Building automation today is a bit like sailing a 400-foot luxury yacht into the port of Monaco: everyone would like to do it, and almost everyone would if it were not so complicated and expensive. In an earlier article, we […]
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Building automation today is a bit like sailing a 400-foot luxury yacht into the port of Monaco: everyone would like to do it, and almost everyone would if it were not so complicated and expensive. In an earlier article, we […]
Considering how automated many artificial environments are, it is remarkable that most buildings today have so many manual controls.
Following on from E-World, and a great deal of work going on in the background, Phoenix Contact and ourselves were back on the road this week with an appearance at the DIAL Openlab at DIAL’s offices in Lüdenscheid, in the […]
Phoenix Contact, a leading manufacturer of electrotechnology, and Lemonbeat bundle their strength to lift building automation to the next level. During the “E-world energy & water 2017”, Europe’s most successful specialist energy trade fair, both companies announced their cooperation. It’s goal: making building automation more intelligent and less complex. A first real life project is already underway.
In the long run, the Internet of Things will only be successful if we manage to connect all the different devices in a very uncomplicated manner. Currently, the lack of interoperability is hindering widespread usage. A common language could be a solution and the devices itself have to become more intelligent. A biological organism carries in each cell the complete genotype with individual “working instructions”. This could be a paradigm for the Internet of Things.
Imagine your window shades know when its time to open or close. And not just by day or by night, but also by the amount of light that falls into the room, by the actual inner temperature or by the overall […]
