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Northeast HVAC
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BACnet Web Services Updates and Call
for Participation in a Virtual Plugfest.
The BACnet committee has approved an update to BACnet/web
services (WS) to better support more sophisticated needs
such as smart grid and energy management.
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ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 135-2012, BACnet – A Data Communication
Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks, allows
building equipment and systems manufactured by different
companies to work together. It is the only open,
consensus-developed standard in the building controls industry.
The BACnet committee announced this week at ASHRAE’s 2014 Winter
Conference that addendum 135 am is slated for public review in
the first quarter of 2014. In order to drive a deeper review,
the committee is conducting a "virtual plugfest" for prototype
implementations.
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An open source BACnet/WS
server reference implementation has been developed to seed the
plugfest, it can be used as a test subject for client development
and a basis for server prototypes, according to Carl Neilson, chair
of the Standard 135 committee. The committee is asking for
implementations of both client and server prototypes.
The virtual plugfest will be conducted online and is expected to
begin mid-March and run through early April.
ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is a building technology society with more
than 50,000 members worldwide. The Society and its members focus on
building systems, energy efficiency, indoor air quality,
refrigeration and sustainability. Through research, standards
writing, publishing, certification and continuing education, ASHRAE
shapes tomorrow’s built environment today.
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