Fairhair Alliance creates specifications

for the use of IoT in commercial buildings

The first three draft Fairhair Alliance standards have been reviewed by external organisations, with a positive response to the Fairhair's scope and direction of enforcement. PISCATAWAY, NJ - (Marketwired - July 11, 2017) - The Fairhair Alliance has released three draft specifications that represent the first steps in the organization's journey. They cover Internet of Things (IoT) for building automation and lighting control in commercial buildings. The specifications have been externally reviewed, and the feedback received will allow Fairhair to make further improvements. Fairhair is envisioning a future where the building automation and lighting control industries use IoT technologies. Which are built to create secure, cost effective and scalable systems. This will enable a unified, IP-based network infrastructure for commercial buildings. One of Fairhair's core activities is the creation of common IP-based infrastructure technical specifications based on open IEEE and IETF standards. The specifications include common system services. Fairhair supports the adaptation of its specifications to established systems such as BACnet, KNX and Zigbee.

Fairhair's first three draft specifications cover Resource Modelling, Resource Discovery and Security.

An overview of the three draft specifications can be found in a white paper available on the Fairhair website.Fairhair has a wealth of expertise as an alliance of leading companies in the lighting, building automation, semiconductor and IT industries. Despite this, it is recognised that the draft specifications were created by a relatively small group of people. Therefore, Fairhair decided to review the scope and direction of its work with a select group of external companies, organisations and universities.

"Fairhair is delighted to have received valuable feedback on our draft specification from a range of industry experts and organisations," said Dee Denteneer, Chair of Fairhair's Technical Working Group. "A number of experts have asked for clarification, particularly on the security solution and the level of interoperability we are aiming for - we are following a number of white papers on these topics. There have been further suggestions to make the metadata framework more flexible by incorporating the concept of linked data and better integrating implementation efforts into the federation's work plan; these suggestions are currently being studied in the technical working group and we expect to make proposals at the next membership meeting. "

In addition to finalising these three specifications, Fairhair is working on a number of other issues. These will identify possible contributions to the operation of events and groups.

Fairhair is an association of leading companies in the lighting, building automation, semiconductor and IT industries. With a mission to facilitate the Internet of Things (IoT) for commercial buildings. Fairhair envisions a future where the building automation and lighting control industries use IoT technologies. These are built to create secure, cost-effective and scalable systems. This will enable a single, common IP-based infrastructure for commercial buildings. Fairhair will gather market needs and use them to develop technical specifications based on open IEEE and IETF standards. The Alliance will enter into cooperative agreements with relevant organizations such as BACnet, KNX, OpenAIS, Thread and Zigbee to promote the adoption and support of Fairhair specifications.