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Book SynopsisHarness the full potential of IoT in your building to improve living standards, energy efficiency, and morePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features Discover how IoT solutions transform mechanical and electrical control systems into smart systems Unlock new revenue potential, operational efficiencies, and improved occupant's quality of life Explore industry thought leadership through author-led real-world applications and use cases Book DescriptionImagine working in a building with smart features and tenant applications that allow you to monitor, manage, and control every aspect of your user experience. Internet of Things for Smart Buildings is a comprehensive guide that will help you achieve that with smart building architecture, ecosystems, technologies, and key components that create a smart building.In this book, you'll start by examining all the building systems and applications that can be automated with IoT devices. You'll learn about different apps to improve efficiency, reduce consumption, and improve occupant satisfaction. You'll explore IoT sensors, devices, computing platforms, analytics software, user interfaces, and connectivity options, along with common challenges you might encounter while developing the architecture.You'll also discover how to piece different components together to develop smart buildings with the help of use cases and examples and get to grips with the various IoT stacks. After finding out where to start developing the requirements for your project, you'll uncover a recommended methodology to understand your current building systems and a process for determining what needs to be modified, along with new technology requirements.By the end of the book, you'll be able to design and build your own smart building initiative, turning your city into a smart city with one building at a time.What you will learn Discover what's a smart building and how IoT enables smart solutions Uncover how IoT can make mechanical and electrical systems smart Understand how IoT improves workflow tasks, operations, and maintenance Explore the components and technology that make a smart building Recognize how to put together components to deploy smart applications Build your smart building stack to design and develop smart solutions Who this book is forThis book is for architects, mechanical, electrical, and HVAC engineers, system integrators, facility, and operations personnel, and others looking to implement IoT solutions to make their buildings smart. Basic understanding of various mechanical and electrical building systems including HVAC, security, fire alarms, communications, and data networks as well as the operations and maintenance requirements is a prerequisite.Table of ContentsTable of Contents An Introduction to IoT and Smart Buildings Smart Building Operations and Controls First Responders and Building Safety How to Make Buildings Smarter with Smart Location Tenant Services and Smart Building Amenities The Smart Building Ecosystem Smart Building Architecture and Use Cases Digital Twins - a Virtual Representation Smart Building IoT Stacks and Requirements Understanding Your Building's Existing Smart Level and Systems Technology and Applications A Roadmap to Your Smart Building Will Require Partners The Importance of Smart Buildings for Sustainability and the Environment Smart Buildings Lead to Smart Cities Smart Buildings on the Bleeding Edge

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Book SynopsisStreamline your business by creating clear, concise process diagrams with Microsoft Visio, and share them securely for viewing, reviewing, and collaboration Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Key Features Learn built-in diagram types or create custom ones to describe flow steps effectively Unlock the skills and techniques needed to efficiently and speedily capture and communicate complex flows Understand how to store securely, integrate with other apps, and import and export flow steps Book DescriptionEvery business has process flows, but not all of them are fully described to or verified for accuracy with each stakeholder. This not only presents a risk for business continuity but also removes the ability to make insightful improvements. To make these complex interactions easy to grasp, it’s important to describe these processes visually using symbology that everybody understands. Different parts of these flows should be collaboratively developed and stored securely as commercial collateral. Visualize Complex Processes with Microsoft Visio helps you understand why it is crucial to use a common, systematic approach to document the steps needed to meet each business requirement. This book explores the various process flow templates available in each edition of Microsoft Visio, including BPMN. It also shows you how to use them effectively with the help of tips and techniques and examples to reduce the time required for creating them, as well as how you can improve their integration and presentation. By the end of this book, you’ll have mastered the skills needed to create data-integrated business flowcharts with Microsoft Visio, learned how to effectively use these diagrams collaboratively, but securely, and understood how to integrate them with other M365 apps, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Power Automate.What you will learn Choose an appropriate flowchart diagram type to describe process steps Develop the skills to efficiently use Visio to draw process flowcharts Discover how to create process flows diagrams to meet the BPMN standard Find out how to synchronize Excel tables with Visio process flowcharts Store flowcharts that can also be used for collaboration securely Understand how to export flowcharts and data to other M365 apps Discover how Visio ShapeSheet functions can increase productivity Who this book is forIf you’re a manager, analyst, or designer of business processes, then this book will help you create professional process diagrams effectively and consistently to improve the accuracy of communication and facilitate impactful insights. This book will also be useful for beginners or power users who are seeking tips and techniques to capture process flows from context and customize diagrams to meet academic as well as corporate standards.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Choosing the Correct Business Process Diagram Type Choosing the Best Visio Edition for Our Needs Learning to Manually Create Process Flow Diagrams Using Visio for Desktop with BPMN Utilizing Data Sources to Create and Enrich Business Process Diagrams Learn How to Diagram Efficiently Preparing Diagrams for Presentation and Collaboration Securing and Providing Access to Diagrams Integrating Visio with Other Microsoft Apps Customizing Master Shapes and Templates Improving the Provided Flowchart Shapes

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Book SynopsisEnhance your programming skills through code reviews, TDD and BDD implementation, and API design to overcome code inefficiency, redundancy, and other issues arising from bad code Key Features Write code that seamlessly integrates with other systems while maintaining well-defined software boundaries Understand how coding principles and standards elevate software quality Learn how to avoid common errors while implementing concurrency or threading Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook Book DescriptionTraditionally associated with Windows desktop applications and game development, C# has expanded into web, cloud, and mobile development. However, despite its extensive coding features, professionals often encounter issues with efficiency, scalability, and maintainability due to poor code. Clean Code in C# guides you in identifying and resolving these problems using coding best practices. This book starts by comparing good and bad code to emphasize the importance of coding standards, principles, and methodologies. It then covers code reviews, unit testing, and test-driven development, and addresses cross-cutting concerns. As you advance through the chapters, you’ll discover programming best practices for objects, data structures, exception handling, and other aspects of writing C# computer programs. You’ll also explore API design and code quality enhancement tools, while studying examples of poor coding practices to understand what to avoid. By the end of this clean code book, you’ll have the developed the skills needed to apply industry-approved coding practices to write clean, readable, extendable, and maintainable C# code.What you will learn Master the art of writing evolvable and adaptable code Implement the fail-pass-refactor methodology using a sample C# console application Develop custom C# exceptions that provide meaningful information Identify low-quality C# code in need of refactoring Improve code performance using profiling and refactoring tools Create efficient and bug-free code using functional programming techniques Write cross-platform code using MAUI Develop cloud-deployable microservices for versatile applications Who this book is forThis coding book is for proficient C# developers, team leads, senior software engineers, and software architects who want to improve the efficiency of their legacy systems. A strong understanding of C# programming is assumed.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Coding Standards and Principles in C# Code Review - Process and Importance Classes, Objects and Data Structures Writing Clean Functions Exception Handling Unit Testing Designing and Developing APIs Addressing Cross-Cutting Concerns AOP with PostSharp Using Tools to Improve Code Quality Refactoring C# Code Functional Programming Cross-Platform Development with MAUI Microservices

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Book SynopsisThis book uses the learning-by-example approach. It takes simple examples from games to introduce all the main concepts of programming in an easy-to-digest and immediately recognizable way. This book is for the total beginner to any type of programming, focusing on the writing of C# code and scripts only. There are many parts that make up the Unity game engine. It is assumed that the reader already knows their way around Unity's user interface. The code editor used in this book is the MonoDevelop editor supplied by Unity.

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of Krista Van Laan''s popular The Insider''s Guide to Technical Writing has guided a generation of technical writers who are either starting out or seeking to take their skills to the next level. This classic has now been updated for the technical writer of today. Today''s tech writers truly are technical communicators, as they build information to be distributed in many forms.Technical communication requires multiple skills, including an understanding of technology, writing ability, and great people skills. Wherever you are in your journey as a technical communicator, The Insider''s Guide to Technical Writing can help you be successful and build a satisfying career.

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