Structure of the TC BACM |
OfficersCo-Chair: Dietmar DietrichCo-Chair:Peter Palensky Secretary: Dietmar Bruckner Sub-committeesWeb page, PR, NewsletterCo-Chairs:Bruckner,KupzogMembers:Brissman,Dietrich All work dealing with public relations like the web appearance is coordinated by this sub committee. It provides information about all members and presents their work within TC BACM consistently to the public. If you want to join the TC BACM, don't hesitate to contact us. Beside regular memberships also the elevation to Senior Members will be announced by this sub committee. Newsletters are also published by this sub committee. PublicationsCo-Chairs:Fischer,Kastner,Palensky,SauterMembers:Antchev,Kabitzsch,Kwasnowski The SC publication is the platform for publishing scientific articles regarding future aspects, features, functions, applications of building automation, controls and building management systems as well as reports from real projects presenting the results of using new technologies in that area. Technology and StandardsCo-Chairs:Brissman,Kabitzsch,PalenskyMembers:Fischer,Soucek,Kupzog The scope of the SC Technology & Standards is to supervise the development of technology and standards that are relevant for use in building automation systems, in control systems and in building management. New emerging technologies and standards in particular may need attention so that the TC in different ways can spread the knowledge about them, e.g. by initiating seminars, conference participation, etc. The SC may also develop strategies concerning the adoption of new technologies and standards and propose them to the TC for approval. Additionally the SC may also propose new working groups on subjects related to technologies and standards that may become important for the future. This may include screening, identification, discussion and selection of new technologies, initiation of joint projects to evaluate or modify these solutions and to propagate them for standardization. Please read our overview of technologies and standards in Building Automation, Control and Management (BACM). This document is also available as Word-file . IP-based Control NetworksCo-Chairs:Soucek,KupzogMembers:Dang,Fonseca,Hong,Park,Sauter Internet Protocol (IP) network infrastructure is becoming more and more pervasive in building automation systems. IP-based control networks are an evolving technology in current developments to leverage IP networks into the control domain. This working group is focused on monitoring, analyzing and developing IP-based solutions, including protocol standards for tunneling established control network protocols (e.g., LonWorks, KNX, BACnet) over IP networks, creation of native IP-based control schemes, and the implications on network convergence and robust control algorithms in building automation applications. Besides the core communication technology user-centric applications such as visualization and interfacing to related subsystems in the IT domain mainly through web-services are also focus of this group. Wireless Field Level NetworksChair:MahlknechtMembers:Carcelle,Fonseca,Hancke,Hong,Neugebauer,Park,Sauter Wireless technologies are becoming increasingly popular specially in home automation where this technology has gained already a significant market share. This working group is focused on analyzing and developing solutions for home and building sensor and actor networks, including the monitoring of established standards (e.g. ZigBee technology) as well as the development of lower power protocols and physical standards for future energy autonomous wireless sensor and actor networks. The interfacing to related subsystems and the higher level IT network infrastructure is another topic of this WG. Safety & SecurityCo-Chairs:Treytl,NovakMembers:Palensky,Gerstinger This working group is dedicated to the topics of safety and security in building automation. The current focus lies on safety (functional safety as well as electrical safety) and security measures on the integration and support of these services by building automation networks. Topics are dedicated security and safety measures, support and suitability of current building automation networks as well as future requirements for security and safety. Whereas safety is already a topic for some decades it is often covered by separate networks and not integrated in current building automation networks. Therefore, current safe and non-safe automation functions can usually not interoperate, although it would lead to a broad range of valuable services. Requirements for and public perception of safety rises, and already now the first customers want specific building automation functions certified to specific safety integrity levels (SIL) while still expecting the high level of interoperability of standard building automation systems. Security in opposite is a brand new topic gaining importance these days but only introduced for high risk environments. Nevertheless it is also very important for normal building automation – just imaging the consequences of turning down climate control in a building, the network is already accessible from each room even public rooms only the attackers haven’t thought about the possibility. The activities of the working group should set up pre-requisites for safety and security applications using building automation networks. Actual topics that are at the edge of technology are:
CAD, Modelling and SimulationChair:KabitzschMembers:Antchev,Rausch,Sauter,Song The focus of the working group lies on methodologies and tools for design, forecast and evaluation of BACM systems. The scope of the working group contains specification of needed features, design of control structures, adaptation of interfaces and parameters, system integration, commissioning, troubleshooting and maintenance. This includes a connection to the design of building and equipment, development of embedded components and management of component repositories. The tasks mentioned above need modelling methodologies for control processes and equipment, control loops, microcontroller and software operation, communication protocols, event queues and sensor networks. All these models need simulation techniques and tools with or without real time constraints (e. g. hardware in the loop). By that it is possible to test different scenarios in a virtual building and to get the output of the network for evaluation tasks or for presenting the output other tools or control systems. ApplicationsCo-Chairs:Fischer,BrucknerMembers:Antchev,Frank,Kwasnowski,Park The applications have to be specified for the different groups of "users". This specification is using the ISO 16484 standards Part 2 "Hardware", Part 3 "Functions" and Part 7 "Project Implementation". There are some other standards (e.g. EN 50090 Home and Building Electronic Systems) which can be used in this process. The home and building applications and the interfaces to other industries (access control, fire alarm systems and many others) is the scope of this WG. It will address new concepts, services and applications to extend and to improve existing technologies in the field of home and building technology. Home automationChair:HongMembers:Kastner,Hagras,Song Cognitive AutomationChair:Bruckner,ZuckerMembers:Fonseca,Hancke,Deutsch,Lang |