Having just completed a series of 3 techno / commercial studies on the Building Internet of Things (BIoT) the objective to turn smart buildings into fully automated ones requiring little or no human intervention has the full support of building owners. The technology to overcome the deficiencies of the present semi-automated Building Automation Services (BAS) is called BIoT and the companies that are pioneering this development and shaping its future, are not BAS suppliers, but are IT companies, Software companies and Chip manufacturers. Between them they hold all the new technology to deliver the Internet of Things content of a fully automated building and currently BAS suppliers are for the most part only back seat drivers. These 2 camps need to be brought together to combine their expertise if the full benefits of BIoT are to be realised and meet the customers buying proposition. The reason that the IT companies are attracted to sharing the […]