BACnet Today: BACnet Goes To College
As early as 1995, The Building Automation Group at The Ohio State University (OSU) envisioned the integration of multiple building automation systems (BAS) using an open protocol. At the time, the university had hundreds of installations with proprietary systems in 258 buildings (totaling 11.9 million ft2 [1.1 million m2]).Citation: ASHRAE Journal, vol. 44, no. 10, October 2002