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Can a BMS be smart enough for 99 per cent of buildings? That’s the question that will be answered in this session presented by Bryce Anderson, independent building automation consultant at Lifecycle Controls.

Anderson will explain how to enhance your building automation system to meet modern day challenges.

If you have a BMS, then you already have the infrastructure for a smart building.

There is basic data visualisation (graphics, alarms, trends, and reports, server, database and a basic network) which means you have the bare bones for a smart building.

A BMS is basically a HVAC control system with some extra monitoring added as an afterthought. This was fine 20 years ago when all that mattered was air conditioning. It is very different today with owners prioritising building energy efficiency ratings, NetZero, and ESG.

The problem is that the BMS is not evolving fast enough to keep up with a completely changing market. Most HVAC professionals have less time, less money, and less people.

They need to squeeze everything out of their existing infrastructure and products before spending more time and money on other technologies.

New technologies should supplement the BMS, not try to fix it. Find out how in this presentation to be held today, on day two of the ARBS seminar program.

In this presentation, Anderson will provide ideas and practical examples on how to squeeze everything out of your existing BMS and enhance it to the point where it is good enough for 99 per cent of smart buildings.

Based in Melbourne, Anderson is an independent BMS consultant.

For the first 15 years of his career (two years in South Africa, nine years in London, and four years in Melbourne) he worked for BMS companies.

In 2014, he transitioned into BMS consulting. Anderson saw a lack of specialist BMS consulting and started Lifecycle Controls in 2017.