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Traditional building automation systems have often relied on a relatively sparse network of wired sensors to monitor temperature, humidity, and perhaps a few other basic parameters. Wireless sensor networks are disrupting this model, enabling the deployment of far denser arrays of sensors, providing a detailed, real-time picture of the indoor environment, and fundamentally changing how HVAC systems can respond.

How Wireless Sensor Networks Transform Data Collection

Density: The low cost and small form factor of...