December 7, 2005—Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. has unveiled the industry’s first wireless commercial building automation system, based on ZigBee-ready wireless networking technology from Ember Corporation, the company says.
Siemens teamed with Ember to develop its new APOGEE Wireless Field Level Network solution. Through its inherent efficiencies, a building automation system deployed using an APOGEE Wireless Field Level Network can provide facility builders, owners and managers increased occupant comfort, greater flexibility, and more efficient control of heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, says Siemens.
APOGEE Wireless includes easy-to-install radio transceivers embedded with Ember’s IEEE 802.15.4 standards-based wireless semiconductors and software to create self-forming mesh networks. The mesh configuration ensures network reliability and integrity by creating multiple redundant paths of communication. Because it is inherently self-healing, owners and builders won’t have to worry about losing communication with control devices across the building automation system, notes Siemens.
The ZigBee Alliance is an association of companies working together to enable reliable, cost-effective, low-power, wirelessly networked, monitoring and control products based on an open global standard. For more information, visit the Web site.
Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. makes buildings comfortable, safe, productive and less costly to operate. For more information, visit its Web site.
Ember enables communication among embedded microcontrollers with standards-based wireless mesh networking semiconductors and software. For more information, visit its Web site.
