January 2024 news

Conference & Event News

Interoperability, the Focus of AHR Expo

Cimetrics’ CEO and founder, Jim Lee, was in attendance at the recent AHR Expo and ASHRAE Winter Meeting in Chicago, IL. The tradeshow gathered 60,000 HVAC professionals looking for what’s new in the industry, especially in improving data gathering, normalizing, and analysis to improve building productivity and sustainability.

Jim Lee spoke at the Smarter Summit 24 on the Sunday before the AHR Expo on the growing ecosystem around the revolutionary IBB Architecture to provide an open on-prem plug-and-play platform for host containerized applications. See highlights here. As always, with the annual ASHRAE meeting, Cimetrics met with many public and private sector building owners and partner companies to further the agenda of securing BACnet systems and turning data into actionable information, the focus of Cimetrics’ Analytika platform. Watch recap here

BACnet Network Segmentation Devices

Our Cimetrics family of BACnet Network Segmentation Devices (BNSDs) addresses serious BACnet segmentation issues that integrators face when designing BACnet MS/TP, BACnet/IP and BACnet/SC networks. Issues cush as: IT is unwilling to provide enough fixed IP addresses for a BACnet/IP job site, IT does not want the BACnet/IP devices on the Company IT network, IT may not allow Ethernet ring networks to connect directly to IT-managed network switches and more... Learn more

Cybersecurity January News

 

Five Cybersecurity Trends 2024, DoD future cybersecurity program, AI-native cybersecurity, and more...

There is much talk today in the BAS industry about “The Cloud.” In this article, the author lays out where technology is heading as far as using the Cloud for controlling and automating building systems, including HVAC, lighting, physical security, and other services now critical to smarter buildings. Learn more

Achieving Sustainable Olympics Using Smart Technology

To turn around the Olympics’ reputation and propel a legacy of environmental stewardship, Paris is prioritizing sustainable construction and efficient energy for next year’s Games. By leveraging smart technology in its new construction and retrofits, Paris will set the stage for a historic competition while also future-proofing its infrastructure for low-carbon, sustainable life in the years to come. Learn more here

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