In my previous article on two-system integration, I discussed the four steps for effective integration. Just to recap, those steps are: Step 1: Define the use case; Step 2: Seek solutions for the use ...

These days, everyone seems to want a smart building, but taking the desire for a smart building and turning it into a design is difficult to say the least. In my March 2019 article, “An Open ...

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

Superficial automation knowledge often ignores how data and control traffic move through layered networks, which is why ...

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 ...

The following is a guest post from Damian Skelton, area vice president at Medxcel Facilities Management. The building automation system (BAS) is the primary backbone for energy savings in a hospital.

In October 2021, a rare form of a cyberattack took place on building automation system (BAS) devices at an office building in Germany. Unauthorized access into a building automation engineering firm’s ...