chapter 1 Integration of Facilities Computerized Systems -- chapter 2 Basics of Network Communications -- chapter 3 DDC Open Systems: An Overview* -- chapter 4 Network Protocols -- chapter 5 Serial Communications -- chapter 6 RS-485 Networks for Facilities Metering at Yale University -- chapter 7 Case Study: Heterogeneous Interconnected Fieldbuses -- chapter 8 Lower Level Industrial Networks: Fieldbus -- chapter 9 Canadian Automated Building (CAB) Protocol -- chapter 10 LonTalk Protocol -- chapter 11 The Development of BACnet* -- chapter 12 A Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks: BACnet -- chapter 13 Institutional Energy Metering: Challenges and Opportunities -- chapter 14 Case Study: Yale Maxnet.