AV Technology - May 2008 - (Page 49)

The studio for Electronic Arts Los Angeles (EALA) is part of the intelligent buildings community at Los Angeles’ Playa Vista’s Water’s Edge complex, which includes fully networked condos and commercial spaces. Photo courtesy of Playa Vista. Single IP Network Fire/Life Safety Interface Annunciation View Functionality Only vs. Multiple Proprietary Networks Security Intrusion Detection Access/Video Building, Doors, Garage Elevator, Occupied Suites Asset & Personnel Tracking Elevators Elevator Retrieval on Demand Traffic Performance and Maintenance Lighting Schedules Scenes Shades Light-Level Sensing Occupancy Sensing “Intelligence is the ability to use that audio and video to manage the building,” says Frank Spitzer, one of the authors of the original TRM and associate director, IBI Group, Toronto, a group of companies practicing professional consulting. “Many offices now have a room that has AV facilities in it, but that doesn’t make it an intelligent building.” The largest AV component in intelligent buildings so far has been limited to control rooms in the form of “dashboards” — a graphic user interface (GUI) that allows facilities and maintenance supervisors the ability to monitor and measure building functions. But according to some industry experts, the role of AV in intelligent buildings is on the cusp of change. “AV is not currently on building automation systems (BAS),” says Brian Brustad, CTS-D, associate with the Special Systems Design Group (SSDG) at RTKL, a Baltimore, MD-based design firm. “AV control systems can only monitor the building automation and control network. However, it could be implemented far deeper into the building network. AV is a controllable system that would benefit from an intelligent network.” Aiding the integration of AV into intelligent buildings is that in the last few years many AV devices have gained IP communications capability. “These days AV equipment comes with network jacks and some level of network controllability,” says Ed Morman, CTS-D, associate at RTKL. “There are sensor capabilities built into AV control systems — temp sensors, light sensors, occupancy sensors — that could be tied back into a building control system to do things like solar harvesting. There are a number of things that should be done or should be tied in with a building automation system that aren’t necessarily done now, but could be.” www.avtechnologyonline.com Energy Management Utility Monitoring (Electric/Water/Gas/Oil) Utility Purchasing Back-Up Generation 24/7 Monitoring Alarming & Notifications Plant Management Condition Monitoring Parking Garage Utilization HVAC Air-Handling Units VAV & CV Boxes Exhaust Fans Chilled Water Plant Hot Water Plant Energy Control CO Monitoring Air Quality Multiple Control Environments Communication Voice/Video/Data Central Monitoring and Control An intelligent building integrates all building control signals on a single IP network, as opposed to multiple proprietary networks for each subsystem. Photo courtesy of BPG Properties, Ltd. may 2008 | AV TECHNOLOGY | 49 http://www.avtechnologyonline.com

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AV Technology - May 2008 Contents Precedent Corporate: How to Qualify an AV Supplier Education: Working Smarter AV Technology's Guide to Networked AV Government: IPv6 — Why You Should Care Calculating ROI on Your Digital Signage Investment Enhancing Audio in the Classroom Minimizing Equipment Theft Smart AV The Tribe Has Spoken AV Enables Interactive Research AV Image Enhancement Product Spotlight Tech Horizons Product Review New Products AV MO

AV Technology - May 2008

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