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By Walt Herring and Nora Swanson, AKF Group

Following Protocols to Achieve Reliable Smart Buildings


The ultimate Internet of Things (IoT) Smart Building dream is having an abundance of devices and sensors deployed across a building, interacting with one another to proactively and analytically respond to various events, needs, and desires. The device and sensor markets are ripe with products to fulfill our every IoT dream: Want to use your phone to dim the conference room lights? – check! Want your office temperature activated to a certain degree when you drive into the building garage? – check! Want your order at the lobby coffee shop ready 30 minutes after leaving the house? – check! We have entered an age of technology in which nearly everything we want is – literally – at our fingertips. However, for all devices and sensors to work together in harmony to bring our dreams to reality, required protocols and protocol integration must be fully understood.

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