Most building automation failures begin at commissioning, where incomplete system understanding, poor coordination between ...

Most building automation systems underperform not because the equipment is defective, but because system behavior was never ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. In order for the federal government to successfully implement a ...

Chris Lane is the Director of Product Management for Building Automation System (BAS) products at Johnson Controls. In this role, Lane leads a team of product managers responsible for defining the ...

Security systems installed in a typical facility consists of cameras, access control, intrusion sensors and fire alarms. Typically, these devices are placed behind a firewall on a dedicated network.

The building automation system for a large medical lab uses OPC solutions from Software Toolbox to provide users with data access from any floor. A building automation supplier was installing a system ...

The maturation of communications technologies and the expansion of industry standards relating to cabling systems and protocols have made facilities and IT managers hungry for a single cabling system ...

Small- to medium-sized buildings — usually considered to be under 50,000 square feet — make up about 94% of all commercial buildings in the U.S., according to the U.S. Energy Information ...

As environmental and energy metrics continue to be a top priority for many businesses, one of the best strategies to hit that end target is by adding a building automation system (BAS) into the mix.

Building automation affects the building occupants’ safety, automates various subsystems’ functionality within the building and can lead to reduced costs. The approach used to reach these goals, ...

Beckhoff Automation has introduced the new TwinCAT 3 Building Automation software platform to modernize intelligent building systems. Beckhoff Automation has introduced the new TwinCAT 3 Building ...