As the world becomes more digital, connected, and automated, the case for wireless technology in buildings has never been stronger. The Internet of Things (IoT) megatrend, along with rising user ...

Security researchers have found a zero-day vulnerability in a popular building controller used for managing various systems, including HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), alarms, or ...

HVAC – heating, ventilation, and air conditioning – can account for a huge amount of energy usage of a building, whether it’s residential or industrial. Often it’s the majority energy consumer, ...

The advent of electromechanical controls in the 1970s, analog controls in the 1980s, direct digital control (DDC) in the 1990s, and complete building control integration in the 2000s has progressively ...

BRIEFLY CLOSED: Customers have started to allow IFS to service equipment again, after briefly closing their buildings to visitors during the pandemic. May 13, 2020 During this unprecedented societal ...

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“If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” is an adage that may ring true for some things, but not when it comes to commercial real estate building control systems. That’s the message from Joey Ponton, ...

The summer is upon us, and it’s already shaping up to be a hot one. Air conditioners all over the country are waking up from many months of slumber. And unfortunately, many of them won’t work properly ...

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 ...

In many ways, 2020 was an extraordinary year. For many professionals, there was a shift in working from the office to working from home. And so, interest in functional HVAC systems with improvements ...