Yet today's competitive pressures demand new levels of management control. Wherever buildings are mission critical - the hospital, factory, airport, hotel, financial institution or university campus, the challenge is repeated. Facilities must mirror business needs more closely and reduce operating costs. Leaner budgets demand advanced energy management. Growing expectations for comfort and service levels require advanced managerial instruments.
Every enterprise has a unique pattern of building management requirements.
The freedom to choose the right subsystems to meet specific needs is crucial. But each subsystem has its own interface. Equally, future requirements are difficult to predict with precision. Individual systems will come, become obsolete and go, and applica-tion requirements become more sophisticated. Scalability, simple reconfiguration and forward compatibility are at a premium.