ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Back by popular demand was the Building Automation Center at the 2002 Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition. Approximately 106 companies in nearly an acre of exhibit space offered such products as building automation systems, energy management systems, climate controls, network integration protocols, facility management solutions, and Internet connectivity.
In the thick of things, per usual, was the LonMark Interoperability Association (Palo Alto, CA), which continues to battle BACnet for supremacy in establishing an interoperability standard for control networks. Supported by a who’s who of control companies, the LonMark Association counts among its 300-plus members not only the manufacturers fueling this revolution, but also the end users, equipment specifiers, and system integrators driving its implementation.