Sensor Technology
Smarter sensors, safer buildings: the role of integrated diagnostics in building IoT
By Alec Makdessian, director, marketing & business development, high performance analogue product line at NXP
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ust like the world around them, commercial buildings are becoming more connected and smarter than ever. Yet for even the most intelligent buildings, the fundamentals will always be analogue – shelter, temperature, light, power, water pressure, and more. For that reason, sophisticated sensors that can measure these analogue signals are a crucial element in any building’s Internet of Things (IoT) system.
However, with hundreds or even thousands of sensors spread across
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complex IoT networks, failures or faults are an increasing challenge. The next generation of buildings will combine advanced sensing with embedded intelligence to make buildings that are safer, more secure, and better able to respond to – and even anticipate – people’s needs.
Why sensor reliability is essential in commercial buildings New sensing technology in commercial buildings can be something of a
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double-edged sword. On the one hand, from climate control to entry systems, technology improves the experience and safety of buildings. On the other, every new sensing capability introduces a new potential point of failure. In other words, more capabilities and features add to complexity which results in greater risk.
Across industries, system outages due to sensor failures or faults are costly, or worse: dangerous. If refrigeration units fail, stock spoils and retailers lose out. If
heating systems go down in the winter months or air conditioning fails in the summer, office buildings will soon find themselves without tenants and revenue or residents in apartment blocks could face uncomfortable or unsafe conditions. In healthcare, outages at any time and across a wide range of building systems hold the potential to cascade and impact patient care, even putting lives at risk. Across commercial environments all of this means that reliability and uptime are vital. Early detection and analysis of
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