Alerton
US manufacturer of building automation systems
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Alerton (sometimes misspelled "Allerton") is a United States company based in Lynnwood, Washington. It is a manufacturer of building automation systems for heating, ventilation and air conditioning HVAC equipment.
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| Formerly | Alerton Technologies |
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| Company type | Private[1] |
| Industry | Building automation, HVAC, Intelligent building |
| Founded | 1981 in Bellevue, Washington |
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| Headquarters | Lynnwood, Washington |
Key people | Mike Noble (Business Leader & Sales Director)[2] |
| Products | Building Management System, Thermostats, Programmable thermostat |
| Website | www.alerton.com |
The company was founded in 1981 in Bellevue by three entrepreneurs from whom the company's name was derived: Al Lucas, Clair Jenkins and Tony Fassbind.[3] Lucas was Jenkin's father-in-law; Fassbind was the company's chief executive officer and chief technologist; while Jenkin's succeeded Lucas as president after his retirement, and serviced as the lead business developer.[3]
Alerton's entry into the building automation systems market was through the application of direct digital controls in their products, a technology which had in the early 1980s been largely overlooked by the market's major players.[3] The company developed their own control protocol, Ibex, and transitioned to using the license-free BACnet protocol beginning in 1995; in adopting BACnet, the company became the first to implement this protocol across an entire product line in the controls industry.[3]
Alerton was acquired by the UK building supplies company Novar in 2003; as part of the acquisition, "Alerton Technologies" became "Alerton", a wholly owned subsidiary of Novar Controls and part of Novar's Intelligent Building Systems division.[4][5] The acquisition was aimed at being a growth opportunity for both firms, and Novar recognized Alerton as "a pioneer in the development of the BACnet protocol".[4]
Alerton became part of Honeywell in 2005 when its parent company, Novar, was acquired.[6][7] In Honeywell, Alerton is part of the company's Automation and Controls group.[8]