Codes, standards, and guidelines to consider
As the building industry evolves from intelligent buildings to smart buildings, new vendors join the marketplace indicating they have the best solution yet. Existing vendors continue to try to protect their foothold with their proprietary solutions vendor-locking others out and holding building owners hostage.
To prevent owners from becoming pigeonholed into one solution, they should consider selecting solutions that are open sourced and use open standards and codes. This allows for over-the-top solutions to be integrated into the network by sharing common industry protocols. There are several codes, standards, and guidelines that should be considered when selecting smart building hardware and applications solutions. They are as follows:
- ANSI/BICSI-007-2020, Information Communication Technology Design and Implementation Practices for Intelligent Buildings and Premises: This is considered the fundamental standard used in designing...
