Lost in Protocol
This system monitors and controls a building’s HVAC, lighting and other MEP services.
What is a BMS (Building Management System)?
What is BACnet?
Sensors that detect whether a space is in use, used to switch lights and HVAC
What are occupancy sensors?
The USGBC’s green building rating system.
What is LEED?
This acronym describes the network of connected sensors and devices that feed city platforms.
What is IoT (Internet of Things)?
Bay sensors and signage that direct drivers to free spaces.
What is smart parking guidance?
This ASHRAE open protocol is the most widely used language for building automation devices.
What is BACnet?
This occupant app feature lets staff reserve desks and meeting rooms.
What is space / room booking?
This IWBI rating focuses on occupant health and wellbeing.
What is the WELL Building Standard?
The central facility where operators monitor and coordinate city services in real time.
What is the Integrated Operations / Command and Control Center?
LED street lights dimmed and monitored remotely through a central management system.
What is smart street lighting?
Developed by Modicon in 1979, this protocol is still common on meters and chillers.
What is Modbus?
Adjusting outdoor air supply based on measured CO2 levels.
What is demand-controlled ventilation?
This certification rates a building’s digital connectivity infrastructure.
This certification rates a building’s digital connectivity infrastructure.
A 3D virtual replica of a city fed with live data for planning and operations.
What is a city digital twin?
Acoustic leak sensors and pressure monitoring help utilities cut this, abbreviated NRW
What is Non-Revenue Water?
This European open standard (ISO/IEC 14543-3) is widely used for lighting, blinds and room control.
What is KNX?
Analytics that automatically find and diagnose HVAC faults
What is FDD (Fault Detection and Diagnostics)?
WiredScore’s sister certification that rates smart technology and user experience.
What is SmartScore?
This low-power wide-area protocol runs on unlicensed sub-GHz bands.
What is LoRaWAN?
Multifunction street infrastructure combining lighting, CCTV, small cells and EV charging.
What are smart poles?
This lighting control protocol is defined by IEC 62386 to control each individual fixture
What is DALI?
Light fixtures powered and controlled over structured Ethernet cabling.
What is PoE lighting?
Abu Dhabi’s sustainability rating system for buildings, named after a gem.
What is the Estidama Pearl Rating System?
This 3GPP cellular LPWA technology, introduced in Release 13, runs within LTE spectrum.
What is NB-IoT?
Two-way smart metering infrastructure for electricity and water.
What is AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure)?