IEC 63044-6:2021

Home and building electronic systems (HBES) and building automation and control systems (BACS) - Part 6: Requirements for planning and installation

IEC 63044-6:2021 specifies the requirements for planning and installation of HBES/BACS and the supporting infrastructure.
Radio frequency (RF) HBES/BACS are also considered.
Safety requirements are covered by IEC 60364 (all parts).
Information and communication technology (ICT) and broadcasting and communication technology (BCT) network installations are typically interfaced with HBES/BACS.
The requirements for ICT and BCT network installations are covered by ISO/IEC 14763-2.
This document does not cover HBES/BACS implementation with:
- optical fibre,
- power lines,
- power over Ethernet (PoE).

Systèmes électroniques pour les foyers domestiques et les bâtiments (HBES) et systèmes de gestion technique du bâtiment (SGTB) - Partie 6: Exigences de planification et d’installation

L'IEC 63044-6:2021 spécifie les exigences de planification et d'installation de HBES/SGTB et de l'infrastructure support.
Les radiofréquences (RF) HBES/SGTB sont également prises en considération.
Les exigences de sécurité sont couvertes par la série IEC 60364 (toutes les parties).
Les installations de réseau ICT et BCT sont en général interfacées avec HBES/SGBT.
Les exigences relatives aux installations de réseau ICT et BCT sont couvertes par l'ISO/IEC 14763-2.
Le présent document ne couvre pas la mise en œuvre HBES/SGTB avec:
- fibres optiques,
- lignes d'énergie,
- alimentation électrique par câble Ethernet (PoE).

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 28-Jun-2021
• ICS: 29.120.01 - Electrical accessories in general
• ICS: 29.120.99 - Other electrical accessories
• Technical Committee: TC 23 - Electrical accessories
• Current Stage: PPUB - Publication issued
• Completion Date: 29-Jun-2021

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Systèmes électroniques pour les foyers domestiques et les bâtiments (HBES) et
systèmes de gestion technique du bâtiment (SGTB) –
Partie 6: Exigences de planification et d’installation
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IEC 63044-6
Edition 1.0 2021-06
INTERNATIONAL
STANDARD
NORME
INTERNATIONALE
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Home and building electronic systems (HBES) and building automation and
control systems (BACS) –
Part 6: Requirements for planning and installation
Systèmes électroniques pour les foyers domestiques et les bâtiments (HBES) et
systèmes de gestion technique du bâtiment (SGTB) –
Partie 6: Exigences de planification et d’installation
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CONTENTS

FOREWORD ........................................................................................................................... 4

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 6

1 Scope .............................................................................................................................. 7

2 Normative references ...................................................................................................... 7

3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms ........................................................................ 8

3.1 Terms and definitions .............................................................................................. 8

3.2 Abbreviated terms ................................................................................................... 9

4 Home/building networks................................................................................................... 9

5 Home/building network model and general requirements ............................................... 10

6 Infrastructure requirements ............................................................................................ 11

6.1 Infrastructure requirements for wired HBES/BACS ................................................ 11

6.1.1 Installation spaces for wired HBES/BACS ...................................................... 11

6.1.2 Cohabitation of HBES/BACS and power cables ............................................. 17

6.1.3 Infrastructure requirements for outdoor wired HBES/BACS ............................ 19

6.2 Infrastructure requirements for RF HBES/BACS .................................................... 20

7 Cable for HBES/BACS ................................................................................................... 21

8 Electrical safety and functional safety ............................................................................ 21

8.1 Electrical safety .................................................................................................... 21

8.2 Functional safety .................................................................................................. 22

9 EMC .............................................................................................................................. 22

10 Earthing and bounding ................................................................................................... 22

11 Fire reaction and resistance requirements ..................................................................... 22

12 Environmental aspects .................................................................................................. 22

13 Installation documentation ............................................................................................. 22

Annex A (informative) Guidelines on HBES/BACS installation in existing buildings .............. 23

Annex B (informative) Installation guidelines for typical HBES/BACS applications ................ 24

B.1 General ................................................................................................................. 24

B.2 Installation guidelines ........................................................................................... 24

B.2.1 Lighting and shutter control ........................................................................... 24

B.2.2 Temperature control ...................................................................................... 24

B.2.3 Intrusion and technical alarm detection .......................................................... 26

Annex C (informative) Administration and documentation..................................................... 32

C.1 Installation documentation .................................................................................... 32

C.2 Instructions for use ............................................................................................... 32

C.3 Installer manual .................................................................................................... 32

Annex D (informative) Inspection and tests .......................................................................... 34

D.1 General ................................................................................................................. 34

D.2 HBES/BACS operation .......................................................................................... 34

D.3 Checks record ....................................................................................................... 34

D.4 HBES/BACS Installation Inspection Schedule ....................................................... 36

Annex E (informative) Applications and clusters of services for HBES/BACS ....................... 38

Bibliography .......................................................................................................................... 39

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Figure 1 – General topology of home/building network showing ICT, BCT, HBES/BACS

networks ............................................................................................................................... 10

Figure 2 – Installation spaces ............................................................................................... 12

Figure 3 – Infrastructure for buildings ................................................................................... 12

Figure 4 – Horizontal infrastructure (floor distribution) ........................................................... 13

Figure 5 – Example of infrastructure for ICT and BCT cabling for a flat ................................. 14

Figure 6 – Example of infrastructure for HBES network for a flat ........................................... 15

Figure 7 – Example of allocation of installation spaces (IS5, IS6).......................................... 15

Figure 8 – Indicative installation height for the most common HBES/BACS devices .............. 17

Figure 9 – Underground pathways ........................................................................................ 19

Figure 10 – Depth of underground pathways ......................................................................... 19

Figure 11 – Example of pathway planning to guarantee the respect of minimum

bending radii (R): 0,5 m if no related information is provided by the cable manufacturer ....... 20

Figure 12 – Example of RF HBES/BACS with components supplied with power cables

and batteries or energy harvesting ........................................................................................ 21

Figure B.1 – Zone temperature control concept ..................................................................... 25

Figure B.2 – Recommendations on temperature sensor positioning ...................................... 25

Figure B.3 – Example of home cabinet for heating flow control valves .................................. 26

Figure B.4 – Examples of external detecting sensors (1 of 2) ................................................ 27

Figure B.5 – Examples of internal detecting sensors and basic installation rules ................... 29

Figure B.6 – Examples of common mistakes in positioning internal sensors .......................... 30

Figure B.7 – Example of flooding detection ........................................................................... 31

Table 1 – EMC requirements for the cohabitation of the HBES/BACS and power cable ......... 18

Table 2 – Distances between pulling boxes versus type of cables ......................................... 20

Table E.1 – Applications and clusters of services for HBES/BACS ........................................ 38

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HOME AND BUILDING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (HBES) AND
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FOREWORD

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IEC 63044-6 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 23: Electrical accessories. It is an

International Standard.
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This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in

accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement, available

at www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs. The main document types developed by IEC are

described in greater detail at www.iec.ch/standardsdev/publications.

A list of all parts in the IEC 63044 series, published under the general title Home and Building

Electronic Systems (HBES) and Building Automation and Control Systems (BACS), can be

found on the IEC website.

The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the

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INTRODUCTION

A HBES/BACS network is part of the home/building network, which includes cabling for

information and communication technology (ICT) and broadcast communication technology

(BCT) applications. ISO/IEC 14763-2 is the specific standard for ICT and BCT cabling

installation and planning.

This document covers installation and planning requirements specific to a HBES/BACS network

in addition to safety requirements for electrical installations included in the IEC 60364 series.

Installation and planning specific requirements include:
– infrastructures for cabling,
– coexistence with electric wiring,
– hints for sensors.

Wireless systems are also considered. Planning the cabled backbone for wireless systems is

less complex compared to a full cabled network pathway, power supply cabling. Additional

provisions are provided to guarantee coverage and reliability.
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HOME AND BUILDING ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (HBES) AND
BUILDING AUTOMATION AND CONTROL SYSTEMS (BACS) –
Part 6: Requirements for planning and installation
1 Scope

This document specifies the requirements for planning and installation of HBES/BACS and the

supporting infrastructure.
Radio frequency (RF) HBES/BACS are also considered.
Safety requirements are covered by IEC 60364 (all parts).

Information and communication technology (ICT) and broadcasting and communication

technology (BCT) network installations are typically interfaced with HBES/BACS.

The requirements for ICT and BCT network installations are covered by ISO/IEC 14763-2.

This document does not cover HBES/BACS implementation with:
– optical fibre,
– power lines,
– power over Ethernet (PoE).
2 Normative references

The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content

constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.

For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any

amendments) applies.

IEC 60364-4-41, Low-voltage electrical installations – Part 4-41: Protection for safety –

Protection against electric shock

IEC 60364-4-44, Low-voltage electrical installations – Part 4-44: Protection for safety –

Protection against voltage disturbances and electromagnetic disturbances

IEC 60364-5-54, Low-voltage electrical installations – Part 5-54: Selection and erection of

electrical equipment – Earthing arrangements and protective conductors

IEC 63044-1, Home and Building Electronic Systems (HBES) and Building Automation and

Control Systems (BACS) – Part 1: General requirements

IEC 63044-3, Home and Building Electronic Systems (HBES) and Building Automation and

Control Systems (BACS) – Part 3: Electrical safety requirements

IEC 63044-4, Home and Building Electronic Systems (HBES) and Building Automation and

Control Systems (BACS) – Part 4: General functional safety requirements for products intended

to be integrated in HBES and BACS
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IEC 63044-5 (all parts), Home and Building Electronic Systems (HBES) and Building

Automation and Control Systems (BACS) – Part 5: EMC requirements

IEC 61386-24, Conduit systems for cable management – Part 24: Particular requirements –

Conduit systems buried underground

ISO/IEC 11801-1, Information technology – Generic cabling for customer premises – Part 1:

General requirements

ISO/IEC 14763-2, Information technology – Implementation and operation of customer

premises cabling – Part 2: Planning and installation
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in IEC 63044-1 and the

following apply.

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3.1.1
BCT cabling
broadcast and communication technologies cabling

cabling system designed to support applications using the HF band (3 MHz to 30 MHz), the

VHF band (30 MHz to 300 MHz) and the UHF band (300 MHz to 3 000 MHz) for transmission

of sound radio, TV and two-way data services, as well as for in-home inter-networking, as

defined in ISO/IEC 11801-1
3.1.2
HBES/BACS application
single automated action performed by HBES/BACS (see definition 3.1.4)

Note 1 to entry: Applications are normally integrated to perform higher-level actions.

3.1.3
home/building network

network for digital and analogue information transport for a home or a building, providing

defined access points and using one or more media in any topology
3.1.4
ICT cabling
information and communication technologies cabling

cabling system designed to support applications using information and communication

technologies, as defined in ISO/IEC 11801-1
3.1.5
wired HBES/BACS
HBES/BACS with wired power and signals
3.1.6
RF HBES/BACS

HBES/BACS whose signals are exchanged by radio frequency; power can be wired or not

(e.g. battery)
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3.2 Abbreviated terms
For the purposes of this document, the following abbreviated terms apply.
AV Audiovisual
BCT Broadcast and communication technologies
BO Broadcasting outlet
CO Control outlet
HD Home distributor
HF High frequency
HVAC Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning
ICT Information and communication technologies
IT Information technology
MATO Multi-application telecommunication outlet
RF Radio frequency
SHD Secondary home distributor
TO Telecommunications outlet
UHF Ultra high frequency
VHF Very high frequency
4 Home/building networks
The home/building networks:
– ensure the distribution of services, such as:
• communication,
• HBES/BACS;

– need components such as conduits, boxes, etc. as physical infrastructures for the system.

The implementation of the home/building network goes through the following steps:

– design,
– planning of physical infrastructure,
– installation.

The planning of a common physical infrastructure for HBES/BACS, ICT, and BCT and the

supporting power distribution network is advantageous for the following reasons:
– cost optimization through common works,
– optimization of the pathways,
– planning of common installation spaces for interfacing units,
– simplify the planning of spaces for future updates.

Specific requirements for the planning and the installation of a communication services generic

cabling infrastructure are given in ISO/IEC 14763-2. Requirements for the HBES/BACS physical

infrastructure are given in this document.

HBES/BACS networks can be wired, wireless or a combination of both and require a supporting

physical infrastructure. For example, wireless HBES/BACS are composed of the housing of the

device, the supporting power network, the positioning of interfacing modules, etc.

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5 Home/building network model and general requirements
The design of the home/building network shall consider:

– characteristics of the premises, including surface, type of home/building, physical

characteristics;
– required services:
• communication,
• HBES/BACS (see IEC 63044-1 for the complete list of HBES services);
– possible restrictions, in the case of existing buildings (see Annex A).

Figure 1 shows that a star topology is commonly used for ICT and BCT cabling subsystems

(according to ISO/IEC 11801-1). The home distributor (HD) is the unit for service delivery to

outlets (TO: telecommunication outlets; BO: broadcast outlet). A secondary home distributor

(SHD) may be necessary in the case of complex premises (e.g. a home on two floors).

HBES/BACS networks may have different topologies: wired (e.g. bus, tree, loop, star and/or

combinations thereof), wireless or mixed wired/wireless. However, HD and SHD spaces may be

conveniently shared with ICT and BCT networks.
HD: Home distributor
SHD: Secondary home distributor
TO: Telecommunication outlet
BO: Broadcast outlet
Figure 1 – General topology of home/building network showing
ICT, BCT, HBES/BACS networks

Home/building applications may be distributed over the ICT network, and communication

services may have interfaces with HBES/BACS.
HBES/BACS networks may have outdoor parts.
NOTE Outdoor locations are for example front doors, garages, garden lighting.

Improvements and additions to the HBES/BACS may however occur during the building life

(e.g. change/addition of devices). Flexibility is therefore required for the home/building network

layout.
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Wireless networks often need some wiring and spaces for housing devices which need

infrastructure planning as well. See Clause 6 for infrastructure planning either for wired or

wireless networks.

Some installation guidelines for typical HBES/BACS applications are reported in Annex B

depending on the applications and clusters of services for HBES/BACS provided in Annex E.

6 Infrastructure requirements
6.1 Infrastructure requirements for wired HBES/BACS
6.1.1 Installation spaces for wired HBES/BACS

According to the home/building network model of Clause 5, a physical infrastructure shall be

planned to allow the installation of cables and housing of the equipment.

Since the HBES/BACS may be extended to the whole building and to the outdoor grounds,

corresponding installation spaces shall be foreseen.

Six levels of installation spaces are identified, labelled IS1 to IS6 and selected according to the

design specification.

NOTE The selection of installation spaces depends on the complexity of the installation. For example, in a single

home installation only IS2, IS4, IS5 and IS6 are usually needed.

Installation spaces IS1 to IS6 are intended for fixing cabinets, enclosures and/or boxes, for

example according to IEC 60670-1 and containing active and/or passive devices as well as

connecting hardware.
Each installation space shall:
– contain boxes with an appropriate fixture for
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