A single, connected experience in building intelligence.

Commercial buildings where building operations and user experience are no longer separate systems.

A new integration between ABB Ability™ Building Pro and Samsung SmartThings Pro, building on their existing partnership has been announced. The integration enables building owners and operators to access building data, insights and controls through a more connected environment.

Building owners and operators are managing increasingly complex property portfolios while facing growing pressure to improve efficiency and meet sustainability goals. ABB and Samsung are directly addressing that challenge by connecting their respective building intelligence and enterprise IoT platforms, providing greater visibility into building performance through a familiar digital environment.

LtoR: Emre Evinc, Director, Head of IoT Business, Europe, Hoon Seol, Executive Vice President and Head of Consumer Electronics Division Samsung Germany, Mike Mustapha, Division President, Mark Zwerner, Global Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, ABB Electrification's Smart Buildings Division, Dr. Thorsten Böker, Director Business Development at Samsung Germany. 

ABB Ability™ BuildingPro connects devices and data across building systems, enabling analytics and operational insights through ABB Ability™ BuildingPro Suites. Samsung SmartThings Pro brings these capabilities into the Samsung ecosystem via a secure cloud-to-cloud integration, allowing data to be shared between both platforms.

"Building owners require a data foundation they can trust and tools that make it easier to manage increasingly complex building portfolios," said Mike Mustapha, Division President, ABB Electrification’s Smart Buildings Division. "By integrating ABB Ability™ BuildingPro with Samsung SmartThings Pro, we are helping owners and operators access the insights they need to make more informed decisions across their buildings.”

“Samsung SmartThings Pro gives enterprise customers a familiar platform to manage and maximize their buildings and assets,” said Chan-Woo Park, Executive Vice President, Samsung Electronics Device eXperience Division. “Combined with ABB Ability™ BuildingPro, customers can access building information and controls through a connected experience that helps simplify day-to-day building management.”

Together, ABB Ability™ BuildingPro and Samsung SmartThings Pro provide building operators with a unified view of lighting, climate, shading and access-control systems, alongside energy monitoring and presence detection data.

With ABB Ability™ BuildingPro Suites, operators can access analytics and operational insights to better manage building performance across offices, retail locations and larger commercial buildings.

In hospitality environments, a dedicated solution based on ABB i-bus® KNX and NETxAutomation software supports guest room integration with Samsung SmartThings Pro. The integration supports occupancy-based energy management and centralized monitoring, helping hotel operators reduce energy consumption and improve operational efficiency. The solution also supports a phased deployment, allowing customers to pilot the technology in a single area before scaling across a property or wider building portfolio.

For guests, the integration allows them to adjust lighting, climate, shading and entertainment through Samsung SmartThings Pro from their own smartphones. Guests can also personalize their room environment throughout their stay without having to download an additional app. This integration will be rolled out at three proof-of-concept sites throughout 2026:

Samsung's Business Experience Center in Eschborn, Germany;

Samsung's Training Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands;

ABB's headquarters in Middelfart, Denmark.

The sites will showcase how the integration can support energy efficiency, building performance and user experience in real-world settings. ABB and Samsung are thus laying the foundation for a new generation of commercial buildings where building operations and user experience are no longer separate systems, but part of a single, connected experience.

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Smart buildings, smart tracking and smart metering.

Wirepas Mesh powered by Silicon Labs SoCs bring low power, high security and cost that enables high scale for smart buildings, smart tracking and smart metering; complete the Silicon Labs SoC portfolio for Wirepas partners.

Wirepas has announced its Wirepas Mesh 2.4 GHz connectivity suite will soon be available on Silicon Labs EFR32MG24 and that their Sub Ghz connectivity is now available on EFR32FG23 SoCs. The MG24 features high security, large memory and low power which makes it particularly interesting for smart building applications. The FG23 is designed for smart metering that requires high performance long range at a highly cost-effective price point with Wirepas’ advanced low memory footprint routing. The SoCs adds to Silicon Labs’ BG21 and BG22 on which Wirepas Mesh 2.4 GHz is already available and targeted especially for smart tracking.

Wirepas and Silicon Labs have further strengthened their partnership with the addition of these SoCs to our portfolio, which provide highly competitive and affordable solutions for IoT projects in smart buildings, smart metering, and smart tracking at massive scales. We are actively participating in several ongoing India smart metering tenders and expect the majority of the 250 million smart meter tenders to be awarded by the first half of 2023, where our EFR32FG23 SoC and Wirepas Mesh 865-868 MHz profile are an excellent fit for the smart metering market needs. That is continuation of the success story of millions of smart meters together in the Nordic countries. While EFR32MG24 with Wirepas Mesh 2.4 GHz profile is a perfect match for various smart building applications like occupancy sensing and condition monitoring. Chosen already by leading Building Management System companies. Customers can upgrade their designs from BG21 to MG24 with minimum software effort thanks to one SDK.” says Jani Vehkalahti, head of Sales at Wirepas.

“Within the building automation market and use cases that range from simple water leak detectors to building access control systems and all the way up to full room controllers, the EFR32MG24 paired with Wirepas can connect entire buildings” said Mark Beecham, Staff Product Manager of Building Automation at Silicon Labs. “This offers residents a seamless and pleasant experience while allowing building management companies the ability to scale to larger networks and to more services.

@Wirepas @siliconlabs #IoT#BAC #Smart

A small controller with large capacity.

The MX 256 from Teledyne Oldham-Simtronics is a gas detection system that is easy to install and operate. It aims to help in locations where day-to-day hazards can arise when using various gases, and the difficulties in ensuring safety in the working environment and for staff.

Offering over 200 gas detection points, this cost-effective unit provides flexible, accurate and reliable site management, while our semi-automatic magnetic calibration will simplify your maintenance to ensure your system stays healthy in the toughest environments.

In addition, their fully addressable sensors significantly reduce installation costs and, more importantly, minimize the overall cost of ownership compared to using multiple stations for larger sites such as laboratories, hotels, schools, universities, and large public and industrial facilities.

The MX 256 complements the MX family of units, including the MX 16, MX 32, MX 40, MX 43, MX 52 and MX 62, offering customers a wide range of solutions designed to meet specific gas detection needs.

Buildings - Plants,Labs,Schools

Its strong points include:

• 8-line digital control unit
• The digital detectors of the OLCT10N series can detect the following gases O2, NO, NO2, NH3, CO, CO2
• Compact and easy to install
• Integrated relays
• Large capacity
• 256 addressable relays
• 224 logic inputs
• 256 analogue outputs
• 256 digital sensors

In a wall-mounted box, the MX 256 is compact and easy to install, the configuration will be carried out thanks to its programming software COM 256.

Its new option of industrial controller or remote HMI, the MX 256 allows, the connection of 4-20 mA detectors, data recording on USB key or SD card. It also allows  the sharing of recorded information or to provide a diagnosis of the installation thanks to its embedded web page

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Keeping building occupants safe and healthy.

OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service is being launched by Johnson Controls. The new offering is the first dedicated "as-a-service" Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) solution for buildings, delivering energy-efficient, turnkey clean air outcomes with an innovative financing model.

"Johnson Controls believes the best healthy buildings strategy is a holistic one," said Ganesh Ramaswamy, vice president and president, Global Services at Johnson Controls. "This suite of offerings delivers the market's most comprehensive portfolio of solutions, plus expert guidance, to help customers cut building costs, raise productivity and exploit new revenue opportunities - all while delivering on their sustainability goals, resulting in healthy people, healthy places and a healthy planet."

OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service provides customers with a long-term proactive approach to IAQ to meet ever-changing health and safety compliance standards while leveraging industry leading OpenBlue technology to optimise IAQ and energy costs. The offering includes five key components:

• IAQ assessments – Together with UL, a global safety science leader, Johnson Controls will use a combination of science and technology to assess indoor air quality, pinpoint areas of risk and determine benchmarks and KPIs that support better IAQ, energy efficiency and cost savings.
• Solution application – Based on the results of the assessment, Johnson Controls will apply IAQ sensors, products and services required to meet customers' desired outcomes. Award-winning OpenBlue technology breaks down data silos and delivers all critical indoor air quality information in one centralised place, making it easy to control devices, display IAQ data and identify trends, helping optimise energy costs and indoor air quality levels with AI-powered recommendations for improvements.
• Remote monitoring & advisory – To ensure desired outcomes are met, Johnson Controls will leverage its global Remote Operations Centres (ROCs) to provide 24/7 monitoring of critical IAQ values and recommendations for improvements from our team of experts.
• Annual IAQ reassessment – Acknowledging the dynamic nature of all buildings, Johnson Controls will provide annual IAQ reassessments and work with clients to enhance their operations as needed to maximise return on their IAQ investments.
• Financing – OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service will be offered through an optional, predictable monthly financing model. Through this model, customers will not have to worry about making large upfront capital decisions. Since the model is scalable, Johnson Controls can help organisations shift their operational models from being COVID-19-reactive to productivity-proactive to meet longer-term goals.

OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service is scheduled to launch globally in February this year (2022).

Industry research continues to demonstrate the benefits of a holistic approach to indoor air quality control and management. In a survey of Johnson Controls customers, 60% are actively investing in indoor air quality-related measures. Even a 1% improvement in air quality can have a financial impact equivalent to an average building's annual utility bill, according to Harvard research. In addition, improved indoor air quality can reduce the aerosol transmission of COVID-19, acting as effectively as a population that is 50-60% vaccinated, according to peer-reviewed research published in Nature.

"Now, more than ever, enhancing indoor air quality is a critical business need as employees return to their workplaces and students return to their schools," said Tyler Smith, executive director, Healthy Buildings at Johnson Controls. "Our industry-leading OpenBlue Indoor Air Quality as a Service offering not only enables organisations to keep building occupants safe and healthy indoors in the face of evolving health and compliance regulations, but also empowers organisations to commit to more environmentally sustainable projects by delivering a solution that will also reduce energy use."

@johnsoncontrols @JCI_UKI @teamlewisglobal #AirQuality #BuildingAutomation

Energy harvesting experts strengthen British coverage.

EnOcean has appointed Simon Johnson to manage their sales in Britain. The specification specialist will be working to promote their successful energy harvesting technology into this fast-growing market including smart building projects and the emerging trend of modular homes. Simon will work closely together with John Corbett, Sales Director UK at EnOcean, and report to Jürgen Baryla, Vice President Sales.

Simon Johnson

Simon Johnson joins EnOcean from Theben AG, a specialist in smart home technology focussed on KNX, where he spent three years as Sales and Specification Specialist. Simon previously ran his own electrical contracting business. He has a keen interest in modern building control solutions, with a number of family home renovation projects to his name making him aware of the specific requirements.

“We are delighted to have Simon join the team with his high level of experience,” said Jürgen Baryla. “He has a successful track record of sales of smart building technology, as well as unique insight into installing these technologies and making them work in a real building environment. We believe he will be a real asset to our UK customers.”

Commenting, Simon said, “I am excited to be joining EnOcean. The company is extremely well placed to develop and manufacture the energy harvesting products needed for the smart future of our buildings. I believe EnOcean is in a unique position. It is a pioneer in energy harvesting devices and is large enough to invest in new ideas but small enough to be flexible.”

Smart building control solutions are proving popular in the territory with more commercial and residential projects adopting the technology. Legislation and tougher controls on energy usage are likely to further boost demand, which EnOcean is ready to fulfil enabling highly flexible and maintenance-free sensor solutions. “There can be huge benefits from monitoring the usage of buildings and internal environments using cleverly deployed sensors,” added Simon Johnson. “These include increased productivity, higher comfort, reduced energy costs, proactive rather than reactive facilities management and better use of space.”

@EnOcean #Appointment #Britain #BAC