ASHRAE recently made changes to its newly published BACnet standard, which the association said will encourage smart lighting controls and other building automation controls systems. ANSI/ASHRAE ...

An independent security researcher has highlighted another vulnerability in building control systems that could be exploited by cyber attackers and has not been patched by manufacturers. The focus of ...

In a session at the 2021 Controls-Con, presented by Cochrane Supply, Jim Young, founder and CEO of Realcomm, presented a bold vision of the future: a built environment that has been fully digitalized.

IDEC Corporation announces built-in support for the BACnet/IP building automation protocol by its family of MicroSmart FC6A Plus PLCs. BACnet stands for Building Automation and Control Networking ...

HMS Networks now launches a new IR-based Intesis® AC interface that enables integration of any Air Conditioning unit, regardless of brand, into Modbus or BACnet Building Automation Systems. HVAC ...

According to companies, agreement could open the floodgate to wide-scale deployment of wireless sensing-solutions in commercial buildings Recent meetings between the two organizations have opened the ...

DALLAS--The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers in February released for public review a set of proposals that add physical access control to the existing ...

MILWAUKEE — (June 28, 2022) — Johnson Controls, the global leader for smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has announced an update to Metasys, the company’s industry-leading Building Automation ...

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 ...

Most of us don’t think too much about the environment where we work each day, but it takes a great deal of effort behind the scenes to make people feel physically comfortable. Building Automation ...

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 ...