BMS System

Building Management Systems (BMS) also known as Building Automation

Systems (BAS), Building Management and Control System (BMCS), Direct

Digital Controls (DDC) and Building Controls

• Other terms associated with Control Systems include:

– Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)

– Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

– Energy Management System (EMS)

– Data gathering panels (DGP)

– Modbus, Lonworks, and Bacnet – All refer to communications protocols

– ‘Front End’ – legacy term used to refer to the BMS Operator Workstation

• Most Common Current industry term –

– Building Management System (BMS) or

– Building Management and Control Systems (BMCS)