IMCOM LonWorks (registered trademark) Building Automation Systems Implementation Strategy

Abstract

Army Installations often expand their use of digital control systems for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning and other mechanical and electrical building systems on a building-by-building basis. Associated control systems are installed under separate contracts by different contractors resulting in intra-system incompatibilities. The implementation of multi-vendor Open Building Automation Systems (BASs) is meant to overcome such incompatibilities; however BASs can present their own technical and administrative (including contractual) challenges. This report defines a methodology for the development and execution of a basewide Open Building Automation System (BAS) implementation plan based on LONWORKS (registered trademark) technology and American National Standards Institute (ANSI) communications standard 709.1 where the BAS consists of a basewide Utility Monitoring and Control System (UMCS) that is interoperable with multi-vendor LONWORKS (registered trademark) direct digital control (DDC) systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA492015

Entities

People

  • David M. Schwenk
  • Joseph Bush
  • Lucie M. Hughes
  • Stephen Briggs
  • Will White

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Application Software
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Control Systems
  • Electronic Mail
  • Employment
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Information Systems
  • Local Area Networks
  • Network Protocols
  • Operating Systems
  • Personnel Management
  • Word Processors

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  • Computer Science.
  • Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Engineering.
  • Robotics and Automation.