Columns

• Interoperability Writ Large
• The Future of BACnet Security Andy McMillan contributing editor and Ken Sinclair
• BACnet International Interview with Andy McMillan BACnet Secure Connect October 2021
• BACnet/SC Interoperability Acceleration Program  BACnet/SC, short for BACnet Secure Connect, is a new addendum to the BACnet standard that addresses important cybersecurity concerns.
• PlugFest 2019  PlugFest is an interoperability workshop hosted by BACnet Testing Laboratories (BTL).
• Changing of the (BTL) Guard  Open Positions for BACnet Experts
• BACnet Market Adoption Report (2012-2022)  Industry research indicates BACnet has strong global market share and a secure future.
• The BACnet Institute  A new learning environment providing a 360-degree BACnet experience
• A Sleeper Technology for BAS? Smart Phone Apps Might Not Be In Your Future
• BACnet Golden Week  BACnet in the Spotlight in Shenzhen, China
• IoT Needs ITF  Getting BAS to IoT means passing through IT-Friendly
• Bringing BACnet Back to Users  Education, Information and Connections
• AHR Chicago: Not So enLIGHTening The Next Big Thing had an Itty-bitty Presence
• The New Math in BAS  … where 1+1+1 = 0
• Is POE DOA in BAS? Readers of my May column in this publication know that I believe companies need to move quickly to keep up with the accelerating change in the BAS industry.
• A Few Screws Loose  on the desk … and elsewhere?
• Is Your Building Smart Like Your Phone?  … and the answer is “No”
• Automation Armageddon  How LEDs Could Disrupt the Building Automation Industry
• Analytics?  It’s elementary!
• A Vision for Connection Communities  What distinguishes a Connection Community from “just” a community?  I think there are at least three facets to consider.
• The Protocol Peace Dividend  Let’s Get It Right in Wireless
• Cell Phones, Photo Frames … and BAS?  AKA:  Customer Service Includes Honoring Commitments
  
• Spintelligent Buildings  Entangling marketing and technology
• Back to the Future with BACnet Wireless  Interoperable Wireless … for Real 
• Simply BACnet  Demystifying the World’s Standard for Building Automation Networks
• BACnet Barbeque  A Summer Holiday Perspective
• A Lesson from Vegas (@CES)  or.....Designing for the YTBI
• The Meaning of Open  A Simple Answer to a Sometimes Complicated Question
• Energy Effectiveness  Getting Beyond Energy Efficiency
• Looking In On BACnet  Paths Through the BACnet Maze
• EMS and Traffic Jam Avoidance  A Systems-level Perspective on Energy Management
  
• Putting the ‘M’ in EMS  Energy management from a management perspective
• The Cost(s) of BACnet  Perspectives on BACnet interface pricing 
• Holiday Letter  BACnet International year in review
• BACnet Marketing 3.0  A Short Course in BACnet Product Positioning  
• A “BACnet System” Procurement Challenge The fallacy of equating “standard protocol” with “standard system” 
• BACnet Triple Play  Three ways to win with BACnet Integration 
• BACnet … from the Outside In  Clues to the BACnet Puzzle
• “The Dawn of Convergence …. Or the Eve of Collision?” Another Commentary on BAS-IT Convergence 
• “Good Fences Make Good Neighbors”  A Commentary on BAS-IT Convergence
• BACnet by the Numbers  A twelve step program for kicking the proprietary systems habit 
• OpenEMS  Creating Value Through Open Systems In An Energy Management Context 
• Pay-it-forward  Turning Short-term Stimulus into Long-term Value
• Trust: The Primary Currency in an Open Systems World  It takes work to earn it, care to nurture it and only one poor decision to lose it. 
• A Light at the end of the Wireless Tunnel  BACnet-Zigbee for Building Automation has a Bright Future 
• The Three Little (BACnet) Pigs  A Modern Day Fable of Building Systems Integration
• Building BACnet  2008 BACnet International Conference and Award Ceremony
• The Green Gold Rush  Promoting energy management and building automation systems as important elements in an overall sustainability initiative or green building development is both legitimate and useful.
• Open Systems Opens Doors The Secret Sauce in the BACnet Recipe for Success
  
• The BACnet Puzzle  Why BACnet can be a puzzle to outsiders – and why it matters. 

Professional Information

Andy McMillan, Strategy Consultant & President of BACnet International
                
Andy is an experienced executive with a history of strategic innovation in products, technologies and business models.  He has extensive open systems industry experience spanning office, industrial and building automation. His company, ArborCoast LLC, provides strategy consulting to companies seeking innovative opportunities through new technology or changes in their competitive landscape.  Andy is also the President of BACnet International and has previously chaired both North American and global user groups for manufacturing automation protocols.

Andy has been a featured speaker and consultant on open systems and automation-IT convergence in North America, Europe, Japan and Australia. Andy has co-authored a book on open systems networking and holds a dozen patents in sensors, automation and software. He has MBA and BSEE degrees from the University of Michigan and is a member of ASHRAE, AEE, PRSM, and IEEE.

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