IOT Integrated Automated Building Systems | 75F
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Commercial building automation has been around for a long time, yet serious technological advancement has struggled to take hold in the industry over the years. This is largely due to the complex needs of large building systems and the subsequently complex building automation system architectures designed to match.
As the Internet of Things (IoT) gained popularity in other industries over the last decade, however, most building controls companies started introducing IoT technology to their solutions via gateways and bolt-on connected devices. These networked devices can extend the functionality or flexibility of traditional building controls — such as incorporating indoor air quality management (IAQM) — but they don’t do much to reduce widely-felt implementation barriers such as cost and complexity.
This article seeks to define the varying ways in which building control companies use IoT today, from smart systems and smart layers all the way to native IoT Building Management Systems (BMS). It will discuss the benefits and limitations to IoT bolt-ons, and explore how building automation with a foundation in IoT can change the way we monitor and control buildings forever.
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