To have a smart grid we will need smarter buildings. Buildings will need to be able talk to the power companies computers and Cisco is evolving a new software/hardware system that willlet buildings also talk to each other and for differnt systems within a single bulding to share information.Reuters reports:
As a key component of delivering on the Smart+Connected Communitiesvision, Cisco today announced the availability of the Cisco(R) NetworkBuilding Mediator, a Smart Connected Buildings solution that provides theintelligence to interconnect and enable building systems such as heating,ventilation and cooling (HVAC), lighting, electrical, security, andrenewables over the IP network to build smart and energy-efficientbuildings of the future. This provides operators and owners of thesebuildings with new ways of managing how energy is used based on policiesthat make sense for occupants. See full article.
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