Converged networks are being utilised within smart buildings to create efficiency. From a tenant’s point of view, they are receiving an elevated customer experience: one network that provides internet connectivity that leverages smart features such as temperature control and circadian lighting. From a building management perspective, a converged network creates a flexible and secure foundation for a smart building’s current and future needs.
A converged network streamlines building infrastructure systems, and will securely provision cloud-connected operational technologies, such as building management systems; access controls; occupancy monitoring; heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) and security systems.
Previously, these operational technologies would have been disparate, managed over individual networks and interfaces - posing a potentially overwhelming task for facilities managers. A converged network removes that tedium and compiles all of these systems into a single pane of glass, accessible through one portal.