What are "safety critical functions" in an intelligent building? Who cares? Who is responsible? What are the risks?
What are "safety critical functions" in an intelligent building? Who cares? Who is responsible? What are the risks?
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- DOI: 10.1049/ic:20050209
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- Author(s): Source: IEE Seminar on Intelligent Building Environments, 2005 page ()
- Conference: IEE Seminar on Intelligent Building Environments
- DOI: 10.1049/ic:20050209
- ISBN: 0 86341 518 0
- Location: Colchester, UK
- Conference date: 28 June 2005
- Format: PDF
A risk based approach offers potential safety benefits but requires active risk management and new competences to achieve the safety goal. The concept of functional safety must be embraced if the potential safety benefits to be derived from emerging electronic technologies are to be realised. IEC 61508/EN 61508 is the key international and European standard for the safe application of complex electronic technologies and adopts a risk based approach. (34 pages)
Inspec keywords: risk management; building management systems; safety systems
Subjects: Control engineering computing; Automated buildings
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