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Modern offices often run a central computer that watches hundreds of sensors and automatically adjusts heating, cooling, and lighting to save energy and keep people comfortable.
A building management system, often abbreviated BMS, is the automated control system described here, linking hundreds of sensors throughout a building to a central computer that continuously monitors conditions and automatically adjusts heating, cooling, lighting, and other equipment to balance occupant comfort with energy efficiency, all without requiring constant manual intervention from building staff.
A web search engine is software designed to find and rank information across the internet, entirely unrelated to controlling a building's physical systems. A spreadsheet macro is a small automated script within spreadsheet software used to perform repetitive calculations, not a system for managing real-world building equipment.
Because buildings consume roughly a third of the world's total energy use, smarter building management systems that fine-tune heating, cooling, and lighting in real time represent one of the more significant opportunities to reduce global energy waste.
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