What is Tridium Niagara?
Tridium Niagara is a vendor-neutral Building Management System (BMS) framework used to integrate, manage, and visualise multiple building systems through a single platform.
Rather than being tied to one manufacturer, Niagara acts as an integration layer, allowing systems from different vendors to coexist and communicate within a unified interface.
How Tridium Niagara works
Niagara operates as a software framework installed on controllers, servers, or virtual machines.
- Connects to field devices and subsystems using open protocols
- Normalises data into a common object model
- Provides graphics, dashboards, and alarms
- Allows logic, scheduling, and control strategies to be created
- Exposes data to analytics, cloud, and energy platforms
What Tridium Niagara is used for
- BMS head-end platforms
- Multi-vendor system integration
- Smart Buildings and IoT deployments
- Energy monitoring and optimisation
- Campus and portfolio-wide visibility
Protocols supported by Niagara
- BACnet
- Modbus
- KNX
- LonWorks
- MQTT
- OPC
Who uses Tridium Niagara?
Niagara is widely used across the Smart Buildings ecosystem.
- BMS Integrators and Controls Specialists
- Smart Buildings Engineers
- Facilities and Estate Managers
- Energy and Sustainability Teams
- Data and Analytics Engineers
Why Tridium Niagara matters
As buildings become more complex and multi-vendor by default, open integration platforms are critical. Niagara enables flexibility, future-proofing, and data access without locking owners into a single manufacturer.
This makes Niagara a cornerstone technology for modern Smart Buildings and energy-driven estates.
Roles commonly working with Niagara
- BMS Engineers
- BMS Commissioning Engineers
- BMS Project Engineers
- Smart Buildings Engineers