Thanks to the collaborative efforts of the controls industry at large, the ASHRAE BACnet® standards committee (Standing Standards Project Committee 135), along with the BACnet Manufacturers’ Association and the BACnet Testing Laboratories continue to make major strides in advancing BACnet/IP as a primary building automation network. The technology is rapidly coming of age, and advances in the standards promise new benefits to users looking to reduce costs and increase the speed and efficiency of their building automation system networks.