What is bacnet a data communication protocol for building automation and Control Networks What is baCnet? As the slide indicates, it is an acronym for building automation and controls network. Originally however, much like most infants, the protocol came into the world without a name It was probably 3 or 4 years into the development that the engineers on the SPc decided we needed something catchier than the ASHRAE protocol. "After rejecting such suggestions as ASHnet"(too inflammatory) and"BACtalk"(my personal favorite, now adopted in the industry, but too sassy for some at the time), we finally settled on"BACnet. Now it rolls easily off the tongue9 What is BACnet A data communication protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks. What is BACnet? As the slide indicates, it is an acronym for "building automation and controls network." Originally however, much like most infants, the protocol came into the world without a name. It was probably 3 or 4 years into the development that the engineers on the SPC decided we needed something catchier than "the ASHRAE protocol." After rejecting such suggestions as "ASHnet" (too inflammatory) and "BACtalk" (my personal favorite, now adopted in the industry, but too sassy for some at the time), we finally settled on "BACnet." Now it rolls easily off the tongue