The world's leading trade show for lighting and building technology came to a successful close on March 23 this year. The highlight of the Beckhoff presentation at Light + Building 2018 was the new TwinCAT 3 Building Automation software generation. It simplifies engineering and takes over the control of all technical building systems: from heating, ventilation and air conditioning to shading, lighting and energy data acquisition. By integrating building controls into TwinCAT 3 and linking it with various software modules, such as TwinCAT IoT and Analytics, TwinCAT Scope and HMI, users can implement the complete building automation process, including the cloud-based analysis of building data, more efficiently and with maximum flexibility at the same time.