Building Automation Oct 27, 2026
Handling Sensor Units and Scaling in BMS Analytics
Five places in the chain can change what a reading means. Canonical units, converting once, and why analytics surfaces the problem.
Building Automation Oct 27, 2026
How to Validate Meter Units Before Building Energy Reports
Rate or quantity, cumulative or interval, unit and prefix, and where the multiplier is applied. Four questions to answer per meter before any report is built.
Building Automation Oct 27, 2026
BACnet Data Quality Flags: Missing, Bad and Out-of-Range Values
Devices already report whether they believe their own readings. What status, reliability and out-of-service tell you, and what they cannot.
Asset Management Oct 27, 2026
BMS Point Dictionary: Keeping the Register Alive After Handover
A handover schedule is a project document. The operational register needs quality status, expected intervals and update triggers.
Building Automation Oct 27, 2026
Securing Read-Only BACnet Data Access for Analytics
The protocol has no read-only client, so the restriction must be enforced elsewhere. Where that can be done, and how to verify it.
CAFM Oct 27, 2026
What Is a BMS Data Historian?
What a historian is, why a general database is the wrong tool for it, when separation is justified, and the metadata layer nobody budgets for.
Building Automation Oct 27, 2026
BACnet Data Logging: Collection, Timestamps and Storage
Polling, change-of-value subscription and trend log objects produce different data with different resilience. Which to use per point, and what each one loses.
Building Automation Oct 27, 2026
Energy Meter Reset and Rollover: Avoiding False Alerts
Rollover, reset, replacement and the silent one, a configuration change. How to detect each and why consumption alerting needs them first.
CAFM Oct 27, 2026
BMS Data Retention Policy for Facilities Teams
Classify building data before setting any period, separate resolution from duration, and write a policy that is actually executed.
CAFM Oct 27, 2026
BMS Point-to-Asset Mapping: Change Control and Ownership
Why the point name is the wrong join key, the cardinality cases that break the simple model, and who should own keeping the mapping right.