October, 2018 newsletter - Facility IT, Building Security, BACnet News

What is Facility IT

Facility IT is a discipline lying at the intersection of Building Automation Systems (BAS), Facility Management (FM), and Information Technology (IT). It’s best described as the use of information technology to ensure that the building systems are performing and delivering on the needs of the organization who pay for and rely on the facility.

Facility IT emerged from the New Deal for Buildings initiative. Learn more

Analytics corner blog

Our analytics work hard to uncover operational issues and optimization opportunities in the buildings. Here you can read the most interesting cases uncovered by our Analytika team and highlight the savings achieved by their recommendations. Read More

BACnet news

With the increased likelihood of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure, including buildings, it is increasingly important to secure automation networks. BACnet Secure Connect (BACnet/SC) is a forthcoming networking option that will secure BACnet communication on TCP/IP networks using standard IT technologies that are used in critical applications such as online banking.

Simply put, BACnet/SC provides the means to create secure communications connections between BA devices both across the cloud, and within facilities. Read White Paper here

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Cimetrics is one of the sponsors of the annual MIT Energy Hackathon, which will be held November 2-4, 2018 at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Team up  to work on real-world energy problems.  Registration is now open!

BACnet User Group meeting in New England area November 1st

The next free BACnet user group meeting will be on November 1, 2018 at at at Center for Integrated Life Sciences & Engineering at Boston University. This meeting will be focused on Building Security and Facts, Figures and Futures from the World of BACnet Testing.

The purpose of the BACnet User Group is to bring together the local BACnet user community twice a year to share tips and techniques, pains and joys, regarding the use of the BACnet products and technologies. The user group features BACnet experts from Cimetrics, Siemens and Schneider Electric.

This meeting are especially useful for the end users who have BACnet systems - facility managers, building managers. You can get free knowledge on BACnet to help you better manage the systems. Register Here

What is New Deal for Buildings
Let’s Talk Facility IT

Lately, there is a so-called “IT-OT debate.” Who, the debate goes, are responsible for these new systems, the IT department, or the people who manage the “Operational Technology”? Of course, that is the wrong question. Armed with self-interest, people from both side would say “we do!” This debate doesn’t help. There has to be a better way to think about this problem. Read More

Industry news

Smart-building and IoT technologies are highly fragmented. Greater cooperation among standards bodies, corporations, city governments and other stakeholders is needed so IoT and existing smart-building technology can work together to deliver the full potential of smart cities, according to a Georgia Tech study.

The problem is that standards are lacking for current in-building systems, let alone having standards so they can share with newer IoT devices. Read More

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