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Building Automation Systems
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The Canadian Government retained Dr. Wacks to develop the Best-Practices Guide for Evaluating Intelligent Building Technologies. The objective of the Guide is to encourage the installation of subsystems (lighting, security, HVAC, power management, etc.) that can interoperate in order to enhance services available to building managers and tenants. This work was organized by CABA, the Continental Automated Buildings Association.
CABA is a non-profit trade association providing Canada, Mexico, and the United States with information on the home and building automation industries. CABA publishes a quarterly magazine, iHomes & Buildings, for which Dr. Wacks has been writing a column, "Ken Wacks' Perspectives," since 1992.
The Best Practices Guide builds upon the Intelligent Buildings Technology Roadmap, previously developed by CABA with Canadian government sponsorship. Dr. Wacks was an advisor on this roadmap. |
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Standards Activities
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Convener
(chairman) of ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25/WG11
, the Home Electronic System Committee. This is an international
standards working group writing standards for home and building
automation, including HomeGate (the residential gateway),
Application Interoperability, and Broadband Home Networks.
Dr. Wacks was responsible for developing interoperable application
models such as security, lighting, audio/video, energy management,
and HVAC in homes and mixed-use commercial/residential buildings.
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Deputy
Convener of an SC25 Project Team writing structured
cabling standards for homes and home offices. |
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Vice
Chair of EIA/CEA2 R-7.2, the CEBus
Standards Committee, and author of EIA-721 (Generic CAL),
EIA-776 (CEBus-EIB Router), and EIA-844 (XML for Generic CAL). |
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Member of CEA Home Networking Standards Committees
• R7.............Home Networks
• R7.1..........Control network based on Echelon LonTalk
• R7 WG3....Versatile Home Network using IEEE-1394b/c
• R7 WG4....Enhanced User Interface
• R7 WG5....Audio/Video Networks Adapter
• R7 WG6....Audio/Video Networks Based on Ethernet
• R7 WG7....Wireless Entertainment Network
• R7 WG9....User Interface for UPnP/Ethernet |
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Member
of AHAM3 Smart Appliance Task
Force writing standards for major home appliances (kitchen
appliances). |
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Participant
on AMRA/IEEE SCC314 writing standards
for automatic meter reading equipment interfaces. |
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Member of CABA55 standards committee
coordinating public standards with private consortia. |
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Contributor
to the CABA Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council
writing specifications for XML and web-services control of
buildings. |
Notes
1. The
Working Group is formally known as ISO/IEC JTC1/SC25/WG1:
ISO = International
Organization for Standardization
IEC = International Electrotechnical Commission
JTC1 = Joint Technical Committee 1, responsible primarily for
information standards
SC25 = Subcommittee 25, Interconnection of Information Technology
Equipment
WG1 = Working Group 1, entitled Home Electronic System
2. CEA (formerly a sector of the EIA) is authorized by ANSI to write American National Standards in
home networking.
EIA =
Electronic Industries Alliance
CEA = Consumer Electronics Association
ANSI = American National Standards Institute
3. AHAM
is authorized by ANSI to write American National Standards for home
appliances.
AHAM =
Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers.
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AMRA
= Automatic Meter Reading Association, now called Utilimetrics |
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IEEE =
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
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SCC31 = Standards Coordinating Committee 31, "Automatic
Meter Reading and Energy Management"
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5. CABA
= Continental Automated Buildings Association
6. oBIX = Open Building Information Xchange
7. OASIS = Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
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