Trend Control Systems: Building energy management controllers, supervision and integration tools

Trend supplies building energy-management controllers, supervision and integration products through an approved partner network.

Best for: Building projects combining HVAC control, estate supervision and staged upgrades to an existing Trend installation.
Less suited to: Assuming every legacy controller supports the same IP protocol or security features as the current IQ5 family.
Deployment: Field controllers and sensors commissioned by a systems integrator, with IQVISION supervision and selected integration equipment.
Data in: Environmental sensors, plant I/O and integrated system points; Connected Power adds outlet-level monitoring and control.
Pricing: System design, controller points, licensing and commissioning are project-specific; request a partner quotation for the intended scope.

Overview

Trend supplies building energy-management systems covering field controls, sensors, supervisory software and integration equipment. The core task is operating building services and making their behaviour visible to the people responsible for the property. That goes beyond displaying electricity consumption: the system also manages temperatures, schedules and plant operation.

The BEMS overview describes visibility and control of building conditions and energy use. A typical project combines controllers near equipment with an operator interface that brings the information together. Trend's range also includes room sensors and displays, giving it a field-to-supervision role in a building rather than the narrower role of a standalone energy meter.

Offering

The IQ5 family page distinguishes several control products, including IQ5ECO for HVAC applications and TONN9 for integration. It describes IQ5ECO's BACnet IP capability and TONN9's Trend IP driver in combination with IQVISION 4.15. These named configurations are more useful than treating the whole portfolio as one generic controller.

IQVISION provides the supervisory view, while the wider catalogue includes IQeco, IQX12, Trend Wall Bus Sensors and other field products. The IQ5 brochure describes expansion through I/O modules and a networked architecture. Together, these products allow the designer to place sensing and control near the plant while presenting alarms, conditions and operating information at the supervisory level.

Products and platforms

Connected Power
Outlet energy management

MK sockets and hubs connected to IQVISION for outlet monitoring and scheduling.⁶

Technology

Trend's compatibility guidance describes a long-term approach to integrating newer controls with existing installations. It also distinguishes the shared Ethernet medium from the application protocol used over it. Its IQ4E/XNC example addresses third-party metering, fire and lighting systems, while the current IQ5 page names specific BACnet IP and Trend IP integration paths.

These descriptions need to be applied to the selected controller and software version, not every older IQ product. They do not establish a tested Edge integration or permission to control safety-related systems. Trend's cybersecurity guidance adds the infrastructure perspective, making access, maintenance and system design part of the integration discussion alongside the list of supported protocols.

Integrations and interoperability

MK Connected Power
Outlet energy management

MK sockets and hubs integrated into Trend IQVISION, requiring activation and configuration.⁶

Markets

Connected Power links MK Electric's intelligent sockets and hubs with Trend IQVISION. It gives an energy manager outlet-level visibility and the ability to group, schedule and control suitable plug-in loads. That extends building management to small power, which is often separate from the HVAC equipment already connected to a BEMS.

The manufacturer's examples include university, office and school settings. It quotes Cranfield's energy and environment manager on identifying device use such as unauthorised fan heaters. The installation process separates electrical work, hub/socket commissioning and systems-integrator configuration. This is a concrete operational use for the platform, with device-level information helping investigate consumption that aggregate building meters cannot explain on their own.

Company

Trend's IQ5 brochure identifies the business as part of Honeywell and describes an international distribution and support network. Its products are predominantly supplied, engineered and commissioned through approved systems integrators. That route to market makes the installation partner an important part of both initial delivery and subsequent changes to a building.

The partner programme describes qualifications for supporting Trend systems. Trend's published technical manual gives its head-office location in Horsham, United Kingdom. Honeywell’s Trend company description dates its founding to 1980. This profile focuses on the documented control offering and support model rather than reusing old workforce figures.