Honeywell EBI R500 building management system

Honeywell has released its upgraded building management system, Enterprise Buildings Integrator (EBI). EBI R500 leverages the connectivity of today’s buildings to help make them strategic assets to organisations.

The building management system facilitates the integration of systems relating to security, comfort, life safety and energy control, among other functions. It gives users a single point of access and consistent view of information and resources through a seamless ‘integration of things’ that enhances a user’s ability to monitor, manage and protect a facility, campus or multisite operation.

Performance improvements have increased point capacity by 200%, helping increase overall building connectivity while reducing IT costs with fewer EBI servers required. Facility managers can gain more granular levels of building data such as room temperatures, humidity levels, air quality, access control points and video surveillance feeds.

EBI features a mobile application that provides facility managers with greater situational awareness of building performance and operations. Facility managers can receive push notifications to their smartphones and tablet devices on possible building system and equipment issues before system failures or disruptions to the organisation’s operation.

The mobile app allows for remote access to and management of building systems and data. Additionally, EBI is cloud enabled and can connect with a range of Honeywell cloud services, some of which analyse facility data and facilitate decisions on improving building performance and reducing energy costs.

The product is compatible with the latest Microsoft Windows operating system and Windows 2012 server. It communicates with open protocols like BACNet, OPC and LonWorks, which helps users integrate with third-party software and hardware and benefit from the scalability and flexibility that come with an interoperable architecture.