November 03, 2006 by Marco Zennaro | No comments
Zigbee wireless systems monitor buildings
Swiss power sensing firm LEM has become the most recent company to adopt Zigbee for in-building wireless network products.
In this case, it is for a series of clamp-on power meters, dubbed Wi-LEM, which allow the energy use in areas of large buildings to be monitored – known as energy sub-metering.
Why Zigbee? “It is designed for volume and low-cost and it is robust in industrial and building environments,” said Tarek Boumegoura from LEM UK. “It can be configured in various topologies so you are sure to be able to establish a network, whatever the shape of the building.”
Zigbee is taking off in building automation where laying wires into existing buildings is expensive.
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