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FDS is dedicated to providing an open data normalization and exchange standard for everyone in our industry to use.

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What do We Stand For?

Facility Data Standard (FDS) is a non-profit organization that will lead the initiative and provide the environment to develop and advance these standards and make the latest technologies available to this industry. FDS will be responsible for guiding development on:

Maintaining the interfaces, rules, guidance, and methodologies​

Providing training, technical support and documentation​

Managing a directory where certified providers can advertise their services

Maintaining a test and certification environment

Our Mission


The Facility Data Standard Consortium (FDS) is dedicated to advancing global open standards for secure data transfer and integration in the facility ecosystem. Developed by the industry subject matter experts, so that the benefits of electronic information technology are widely, quickly, and economically available to the industry.

FDS Audience

  • You are a facility owner managing your own buildings

  • You are a Facility Manager (FM) or Building Services Contractor (BSC) managing commercial, industrial, public, or institutional facilities

  • You are a distributor of supply and equipment used for the operation and maintenance of facilities

  • You are a Building Automation company that controls large infrastructure equipment in the facility (HVAC, lighting, etc.)

You are a software developer working on:

  • IoT and telemetry systems for smart building or smart city

  • Facility, workforce, task, fleet... Management applications

  • Building Automation systems

  • Indoor mobile equipment, including AMR/AGV

You are a manufacturer of equipment that is installed and operates in and around commercial, industrial, public, and institutional facilities

You have your own IT & software development team to implement IoT and telemetry solutions

You are a software company providing tools and services to manage activities in the building, including:

    • Maintenance

    • Cleaning

    • Security & Safety

    • Supplies

    • Utilities

    • Sustainability & ESG

Benefits of FDS:

For Software Developers:

  • FDS provides an exhaustive Web API to expose and consume facility-related data, so you

don’t have to develop the interface.

  • Because it is developed by and for a wide number of companies in the industry, you can be

confident that your implementation will be stable, reliable, and meet the needs of your

audience.

  • If some information you need to expose or consume is not defined in the API, FDS will

work with you to enhance the API, so we grow it together

For the Manufacturers and Software Companies:

  • Aggregating Data from multiple sources is expensive to implement and maintain. The cost is multiplied for each interface between an information provider and a consumer

  • FDS provides the API specifications that you need to implement and test only once

  • As a consumer, you will be guaranteed reliable and consistent access to all information exposed by FDS-compliant providers

  • As a provider, you will broaden access to your data to all FDS-compliant client applications

For the End User:

  • FDS gives you the opportunity to use smart building and smart equipment digital information to implement the tools, processes, and solutions to solve your facility-related problems

    • with the partners, suppliers, and applications of your choice

    • At much lower cost

Where FDS will help:

  • Cleaning-on-demand and Maintenance on demand

  • Predictable and reliable performance in a fluid labor environment

  • Building occupants’ health, safety, and comfort

  • Sustainability and energy consumption optimization

  • Environmental, Social, and Governance compliance

  • Industry 4.0 compliance

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