Wireless Revolution’ Changing Building Automation - Feature Articles - Extra Edition - Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration NEWS

Wireless Revolution’ Changing Building Automation - Feature Articles - Extra Edition - Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration NEWS:

"ATLANTA, GA — Visitors to the building automation booths at the recent AHR Expo caught a glimpse of the future, and that future is now.

Building automation companies have expanded their products’ capabilities and users can now manage the heating, air conditioning, and the lights in one or more buildings via the Internet from anywhere in the world, if need be.

This “Wireless Revolution” is transforming the industry. According to Nikki DeSilva, marketing communications manager for Teletrol, wireless is the next generation and where everyone is going. “The industry will change and become much more smart,” she said.

Ken Sinclair, editor of Auto-matedBuildings.com, agreed. On his website, he writes in his wrap-up of the show, “…It became clear that our building automation industry is rapidly entering the new field of dynamic information technology (IT). Rapid convergence is taking place with Internet and Intranet solutions. IT solutions abound with browser-based everything, along with fully implemented wireless to Internet to business models for our service industry.”