Intelligent building technology is poised to transform nearly every aspect of the physical workplace in the coming years. From the ability to centralize the management of myriad of industrial control systems to the ability to create optimized micro-climates through out a building or factory floor, the ability to take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution […]
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Intelligent building automation supplier taxonomy
Below is a one stop shop intelligent building automation supplier taxonomy The intelligent building automation supplier pool is a large and growing ecosystem. While the tables below are not an exhaustive list, it does contain the names of more than 175 companies, grouped into major categories that make up the foundation of a comprehensive supplier […]
Does building automation focus too much on opex savings?
When most people think about intelligent buildings, they think about OpEx savings related to optimizing energy consumption… for good reason. The department of energy estimates that most buildings waste up to 30% of the energy that they consume due to inefficient HVAC and lighting systems. The DOE also estimates that approximately 40% of the costs […]
Selling the value of intelligent buildings to C-suite stakeholders
To a managers of intelligent buildings, the allure of being able to leverage centralized industrial automation control systems to spend more time running a well-orchestrated system is preferable to hunting and pecking to trouble shoot problems any day. Along these lines, leveraging automation tools to ensure smoothly running facilities is a relatively straightforward sell to […]
Hospital automation will be on the front line of intelligent buildings
Building automation has a powerful role to play in virtually any workplace that relies on industrial controls for smoothly running operations. However, the confluence of regulatory compliance requirements, changing business models and customer expectations makes the healthcare industry a prime candidate for intelligent building automation solutions. As with many intelligent building scenarios, automation related to […]
The role of cloud in intelligent buildings
As intelligent buildings continue to emerge as a major pillar of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the use of public and hybrid cloud technology will hold the key to offering the economics and elasticity necessary for critical compute and storage resources required for a variety of industrial control systems At a basic level, the advantages of […]
Siemens expands presence in the building automation market via new acquisition
Siemens said the acquisition of Califonia-based J2 Innovations will allow the firm to grow its business in this segment German firm Siemens confirmed that it is acquiring California-based J2 Innovations, a software framework provider for building automation and the internet of things. J2 has been operating in the IoT software business over the last ten […]