Building automation systems succeed or fail based on how well they are understood, integrated, commissioned, and operated as ...

CHICAGO — If you listened carefully to what was being said by exhibitors in the designated Building Automation and Control Showcase area at the 2003 Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition ...

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

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 ...

Ethernet has become a mainstream communications protocol and sits atop the control pyramid in building automation. Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) defined an ...

Integrators often tell me that one of their biggest challenges is staying abreast of changes in product capabilities. Highlighting this aspect of the commercial integration market, building automation ...

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, ...