1. 1 COBA Presentation for the press, 13.11.2000 Tuomas Koskenranta

2. 2 Could it be possible, that: The building orders for itself the nearest maintenance service, security guard or maintenance part when needed, or tells the cleaning personnel that the negotiation room is now empty The devices from different providers are behind the same WWW or WAP interface, and typical situations are generated automatically Building industry develops a Linux-like common, shared network operating system into building automation The main principles of the system can already be demonstrated

3. 3 COBA architecture LON network Modem Telephone network Site C Site A Internet User 4 User 3 Water counters Other building automation: -doors, fans, lights, saunas, electricity counters District heating substation Time schedule User 5 Site B Connection server WAP gateway Mobile network Library server JAVA-server LON server 3D/2D- server e-broker server Location server Home module Intranet User 1 User 2 Bluetooth User 6 Mobile portal

4. 4 Roles of project members Building automation Industrial automation Home automation OEM products Field devices Electronics Data communication User interfaces Integration Telecom Internet e-technologies LON portals Mobile portals Users Air-Ix ABB NCC Valtion kiinteistölaitos Elisa Fortum YIT-Huber Lonix SOL +more coming...

5. 5 Summary - project goals Building automation will be turned open (LON, internet) Using building automation through mobile device is an automatic feature, both locally (Bluetooth) and remotely (WAP/SMS) Both fixed and mobile connections can be utilized Project results will be applied for the needs of installation, facility usage and management, in areas of home automation, building automation and industrial automation Increased module production volumes, lower prices New networked e-business value chains in service production, with automatic connection to services Positioning of the user and location of the automation devices are utilized in systems and services