Smart Buildings Systems for Architects, Owners and Builders

energy usage in response to these price changes can save electricity customers a great deal of money. Smart meters allow custome ...

Smart Power Strips Standby power or “vampire power” is electrical power consumed from electronic devices turned off or that are ...

demand for IT networks and the flexibility for network managers to set differ- ent power consumption for various IT devices. POE ...

Chapter 6 Access Control Systems Overview The vital importance of access control systems has increased along with security for b ...

The access control system is also important for life safety and is generally interfaced to the fire alarm system to facilitate b ...

communicates with the control panels which collect data on events and alarms from peripheral devices. The connection and communi ...

is attempting or has been granted access to a facility. Or, if a guard is stationed at the entrance to a building, the guard may ...

hardware (such as a card reader, door position switch, or door strike) and other inputs and relays as required. The control pane ...

Request-to-Exit The request-to-exit (RTE) device is inside a controlled door and detects a person approaching the door who wants ...

16 to 22), access control systems have embraced structured cabling and Ether- net for system controllers and the centralized ser ...

access control system are on UPS and emergency power, which they generally are, backup power is provided in a more centralized, ...

that “power share,” a characteristic of older POE network switches. These are switches that do not have the power capacity to su ...

Power for Locks Although each of the devices at a door (lock, card reader, request to exit sen- sor, door contact, etc.) has dif ...

International Applications—POE is an international standard being marketed and deployed worldwide, allowing manufacturers to avo ...

counted have no sensation from the counting device and their identity is not registered (that’s left to the video surveillance a ...

n What’s the impact of a sales event on foot traffic? n What’s the impact of new opening hours? Tracking Audiences for Advertisi ...

People Management in Entertainment and Other Large Venues An important part of managing a sports, entertainment, church or mosqu ...

Chapter 7 Video Surveillance Systems Overview Video surveillance systems, also known as closed-circuit television systems (CCTV) ...

camera in an area where an individual should expect privacy, nor should one deploy “dummy” cameras so as to provide the percepti ...

remotely from a security control center. A third type of camera, called pano- ramic, is emerging. Panoramic cameras provide a 36 ...