Johnson Controls has unveiled Metasys 16.0, the latest iteration of its building automation system, aimed at reducing downtime and enhancing cybersecurity for complex environments. As businesses increasingly rely on building performance for operational success, this system is designed to be swiftly deployed in multifaceted settings.
"The environments our customers operate in are more complex than ever, and expectations for performance continue to rise," remarked M. Faisal Pandit, president of Building Management Systems at Johnson Controls. "Even brief disruptions can impact operations, productivity, and outcomes. Customers need a building automation system that is secure, resilient, and simple to deploy and scale. With Metasys 16.0, Johnson Controls brings this together in a single platform, helping customers maintain continuous operations, reduce risk, and adapt as their needs evolve."
Reliable operating environments
With advancements in fields such as artificial intelligence and biotechnology, the demand for precise, reliable operating environments is on the rise. Building performance is crucial to business success, and thermal management is now a key factor in system performance and scalability. Metasys 16.0 is engineered to meet these demands, facilitating rapid deployment and robust, interconnected operations in environments that require uncompromising performance.
Metasys 16.0 is engineered to meet these demands, facilitating rapid deployment and robust
The new version incorporates several features, including strengthened cybersecurity measures that align with IEC 62443-4-2 Security Level 2 standards. These enhancements mitigate risk by streamlining upgrades with “Fast Track” updates, reducing the upgrade time by as much as 40% through proactive checks. Integration and deployment are expedited with tools such as Node-RED, accelerating the process up to 80% and trimming costs by 60% to 70%.
Built-in resilience and scalability
Metasys 16.0 ensures continuous uptime through resilience across multiple servers, eliminating the need for specialised hardware. This version supports up to 1,300 IP devices—30% more than its predecessors—facilitating scalability from individual buildings to entire campuses without system modifications. Optimisation according to ASHRAE Guideline 36 sequences helps in achieving up to 30% energy savings.
The system offers integrated insights into energy use, indoor air quality, emissions, and system performance, reducing the need for third-party tools. Designed to meet evolving regulatory requirements, it includes dashboards ready for the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, providing clear insights that support compliance and enhance tenant well-being.
Backed by Johnson Controls’ innovation, and extensive manufacturing scale bolstered by a global team of 50,000 field professionals, Metasys 16.0 delivers precise, resilient environments, aiding customers in achieving efficient operations with minimal risk over time.
Johnson Controls, a global pioneer in thermal management, mission-critical building systems, energy efficiency and decarbonisation, introduces Metasys 16.0, the latest version of its flagship building automation system with new capabilities designed to help customers reduce downtime risk, strengthen cybersecurity and bring systems online faster across complex environments at a time when building performance is becoming essential to business outcomes.
“The environments our customers operate in are more complex than ever, and expectations for performance continue to rise,” said M. Faisal Pandit, president, Building Management Systems, Johnson Controls. “Even brief disruptions can impact operations, productivity and outcomes. Customers need a building automation system that is secure, resilient, and simple to deploy and scale. With Metasys 16.0, Johnson Controls brings this together in a single platform, helping customers maintain continuous operations, reduce risk and adapt as their needs evolve.”
Reliable operating environments
A wave of scientific advances—from artificial intelligence to biotechnology to advanced manufacturing—is now moving rapidly into large-scale deployment. These industries require precise, reliable operating environments, elevating building performance from a supporting role to essential for business success. Thermal management is now central to how systems perform and scale, and digitally enabled life cycle services are critical to maintaining uptime, protecting high-value assets and delivering consistent outcomes.
Metasys 16.0 responds to the performance needs of these high-growth industries, enabling faster deployment, more autonomous operations, and connected, resilient platforms built for environments where performance cannot fail.
Peak load analytics
New features include:
- Stronger cybersecurity: Safeguards operations with protections aligned with IEC 62443-4-2 Security Level 2, reducing risk and supporting evolving requirements. “Fast Track” upgrades cut upgrade time by up to 40% through pre-emptive system checks and accelerate adoption of the latest cybersecurity and operational enhancements.
- Faster integration and deployment: Connects systems more quickly across environments using an open, connected approach. Visual integration tools, including Node-RED, enable real-time data sharing and help deploy integrations up to 80% faster, reducing costs by 60% to 70% and bringing new capabilities online in days instead of months.
- Built-in resilience for continuous uptime: Protects uptime with built-in resilience across multiple servers so operations continue seamlessly if one server goes offline, without the need for specialised hardware or third-party software.
- Accelerated engineering and upgrades: Accelerates deployment and reduces disruption through standardised workflows that cut engineering and deployment time by up to 30%.
- Integrated energy and performance visibility: Provides real-time visibility into peak load analytics, energy use, indoor air quality, emissions and system performance in a single system, reducing configuration time and limiting the need for third-party tools.
- Scalability for growing environments: Scales from single buildings to campuses and portfolios, supporting up to 1,300 IP devices, 30% more than previous versions, without requiring system changes.
- Optimised performance and efficiency: Improves efficiency with air and water sequences aligned to ASHRAE Guideline 36, delivering more consistent performance and up to 30% energy savings.
- Regulatory readiness: Helps customers stay ahead of evolving requirements, including dashboards ready for Energy Performance of Buildings Directive dashboards and other emerging global standard reporting requirements with validated data and clear insights to support compliance and occupant well-being.
Enabled by Johnson Controls innovation, manufacturing scale and a global 50,000-person field workforce, Metasys 16.0 helps customers create and sustain precise, resilient environments, facilitating more efficient operations, lower risk and consistent performance over time.
