment that was only completed in the first quarter of 2015. The market is now the second store with LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
The existing buildings management system was completely replaced. RACE implemented a completely new system using the latest technology of LOYTEC. This system was implemented in order to give the store the ability to monitor simultaneously over 1,500 process variables on the network controllers.
The project was designed to help managers of the enterprise at various levels of intervention:
- Trust and security in decisions
- Flexibility and operation transparency
- Ease in the changes and refurbishments
- Help the management of maintenance
- Optimization of energy consumption
- Ease of learning and operation
The solution integrates the following systems:
- Control of the smoke extraction system
- Centers production and distribution of hot and cold water
- Integration of the climate control system via Modbus
- Control of the ventilation system
- Control of the cooling system with the integration Lon
- Control of the Lighting
- Energy and water metering and reports
- Monitoring of pumping water systems
- Monitoring of power distribution blocks and generator groups
Interesting Facts
Devices: LINX-220, LINX-210, LINX-120, LINX-110, LIOB-151, LIOB-152, L-MBUS, LWEB-900
| Location | Matosinhos, Portugal |
| Number of Nodes | 140 |
| Topology | BACNET MS/TP, Lonworks FT10, IP network, Modbus RTU, M-Bus |
| Companies involved | RACE, Sonae MC |
| LOYTEC Components | 2 x LINX-220, 4 x LINX-210, 1 x LINX-120, 3 x LINX-110, 33 x LIOB-151, 28 x LIOB-152, 1 x L-MBUS |
| LOYTEC Tools |
LWEB-900 |