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Published inMar 2023
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ISBN-139781804619865
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Harry G. Smeenk
Harry G. Smeenk
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Harry G. Smeenk

Harry Smeenk is a technology strategist and thought leader in smart buildings, IoT, edge data centers, and networks. He is an executive leader in the design, development, deployment, and integration of smart building IoT networks with Tapa Inc, and Smart Buildings Online LLC. He drove worldwide cross-industry technology roadmaps, best practices, and standards for the Telecom Industry Association. He conceptualized and developed the industry's first smart building rating program. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the North Texas Enterprise Center he helped launch and accelerate startups including 3 of his own. He has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina and a BS degree in Business Management from St. John Fisher College.
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Smart building architecture challenges

Unfortunately, the development of a common architecture is slow, and many believe there may never be an over-arching single architecture for smart buildings. Integration capabilities are an essential part of any smart building project and many solutions currently do not offer the required integration capabilities.

Let’s understand some of the challenges in building a smart building architecture:

  • Different communication protocols: Electrical, plumbing, and mechanical systems are designed to stand alone without the thought of integration. This results in different communication protocols being used, with most of them being proprietary to the individual manufacturers. It also results in multiple computing and controlling systems, each requiring different skill sets to maintain and support.

While each system can collect data, it is not able to share this data with other systems. An open IoT software platform is needed to pull...

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Published in: Mar 2023Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804619865

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Harry G. Smeenk

Harry Smeenk is a technology strategist and thought leader in smart buildings, IoT, edge data centers, and networks. He is an executive leader in the design, development, deployment, and integration of smart building IoT networks with Tapa Inc, and Smart Buildings Online LLC. He drove worldwide cross-industry technology roadmaps, best practices, and standards for the Telecom Industry Association. He conceptualized and developed the industry's first smart building rating program. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the North Texas Enterprise Center he helped launch and accelerate startups including 3 of his own. He has an MBA degree from the University of North Carolina and a BS degree in Business Management from St. John Fisher College.
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