Video: Signal to Noise Ratio: Can You Hear (See) Me Now?

Today’s systems promise wireless communications, visual recognition and audio acuity sensed by a variety of triggers.

By CxEnergy and the AABC Commissioning Group (ACG) February 23, 2021

Video courtesy: CxEnergy

Presenter: Wayne Dunn, E.W. Dunn

This session describes technical advances and challenges for commissioning modern security systems, and how they are evolving. Today’s systems promise wireless communications, visual recognition and audio acuity sensed by a variety of triggers. To get a signal and react to it, how much/what kind of “noise” information is necessary and how much is tolerable? How do we plan for security and develop owners’ project requirements (OPRs) that result in accurate design and construction specifications for the safety of building occupants?

Learning objectives:

  1. Identify security system types and industry references.
  2. Describe security system requirements.
  3. Categorize security goals and risks.
  4. Align commissioning to security system delivery.

CxEnergy is presented by the AABC Commissioning Group (ACG), the Energy Management Association (EMA), and the Associated Air Balance Council (AABC). Together, these Authorities in Building Performance represent over 600 member companies and 2,500 certified professionals in the testing, adjusting, and balancing, commissioning, and energy management industries.