FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 09, 2008

Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) to Revise Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard

Interested Parties Invited to Contribute to Proposed Project Development for Commercial Buildings Standard

Arlington, Va. – The Telecommunications Industry (TIA) TR-42.1 Subcommittee on Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling is developing a revision to ANSI/TIA/EIA-862, Building Automation Systems Cabling Standard for Commercial Buildings.

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The intent of the revision is to modify the document to follow the new structure in the release of the TIA-568-C series of standards developed by TIA Committee TR-42, Telecommunications Cabling Systems. It could also modify or add requirements that are not covered in the existing standard and will reflect technological changes since the standard was originally published. Areas under consideration include, but are not limited to: applicability of the new nomenclature and topology, application information and cabling infrastructure in general.

Also, it is important to note that the ANSI/TIA/EIA-862, Building Automation Cabling Standard for Commercial Buildings, is the standard for a structured cabling system that supports control and automated building/facility services such as lighting, security, HVAC, etc.. Although the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating Systemâ„¢ focuses on Divisions 1-10 of the CSI MasterFormatâ„¢, BAS systems are currently recognized as being eligible for LEED credits.

TR-42 invites interested parties, including users, designers and integrators, to contribute to this proposed project development. Other individuals and representatives who may wish to contribute to this revision are invited. If you have the experience and the knowledge of building automation systems cabling, your participation would be help in the creation of a usable and knowledgeable Standard.

For more information, please contact Henry Franc, chairman of TIA Subcommittee TR-42.1 Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling, at henry.franc@belden.com.

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