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BACnet (Building Automation and Control Network) is the global data communications standard for building automation and control networks. It provides a vendor-independent networking solution to enable interoperability among equipment and control devices for a wide range of building automation applications. BACnet enables interoperability by defining communications messages, formats and rules for exchanging data, commands, and status information. BACnet provides the data communications infrastructure for intelligent buildings and is implemented in hundreds of thousands of buildings around the world.

Building automation designers use BACnet for connecting multiple devices and systems to implement sophisticated energy management, occupant comfort, and building security applications. They also use BACnet to integrate information and control for multiple building systems into a single graphical user interface. The use of BACnet in building automation simplifies operations, reduces training, streamlines maintenance, offers flexibility, and allows for backward compatible extensions and cross-functional add-ons.

The BACnet standard was developed and is continuously maintained by the BACnet Committee, more formally known as SSPC 135 (a Standing Standards Project Committee) of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). BACnet is an ISO standard (EN ISO 16484-5), a European standard (DIN EN ISO 16484-5:2017-12) and a national standard in many countries.