What are smart building stacks?
Most hardware and software developers use the term stack, such as XXX stack, to describe a set of protocols used during their development process. One of the most common stacks in use is the TCP/IP stack, otherwise known as the internet protocol suite, used to send emails and data files. Today’s intelligent buildings with building automation systems rely on this TCP/IP stack to communicate between systems.
The TCP/IP stack establishes a set of communication rules and standards between the different technology layers. These rules allow for different products to communicate with each other, as long as they are developed using the same guidelines. There are solution stacks, technology stacks, software stacks, registry stacks, memory stacks, value stacks, and so on.
Our objective in this chapter is to not review all these technology stacks, but rather to introduce a business value smart building stack to use for developing your smart building...
