Grant Erickson

Leading Technology Alliances Unite Behind IP as Secure Backbone for Building Automation

BACnetInternational, KNX Association, OCF, Thread Group and the Zigbee Alliance announced they are working together to better align commercial buildings with users’ connectivity needs and to improve the integration of smart building products. Together they are promoting a secure multi-standard IP-based infrastructure as a backbone in building automation to replace the inefficient, still-widespread use of siloed solutions.