b'MEMBER PROFILE CARE SYSTEMS SERVICES LIMITEDSTREAMLINING OPERATIONS FOR STRESS-FREE COMMERCIAL BUILDING MANAGEMENT BY ANNA-LIZA BADALOOommercial facility managersexperience and started the company toholistic approach to buildingC have a tough job. They mayhelp clients get control of their buildings. climate control.have multiple buildings, all with different climate control systems. WhatsA turning point came in 1994 whenCSSLs cutting-edge integrations and a busy facility manager to do? Enter Carethey combined forces with Automatedautomations streamline operations and Systems Services Ltd. (CSSL), a companyLogic, becoming an authorized dealer andput more control in the clients hands. helping managers monitor and control allinstaller for the B.C. Interior. their buildings from one central place. We have clients who are health When Manon and Corey Care founded30 years later, CSSL now has offices inauthorities with multiple hospitals and CSSL in 1992, building automation wasVernon, Kamloops and Calgary. Theyautomation systems, explains Smith.an innovative new technology. In thosehave installed control systems in over 200We can integrate all types of automation early days, it was really about gettingbuildings, maintain over 240 mechanicalinto one so they can control their clients on board, explains CEO Darylsystems and have won several sales andbuildings from one interface. Lighting, Smith. Corey had lots of industrycustomer service awards.occupancy, air quality control andenergy are integrated into oneINTEGRATIONS ANDhuman-machine interface.AUTOMATIONS FOR BETTERHEATWAVES, FLOODS AND CLIMATE CONTROLWILDFIRES, OH MY!CSSLs three core services (building automation, HVAC services and energyRising energy costs, increasing extreme management) help clients improve theweather events and pandemic-related longevity, efficiency and comfort of theirchanges in commercial building use have commercial buildings.truly put facility managers to the test. Luckily, CSSL has been there to support We class ourselves as a multidisciplinetheir clients every step of the way. climate control solution provider, says Smith. We use our expertise in buildingDuring the wildfires, many of our automation and HVAC to provide acustomers either had to be evacuated or 22 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'