Johnson controls’ Metasys 15.0 Enhances Building Automation for Critical Environments

The latest release of Johnson Controls’ Metasys open building automation system addresses the demands of mission-critical environments and operators of multisite building portfolios.

According to the company, Metasys 15.0 additionally delivers unparalleled resiliency and ‘instant’ energy intelligence giving facility managers the tools to optimize building performance, ensure compliance and accelerate decarbonization.

Building operators today must navigate a complex landscape of energy goals, operational demands and evolving workforce needs

New features include support for up to 1,000 IP devices per server – 60 percent more than most Building Automation Systems available today, along with multi-server redundancy offering simultaneous backup and a preconfigured ready-to-use Energy Management suite that delivers real-time insights and actionable data.

“Building operators today must navigate a complex landscape of energy goals, operational demands and evolving workforce needs,” explains kaishi Zhang, vice president of Product Management for Building Automation Systems at johnson Controls. “The latest release of Metasys delivers a secure,intuitive BMS platform that ensures reliability,simplifies energy oversight and reduces reliance on specialized labor – essential for deploying across critical applications where performance and uptime matter more than ever before. We’re thrilled to launch this highly anticipated release, a technology that symbolizes the roots of johnson Controls and where our experts continue to redefine building automation.”

Metasys 15.0 simplifies deployment and can be scaled across multiple buildings and sites, bringing competitive advantages to mission critical industries such as healthcare systems, data centers and large campuses, while bolstering uptime and efficiency.

Features include:

* Scalability: with support for 50,000 objects and 1,000 IP devices per server, Metasys 15.0 can be seamlessly deployed across large healthcare campuses,universities or multi-site enterprises without costly hardware upgrades. By allowing IP devices to communicate directly with the server, organizations can reduce infrastructure costs by up to 60% by eliminating the need for intermediary components.
* 24/7 data resiliency: New multi-server redundancy ensures critical alerts, trends, and audit logs are backed up on two Metasys servers simultaneously, helping to ensure operational continuity, data availability and compliance in mission-critical environments like hospitals and data centers.
* Ready-to-use energy management applications: The Energy Management suite offers ready-to-use applications which allow users to easily access and understand data across energy management, engineering productivity and cybersecurity to improve operations and planning.
* Fast industry configuration: Facility managers can now more easily configure and manage the system directly using a web client, reducing equipment