01 / Technology ecosystem
Named products. Justified choices.
The manufacturers whose equipment appears most often in Zentrum designs across automation, security, networking, audio visual and communication scopes.
02 / Our position
We choose equipment for one reason: the systems we install have to keep working for ten-plus years, and the people responsible for them need parts, training and support during that whole time.
This page lists the products we most often design with, grouped by technical family. It is a description of our engineering preferences, not a statement of distribution rights, appointment or accreditation. Where a project or consultant specifies something different, we design and deliver to that specification instead.
03 / By technical family
Where each product sits in a design.
Automation and controls
Control platforms, controllers and field devices behind automation and building management scopes.
Home automation (Austria)
Energy and BMS
Automation and life-safety
Life-safety and security
HVAC and controls
Security and detection
Cameras, recording and video management, detection devices and access hardware interfaces.
Security and detection
IP surveillance
IP cameras
Video management
Networking and infrastructure
Switching, routing, wireless, power protection and the wired infrastructure everything else depends on.
Networking and Wi-Fi
Switching and wireless
Power protection and UPS
Audio visual
Loudspeakers, amplification, displays and signal distribution for residential and commercial spaces.
Reference audio
Professional audio
AV and communication
Displays and projection
Computing and platforms
Servers, workstations, endpoints and operating platforms that host or interface with the systems.
Endpoints and ecosystem
Endpoints and platforms
Endpoints and servers
Manufacturer names are used to describe the equipment we design and install with. No partnership, authorisation, certification or exclusivity is claimed or implied.
04 / Selection
The criteria behind every choice.
- 01Long-life productsEquipment with documented roadmaps, firmware support and replacement parts available for years — not seasons.
- 02Open protocolsBACnet, Modbus, IP, KNX — wherever possible. Closed ecosystems become future renovation costs.
- 03Local supportManufacturer presence or solid distribution in the UAE so spares arrive when they're needed.
- 04Operator experienceTools facilities teams can actually use after we hand over — not just engineers' favourites.
05 / Where it is used
The disciplines this ecosystem supports.
Product selection is one part of the work. How the systems are planned, installed and supported matters more — see the full solutions directory, turnkey delivery and maintenance and system assessment.
Next step /
Specifying equipment for a project?
Send us the scope or the specification and we will tell you how we would build it — and where we would choose differently, and why.