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 BACNET INTERNATIONAL, KNX Association, OCF, Thread Group and the Zigbee Alliance are working together to better align commercial build- ings with users’ connectivity needs and to improve the integration of smart building products.
It is great news for end users as these are the organisations behind the leading technology standards in the field of building automation. They are collaborating on this new initiative: ‘IP Building and Lighting Standards’ (IP-BLiS).
Together they are promoting a secure multi- standard IP-based infrastructure as a backbone in building automation to replace the inefficient, still- widespread use of siloed solutions. For this pur- pose, the operation of leading technology stand- ards is to be harmonised, the fragmentation in smart building connectivity reduced and a broad acceptance of coexistent solutions promoted.
Currently, there is no automation technology available that covers all the use-cases required to fully automate a commercial building. From ele- vators and energy management, to lighting, water supply and air conditioning, to access control and surveillance systems: there are countless applica- tion scenarios for technologies in smart buildings.
However, some individual building systems still use a wide variety of proprietary solutions that often require separate hardware-based gateways and infrastructures. This fragmenta- tion results in higher costs for planning, installa- tion, maintenance and administration of smart building projects. In addition, synergistic oppor- tunities over the long-term remain unused.
In order to overcome these barriers, the mem- bers of IP-BLiS intend to combine light control and building management systems with IT net-
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  The advent of the Internet of Things has led to greater collaboration between manufacturers, ecosystems and global standards organisations.
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works by using a secure all IP-based configura- tion while harmonising the operation of their technical standards accordingly.
This will allow data from a wide variety of building systems to be accessible via a single IP address.
There are several advantages to this approach. Hardware-based gateways become unnecessary, as various devices across some of the most di- verse systems can communicate via a single se- cure IP connection, and it will be much easier to seamlessly integrate IoT products into existing smart buildings.
Furthermore, an IP-based approach will sig- nificantly reduce effort and costs while increas- ing security, allowing smart building projects to become more scalable.
Companies wishing to support the goals of IP-BLiS can participate by becoming a mem- ber in one of the participating organisations.
BACnet International president, Andy McMil- lan, said the BACnet community is collaborative by nature and its members welcome the oppor- tunity to promote fully integrated building sys- tems through IP-BLiS.
KNX Association International president, Franz Kammerl, said this initiative is a real game-changer for building automation that will further accelerate the growth of the market thanks to its added values in terms of integra- tion, scalability and security.
Zigbee Alliance CEO and president, Tobin Rich- ardson, said the advent of the Internet of Things has progressively required more and more collab- oration between manufacturers, ecosystems and global standards organisations to unlock the evolving potential offered by connected devices.
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