When it comes to worker safety, factory automation is a winner. That flies in the face of the harsh criticism automation in manufacturing has seen in the press and popular opinion in recent years.

The maturation of communications technologies and the expansion of industry standards relating to cabling systems and protocols have made facilities and IT managers hungry for a single cabling system ...

With energy usage and costs being such major issues these days, attention has now turned to commercial buildings that collectively consume about 40% of the nation’s energy budget. Millions of people ...

Chris Lane is the Director of Product Management for Building Automation System (BAS) products at Johnson Controls. In this role, Lane leads a team of product managers responsible for defining the ...

Adam Stone writes on technology trends from Annapolis, Md., with a focus on government IT, military and first-responder technologies. In order for the federal government to successfully implement a ...

Building Automation Startups in India are already running full throttle. Urbanization, especially the real estate boom in dreams and reality, coupled with the newage demand for energy-efficient ...

With most buildings still operating during the lockdown, typically without manual input, this is a perfect opportunity to elevate the use of cloud-based, remote building automation systems (BAS) for ...

As workplace risks evolve, organizations must move beyond compliance to create adaptive, psychologically safe teams capable of managing complex crises and emerging threats. The modern workplace ...

Ethernet has become a mainstream communications protocol and sits atop the control pyramid in building automation. Recently, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) defined an ...