Building Automation
Buildings today are complex connections of structures, systems, and technologies.
Building automation is the automatic centralized control of a building’s HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning), electrical, lighting, shading, Access Control, Security Systems, and other interrelated systems through a Building Management System (BMS) or Building Automation System (BAS).
The objectives of building automation are improved occupant comfort, efficient operation of building systems, reduction in energy consumption, reduced operating and maintaining costs, increased security, historical performance documentation, remote access/control/operation, and improved life cycle of equipment and related utilities.
Building automation is an example of a distributed control system – the computer networking of electronic devices designed to monitor and control the systems in a building.
The benefits you can get from Newbit
Using sensors and other IoT devices to collect and manage data by the functions and services of a building, Newbit helps IoT devices manufacturers take wings, Newbit provides wireless modules, APPs, cloud, and whole solutions.
Bluetooth locks
Bluetooth smart locks open doors directly from the APPs of your mobile phone through Bluetooth. The main advantage of the smart door lock is that it enables door lock management and remote authorization to open the door.
- It can be embedded in the monitored system.
- When the system is under attack or moved by someone, it can notify the monitoring center and issue the order to destroy the critical information module.
- Timely notification of effective information and control status to the monitoring center.
- The monitoring object can identify.
- To monitor the working status of the target for cryptographic queries, etc.
- Adopt the full-duplex communication mode.
Window and Door Sensor
Wireless Window and door sensors connect to your Wi-Fi network at home. And that means they’re able to send notifications to your smartphone if they’re triggered (i.e. if someone opens or closes a window).
The window and door sensors detect and report the opening and closing of doors and windows and monitor temperature.
The functionalities of the window and door sensors make it ideal for building automation, automatic lighting, access control, and home security solutions.
- Send notifications
- Monitor activities
- Monitor temperature
Thermostat
A thermostat is a regulating device component that senses the temperature of a physical system and performs actions so that the system’s temperature is maintained near a desired setpoint.
Thermostats are used in any device or system that heats or cools to a setpoint temperature, examples include building heating, central heating, air conditioners, HVAC systems, water heaters, as well as kitchen equipment including ovens and refrigerators and medical and scientific incubators.
A thermostat operates as a “closed-loop” control device, as it seeks to reduce the error between the desired and measured temperatures. Sometimes a thermostat combines both the sensing and control action elements of a controlled system, such as in an automotive thermostat.
Now wireless technology has been added into the thermostats, wireless thermostats are a convenient way to remotely control heating systems in domestic and commercial buildings.
Smoke and Fire Detector
A smoke detector is a device that senses smoke, typically as an indicator of fire. Commercial smoke detectors issue a signal to a fire alarm control panel as part of a fire alarm system, while household smoke detectors, also known as smoke alarms, generally issue an audible or visual alarm from the detector itself or several detectors if there are multiple smoke detectors interlinked.
- Carbon monoxide gas detection
- Gas detection
- Freon (R11, R12) detection
- Ethanol detection
- Liquefied petroleum gas, butane, propane, methane, alcohol, hydrogen, fume detection
Smoke detectors are housed in plastic enclosures, typically shaped like a disk about 150 millimeters (6 in) in diameter and 25 millimeters (1 in) thick, but shape and size vary.
Smoke can be detected either optically (photoelectric) or by physical process (ionization). Detectors may use one of the two or both sensing methods.
Sensitive alarms can be used to detect, and deter, people from smoking in areas where smoking is banned. Smoke detectors in large commercial and industrial buildings are usually connected to a central fire alarm system.
Domestic smoke detectors range from individual battery-powered units to several interlinked units with battery backup. With interlinked units, if any of them detects smoke, all of the alarms will trigger even if household power has gone out.