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Articles - September 2010
"Open" It can be argued that the word ?Open? is the most fundamental key word that has driven the BAS industry over the last decade and will continue to drive it in the future. Nirosha Munasinghe MBusIT BSc BE (Hons) (Melb), Product Development Manager, Open General
FAVOURITE From the Silo to Open Collaborative Facility Internetworks Today we have to anticipate a new kind of network in the facility - The Facility Network. That particular network has to be developed before the building automation subsystem details. Nino Kurtalj, President, Elma Kurtalj Ltd
A Rose I?m talking about the endless list of buzzwords that have occupied these pages over the past years and represent technologies and initiatives that have?and have not?transformed our industry and environments. Anto Budiardjo, Clasma
FAVOURITE Does Owning the Meters Make You Smarter? Only if you do smart things with them. If we own the smart meter or collection of sub-meters we no longer need to deal with other people politics. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com, Publisher
FAVOURITE Seeing is Believing Stay Cutting Edge with Visual Representation Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
Control Issues Controls and building management systems have for too long been relegated to the final stages of building commissioning. And they have remained largely misunderstood by most building stakeholders, to the detriment of building performance and overall energy efficiency. But the industry is set to take control, as Sean McGowan reports. Ecolibrium, AIRAH official journal.
Certifications Why you need to know about the Certified Automation Professional, Jacob Jackson, CAP, CTS, LEED AP, MCP, Assurity Design Group
Columns - September 2010
FAVOURITE Why is it that control systems don?t work? Focus on thorough control design and installation, coupled with good training and tools for continuous commissioning and monitoring. These are the keys to the delivery of high performance building operation platforms. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
The Power to Control Home Lighting and Appliances comes to your handheld device Web services are the future of empowering personal power savings. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Smart Buildings share schedules with Business and Smart Grids Using WS-Calendar for scheduling things Toby Considine, T9
Articles - August 2010
FAVOURITE Monitoring-based Commissioning for Proactive Energy Management MBCx can provide new opportunities for commissioning providers. Peter Sharer, Founder, Agilewaves, Inc
FAVOURITE A Window into Shading and Electrically Switchable Glass There are three systems that need to act in tandem: lighting control systems, the HVAC system and the shading system. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
Integrating the BMS on Campuses150 miles apart Johnson Controls installed a multi-vendor head-end workstation to integrate a number of legacy building automation systems which controlled 28,000 physical points on the Twin Cities and Duluth campuses. Becky Wacker, Systems Sales Engineer, Johnson Controls
Improving the Construction Process with BIM The models and intelligent information that BIM can provide offer better visualization of a project as a whole, and allow more information to be included early on in the design stages, ultimately improving the communication among everyone involved in the construction process. Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
Common Problems of our Industry As an industry we must address this issue with greater care than what we have done over the last decade. There needs to standards developed to govern a far greater synergy between original specification and commissioned results. Nirosha Munasinghe MBusIT BSc BE (Hons) (Melb), Product Development Manager, Open General
Occupying Yourself with
Energy and Occupancy
The most popular technology for counting people at the
doorway appears to be thermal sensors or imaging, infrared and video analytics.
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP
Managing
Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
Smart Grid Consolidates to
Meet the Challenge
As major electrical giants begin to emerge from
the recession, the number of acquisitions in the smart grid space is on the up,
according to an executive brief from business intelligence provider Memoori. Jim McHale, Memoori
OPC Xi Overview White Paper This article briefly compares OPC Xi with Classic OPC and OPC UA, and provides an overview of OPC Xi . Randy Kondor - OPC Training Institute; Lee Neitzel - Emerson Process Management; Thomas J. Burke - OPC Foundation
Columns - August 2010
VFD Retrofit Opportunities Variable frequency drive opportunities abound! Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
When Does Building Automation Become Industrial Automation? However tempting or logical it might seem to use industrial automation in complex building projects, it usually leads to problems (generally due to the technical and business practices ?gaps?) that are greater than the benefits. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
FAVOURITE Smart Buildings & Smart Energy : the Integration Challenge Toby Considine, T9
Energy ? How much do we have, how much do we need, and where do we find it?
How will PROFIenergy be used to balance the energy equation? Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Looking In On BACnet
Paths Through the BACnet Maze
Andy McMillan, President and
GM, Philips Teletrol
Integrated connected (IC) virtualization Through integrated connected virtualization, the world of large buildings will soon view everything connected differently. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Articles - July 2010
FAVOURITE Wireless Communicating Controls : The ?Shower-Head Retrofit Solution!? Michael Colicchio, Canadian Regional Development, Viconics Electronics Inc.
Re-Commissioning Facility Management Organizations FM organizations need to re-examine their mission to determine goals and eventually objectives. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
FAVOURITE Energy Dashboards and Energy EDUCATION Dashboards What?s the Difference? Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
The Benefit of a Virtual Environment to BAS The bottom line is that studies have proven that using a virtualized server saves 7000 kWh of electricity and four tons of carbon dioxide per year. Nirosha Munasinghe MBusIT BSc BE (Hons) (Melb), Product Development Manager, Open General
Wireless Pneumatic Direct Digital Control for the Energy Smart Building Mark O?Hearne, Vice President Business Development and Marketing Millennial Net
More Than One Third of America?s Commercial HVAC Systems Are Broken. Right Now. ?but some HVAC issues can be addressed remotely, and failed units can be temporarily taken offline to save wear and tear. You just have to find the right ones to focus on . . . Bob Bartmess, VP of Engineering, Site Controls
University Implements EMS in Older Buildings Western Michigan finds a way to integrate pneumatic thermostats into its BAS Harry Sim, CEO, Cypress Envirosystems
Energy Benchmarking and Monitoring for Economic and Environmental Performance Priscilla Koeckeritz, President and COO, EnergyPrint
Using Real-time Data to Foster Behavior Change Understanding what you are consuming compared to what your neighbors, peers or classmates are using is important normative information that inspires behavior change. Andrew deCoriolis, Public Programs Manager, Lucid Design Group
basMaker makes Tridium graphics a snap! 3D animation software has always been priced for graphic artists and movie makers and not cost effective for the construction industry. Alper Uzmezler, BAS Services & Graphics
Columns - July 2010
Obtaining LEED Credits With Controls What can we do to make our facility greener? Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
BAS as a Tool for Existing Buildings Operations Operations teams are tasked with running buildings that have minimal documentation and may never have been properly commissioned. New tools, processes, and training can help overcome these issues. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Will Building Automation lead the next energy revolution? It will be the vertical that will continue to create the products and devices that can make these new sources of energy easy and inexpensive to implement into existing building and factory infrastructures. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
EMS and Traffic Jam Avoidance A Systems-level Perspective on Energy Management Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
FAVOURITE Smart Energy and the End of Privacy There is now no reason ever to throw out information. Operational data will be the new battleground for privacy. Toby Considine, T9
Building Grid Connectivity Building Connectivity is our future. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Articles - June 2010
FAVOURITE Takeaways from ConnectivityWeek 2010 ConnectivityWeek was a great event - with the largest ever registration of over 1300. Many new grid partners created an increased impact with new energy solutions while showing us improved overall organization and connectivity of our industry. Ken Sinclair AutomatedBuildings.com
Where The Rubber Meets The Road Measurement and Verification Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
FAVOURITE The Future of Cloud Connectivity for BAS It is clear that cloud computing has the potential for the BAS to seamlessly integrate with other business services to provide a user friendly, cost effective and in depth solution to the client, transparent of the underlining technology. Nirosha Munasinghe MBusIT BSc BE (Hons) (Melb), Product Development Manager, Open General
Saving Time with Image Modules Improve Your Graphic Development Process Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
Wireless Energy Management Systems Building Bottom Lines An entire segment of commercial buildings that was previously unable to afford a sophisticated EMS now has some very compelling options. Davis Watkins, Vice President Commercial Sales, Advanced Telemetry
Technology Park Leverages Technology to Move Beyond LEED Gold University of Victoria?s Vancouver Island Technology Park turns to Cisco to transform decades-old hospital into modern innovation centre Rick Huijbregts, Vice President, Vertical Industries, Cisco Canada
FAVOURITE Kaiser Permanente Qualifies Old Building for Energy Incentives Advanced pneumatic thermostats connect to EMS Harry Sim, CEO, Cypress Envirosystems
Columns - June 2010
FAVOURITE The Saga of Westlake Condominiums Never underestimate the importance of clear, honest, open, and continuous communication Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
Doing things at the right time We created WS-Calendar to create, share, invoke, adjust, and track coordinated response between domains and organizations. Toby Considine, T9
OPC UA sets a solid foundation for systems to reach for the clouds How does OPC UA illuminate the path to scalability? Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Intelligent Buildings in the Age of Pneumatic Control? How intelligent can a building be if most of the temperature control is provided by antiquated controls? Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Articles - May 2010
FAVOURITE Preview of May 24-27 ConnectivityWeek 2010 Santa Clara Lots of excitement surrounding the buildup to ConnectivityWeek and I have tried to capture and connect you to the points of interest for our industry. Ken Sinclair AutomatedBuildings.com
Finding the Answer It is a realization that BAS needs to change to a new business proposition, one that leverages great technology now available, creates significant opportunities in greening buildings, and turns buildings into virtual power plants that add value to owners, power utilities, society at large, and of course, the BAS industry. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Accelerating Wireless Controls in the Retrofit Market It is the social responsibility of the global community to be committed to making wireless controls work! Louis Viglione, Eng., President, Viconics Inc.
Pneumatic Integration Wirelessly to IP New product provides the most advanced pneumatic retrofit solution available on the market today. Jill Fidler, National Sales Manager, Energy Controls Company
Technology Evolves Visual Expectations When it comes to developing high-end graphics, most control companies don?t have the resources or software tools to develop 3D realistic graphics. Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
FAVOURITE Virtual Building Energy Management Moving to Cloud-based Building Energy Management Michael R. Lavelle P.E., Lavelle Energy LLC & Kimon Onuma, FAIA, ONUMA, Inc.
FAVOURITE What is a Web Enabled Building Management System? The philosophy of designing a fully web enabled system is not only to take advantage of the current web technologies available in the market but also to be future ready with concepts such as cloud computing. & Data Integration Levels The philosophy of the integration device is to obtain required data from different vendors and protocols with minimum use of network bandwidth. Nirosha Munasinghe MBusIT BSc BE (Hons) (Melb), Product Development Manager, Open General
The Next Gold Rush? Could Be Your Meter Thar?s gold in your energy data (more than you might think) Dave Krinkel, Founder EnergyAI
Getting Smarter Lighting Controls into Existing Buildings Interoperability, Easy Commissioning, Flexibility, Reliability and Scalability for Wireless Lighting Controls Jason Choong, Chief Solution Architect and Vice President Product Management, Daintree Networks
Intelligent Buildings in the Institutional Sector A three-way convergence of building control, consumption tracking (metering) and IT/business systems Gord Echlin, Vice President Sales & Marketing, Triacta Power
Using IP Protocol in an Energy Management Interface Open protocols ease installation of new systems and interoperability of legacy controls Paul Harris, Proliphix
Wireless Indoor Air Quality Monitoring Achieve a heath indoor environment Gareth Evans, Marketing Assistant, PPM Technology Ltd
Building Industry Thought Leaders to Converge at ConnectivityWeek This four-day event provides a unique opportunity for building owners, operators, facility managers, systems integrators and suppliers to learn about the key trends, technologies and solutions driving the BAS industry. Barry Haaser, Principal, Haaser Associates
Columns - May 2010
Controls Contracting Operations: Closeout The final steps to the completion of a successful project Part 3 of 3 Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
FAVOURITE Integrated Lighting Control Providing an efficient building requires good lighting control that includes coordinated scheduling, occupancy sensing, and daylight harvesting. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Mobile is the new HMI How an iPad saves money by making procedures lean Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
The Integration Barrier to Smart Energy These specifications will move the markets in energy management systems into improved interfaces, for users, for enterprises, and for energy marketers. Toby Considine, T9
Building Connections ? ConnectivityWeek This is the place to gain insight into how to unleash opportunities and new business from all of this change. Ken Sinclair AutomatedBuildings.com
Articles - April 2010
ConnectivityWeek Laying Out the New Energy Management The BAS industry is at the nexus of how we can use energy smartly in the future, and with this, comes enormous opportunity for the BAS industry. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Knowledge - The Essential Foundation for Intelligent Buildings The convergence of Smart Grid technologies, cloud computing and Internet-enabled applications, plus economic, market, regulatory, and environmental drivers offer unprecedented business opportunities for innovators and established companies to deliver energy management solutions for new and existing building stock. Christine Hertzog, Managing Director, Smart Grid Library
FDD Going Mainstream? Whose Fault Is It? What has emerged over the last several years, are software tools based on fault detection and diagnostics (FDD) that have taken actionable information and system intelligence to a new level. Jim Sinopoli, PE, RCDD, LEED AP Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
BAS-IT Convergence : Now and Into the Cloud Greg Turner, Honeywell Building Solutions
Cutting Costs and Carbon With Wireless Controls Wireless can deliver ? and generally does deliver a much lower overall installation cost. Alan Braybrook, Sales and Marketing Director, Sontay
A Wireless Solution For Energy Control In Existing Buildings Costs Could Drop 30 to 70 Percent. Jack Bolick, President and Chief Executive Officer, Adura Technologies
FAVOURITE What Secrets Lurk In the 98% of Energy Data that?s Never Looked At? Are your meters trying to tell you something? Dave Krinkel, Founder EnergyAI
SmartGrid ? What it is? Technology to watch? Roy Kok, VP Sales and Marketing, Kepware Technologies
?Change or Die? Developing a Successful Future for Facility Automation and Integration ? Part 1. Richard K. Warner, PE, LEED AP, President/CEO & William L. Parrish II, BSME (Rose-Hulman), General Manager, Graphic Services Division, O&M Engineering, Inc.
An Earth Day Reminder : ?Go Efficient? Nathan Rothman, Founder and CEO, Optimum Energy
The Tree of Knowledge Climb it to improve your view, or it might fall on you. Robert Beverly, Editor, Engineered Systems Magazine
Just how safe are those 'standards-based' systems in your enterprise? ?Are all ?standards? created equally?? What does it mean when someone buys such systems under the illusion that they?re making the right investment to enable their systems to run efficiently (we hope) and reliably? Nathan Pocock, Director of Compliance, OPC Foundation
Keeping Customer Service Visible Customer service is as vital and germane to our business now as it was in the days of automation overlays. Thomas Hallett
Columns - April 2010
FAVOURITE Why Do Open Protocol Myths Still Abound? We see plenty of opportunities for the industry to educate itself sufficiently to overcome these myths. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Controls Contracting Operations - Installation Getting from point A to point B, successfully! Part 2/3 Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
UA?Xi?OPC... Can I buy a vowel please Pat? Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Microgrids and Smart Energy Microgrids, whether virtual or real, are an important organizing concept of smart energy. Toby Considine, T9
Putting the ?M? in EMS Energy management from a management perspective Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
The next big things: how building automation will change complex installations and commissioning Ken Sinclair AutomatedBuildings.com
Articles - March 2010
FAVOURITE The Next Big Things This dynamic duo will eliminate complex installations, provide; self set up, connection, and commissioning while self populating the needed information for web deployment. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, AutomatedBuildings.com
Energy Users , The Focus of BuilConn at ConnectivityWeek Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
A Wired and Wireless Controller For Better ROI BAS still require the use of several wired devices, which means that wired and wireless technologies need to be integrated together within a single system to enable centralized control. David Lamarche Director of Communication, SCL Elements Inc.
Selecting an Integrated Building Automation System A solution capable of analyzing the multiple sources of data required to run an entire facility, as well as a system capable of providing collaboration between visualization, alarm management, scheduling, reporting and analysis functions. Tim Donaldson, Director of Marketing ICONICS
The How and Why of Operations Centers in Smart Buildings The objective of an operations center is to enable and enhance the capabilities of the staff and overall operations. Jim Sinopoli, PE, RCDD, LEED AP Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
Tunneling and Secure Data Transfer via OPC UA With over 140 protocols, client interfaces and server interfaces is the ideal solution to bridge your various automation solutions for M2M (Machine to Machine) or P2E (Plant to Enterprise) applications. Kepware Technologies
Advanced Lighting Control Can Reduce Operating Costs and Improve Worker Satisfaction Lighting is a business asset that should be managed as a critical component of both the building and the organization that occupies it. Terry Mocherniak, Chief Operating Officer, Encelium Technologies and Howard Berger, Program Director, RealComm
A Gateway to Affordable Dimming Reliable dimmable fixtures allow buildings to utilize green lighting strategies such as daylight harvesting, motion sensors, occupancy sensors, vacancy sensors, time delay switches and other lighting systems which adjust light levels according to certain prerequisites. Garth Kullman, Director of Product Development, PureSpectrum
Wireless Integration of Zonal Lighting Management The lighting energy management retrofit provided instant savings and additional tax incentives for the Ohio-based School. EnOcean Alliance, Inc & DimOnOff
Bridging the IT- Facilities Gap Energy Management in the Data Center Joe Polastre, Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer, Sentilla
Automation and the Smart Grid Energy Management Today Courtesy of Opto 22
Young Energy Network Plugging in at ConnectivityWeek?10 Phil Baltazar, I Will Energy
2010 to be the year of the smart building app Because of the evolving reach and complexities of building automation, these solutions need to be several services, not one all-encompassing service. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - March 2010
Controls Contracting - Operations: Preconstruction What it takes to get the job?started! Part 1/3 Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
Fundamental Changes In June, Engineered Systems and Building Intelligence Group will be conducting the first Sustainable Solutions Conference. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Pocket tech and a Car wash help build the case for OPC UA For the Building Automation industry the future is in the intelligent device, and embedding the connectivity needed to securely expose that data to the systems and devices that we need to consume and access it. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
FAVOURITE Buildings must get smarter because Smart Grids will be worse The grid?s reduced safety margins make even moderate adoption of intermittent energy sources risky. By every measure, the quality of the North American grid will get worse. That?s the plan. Toby Considine, T9
Articles - February 2010
Smart Grid and Buildings connected in Orlando A key part of the future of B2G is how the BAS industry will develop over the next few years. - We were fortunate at the Summit to have representation from two of the major BAS companies (Siemens and Schneider) and a perspective from one of the industry?s leading thought leaders in John Petze. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Raising Your Intelligent Building?s IQ $195 billion ? goes to powering buildings, about half of them on corporate campuses. Mark A. Ascolese, EDSA
FAVOURITE Building Automation Considerations From Assessment to Integration Andy Stadheim CEO, Barix Technology U.S.
FAVOURITE Twenty Ten to be a BAD-ASS Year At events like AHR Expo we get to test to see if the implied sameness of our content has legs or is becoming reality. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Requiem for an American
Industry
This article is meant as more a paean to the
Automatic Temperature Controls industry than a eulogy. Thomas Hallett
Our Clouded Future is Bright
Our clouded future includes new virtual connections to our
buildings from the communities they are part of with both physical and social
interactions. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner,
www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - February 2010
FAVOURITE Retrofit Strategies What can I do to make my building more efficient? Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
Predictions for 2010 from an OPC Perspective One of the key benefits of using OPC technology is its ability to robustly move large amounts of data rapidly and securely to an interface that will turn it into the information needed to make key business decisions. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Is Hospitality at the ?Fringe? of the Intelligent Building Industry? Hospitality-centric products appear to have been immune to the market pressure of open protocols, so we have solutions that do not enjoy the benefits of this advance nor can they readily integrate to the commercial controls. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
The Cost(s) of BACnet Perspectives on BACnet interface pricing Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
Idle Thoughts on Smart Grids Musings from the GridWise Architectural Council, Orlando, 2010 Toby Considine, T9
Articles - January 2010
FAVOURITE Predictions for Smart Buildings in 2010 We can expect energy management systems to evolve for individuals or specific spaces or functions. Jim Sinopoli, PE, LEED AP, RCDD Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
2009, The Year Smart Grid Came To Be Smart Grid represents an important new business vehicle that BAS players can leverage utilizing existing skills and customer base. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
FAVOURITE Energy Harvesting, Wireless and Next Generation Building Energy Management Bottomless power generation comes from ambient sources such as linear motion, light and temperature differentials. Robert Eckery, Marcom Manager, EnOcean, Inc.
Choosing a Submetering Solution Finding What's Right for You Part 3-3 Daryl Cowie, Business Development Manager, Wescon Technologies
Bundles Benefit Both Bundles should be proactive and created based on the building?s function and the owner?s priorities. Jeff Bredeson
How efficient is your building?s resource use? Reviewing a building?s utility usage can improve accountability and help develop more efficient strategies. Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
Canadian Insurance Giant Goes for the LEED ?Gold? Batteryless wireless technology contributes to LEED gold certification of the corporate headquarters of Canada?s Promutuel insurance group. Graham Martin, Chairman & CEO, EnOcean Alliance
FAVOURITE
Research Viewpoints
CABA
Facilitates Intelligent Building Technologies in Government Buildings
Rawlson O?Neil King,
Communications Director, CABA
The Sustainable Solutions Conference
We're expecting! Help Engineered Systems deliver its first SSC this summer. Robert Beverly, Editor, Engineered Systems Magazine
Free Educational Sessions January - Orlando "Building Automation and the Cloud" Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - January 2010
Common Routines in DDC The keys to optimization are within your reach Part 2 of 2 Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
OPC UA Education hits the road Learn the latest advances in OPC technology at a city near you. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Holiday Letter BACnet International year in review Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
FAVOURITE Smart Grids and Distributed Energy create opportunities for Diversity in Energy Storage There is no reason at all to limit our concepts of grid energy storage and buffers to electricity and batteries?and many opportunities open up if we do not. Toby Considine, T9
Articles - December 2009
FAVOURITE How Buildings Will Communicate With The Smart Grid: The Applications and Protocols Jim Sinopoli, PE, LEED AP, RCDD Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
Those guys always have the wrong price! But what if the Competition really knows what they?re doing? Al De Wachter, President, Independent Control Specialists Inc. ICS
Submetering 101 What exactly should I measure? Part 2-3 Daryl Cowie, Business Development Manager, Wescon Technologies
FAVOURITE Retrofitting Existing Commercial Buildings for the Smart Grid Leveraging the latest technologies to perform the retrofits will help to reduce the upfront cost and payback periods. Harry Sim, CEO, Cypress Envirosystems
Construction Engineering Communication and Collaboration Some ideas about how web technologies might affect communication and collaboration in the design, construction and service of commercial buildings. Bob MacKie, C3
Top 5 Commercial Energy Management System Considerations Today?s dashboard touch panel-controlled ?smart? energy management systems enable business users to easily view and reduce their resource consumption in real time. Gus Ezcurra, CEO Advanced Telemetry
Top 5 Reasons Your Business Needs an Energy Efficiency System All too often, viable opportunities to cut costs are overlooked. Gus Ezcurra, CEO Advanced Telemetry
Easy-to-use Control System Graphics Make 2010 the year to gain a competitive edge Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
Demystifying Cisco?s role in the Real Estate Industry As we grow our role in the Intelligent Building space we do face increasing concerns and questions from the established building industry stakeholders. Rick Huijbregts, Vice President, Vertical Industries, Cisco Canada & David Raffetto, Partner Business Development Manager, Converged Building Systems Business Unit Cisco
The 5C?s of Security as a Service
Change,
Compliance, Cost, Continuity, and Coverage; these are all basic considerations
for any organization. John Szczygiel, Executive Vice
President, Brivo Systems
Measure, Map & Manage
We Measure and sense almost every piece of
building information, then Map to graphical representations to develop
strategies for
M
anaging from anywhere, anytime.
Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - December 2009
FAVOURITE Common Routines in DDC Let the system work for you! Part 1 of 2 Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
FAVOURITE BAS System Tune Ups Improving efficiency can be fairly complicated and expensive, but many changes can be made simply by tuning up the systems that are already in place. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
BACnet Marketing 3.0 A Short Course in BACnet Product Positioning Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
Privacy, the Essential Service for Smart Buildings Privacy issues and privacy concerns became front and center at the Grid-Interop and the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). Toby Considine, Systems Specialist , Facility Services, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Innovations at the SPS/IPC Drives Show Everyone in all verticals is taking a look at life a little differently. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Articles - November 2009
School Monitors and Improves Building Performance Chemawa Indian School, located in Salem, Oregon, is using the Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard (EEED) to see how much power, water, and gas is being used throughout the campus, and how this usage can be improved. Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, Quality Automation Graphics
Yas Island How the Aconex online collaboration system helped keep the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on track Will Turbet, Marketing Communications Aconex
Monitoring the Grid Northwest Iowa Power Cooperative uses Matrox Extio remote graphics extension technology to solve issues related to their legacy KVM solutions Camille Caron, Matrox Graphics
New Energy Initiatives Energize Submeter Deployment The myriad of public and private sector energy policies, while at times complicated, provides fertile ground for submeters as energy profilers and program verification tools. This article briefly overviews several key policies now in effect, with an eye to how submeters can help facility professionals comply with the appropriate guidelines. Don Millstein, President and CEO, E-Mon, LLC
FAVOURITE The Business Case for Submetering - Part 1-3 Show me the money! Daryl Cowie, Business Development Manager, Wescon Technologies
A New DC Power Standard
Helps Buildings of Today Meet the Needs of Tomorrow Brian Patterson
Chairman, EMerge Alliance
FAVOURITE What is "Smart City"? "a new scientific research center for intelligent automation in the construction industry" Andrey A. Golovin, Executive Director of associations BIG-RU (BACnet Interest Group Russia) and KONNEX Russia, Editor in Chief of the magazine "Building Automation"
FAVOURITE Energy Reporting It was only a matter of time Gina Elliott, MBA Project Director, Smart Buildings LLC
Building Transformation Green has becomes a questionable color, the new true blue of an economical plus environmental bottom line supported with real dynamic data, presented virtually, anywhere, is the proof of our transformation. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - November 2009
Understanding Specifications (3 of 3) ?The devil is in the details? Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
FAVOURITE Integrating BAS?s To Everything All The Time? Equipment or systems integrated to a BAS and how they are integrated is a project-by-project decision based on the needs of the client and the design. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
OPC UA Explained Quickstarts and Tools for Developers Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Managed Energy, Collaborative Energy, and Autonomous Load There are two fundamentally different approaches to Energy Interoperation: managed energy and collaborative energy. Toby Considine, Systems Specialist , Facility Services, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
A ?BACnet System? Procurement Challenge The fa llacy of equating ?standard protocol? with ?standard system? Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
Articles - October 2009
FAVOURITE The Real Value of Building Information, Integration and Transformation It?s not building "automation" but building "transformation" that we are after. Rick Huijbregts, Cisco Canada
FAVOURITE The Niagara Framework? and Energy The biggest challenge currently facing existing buildings in reducing energy usage is the lack of manageability for efficiency and critical information about operating systems. Marc Petock, Vice President, Global Marketing & Communications, Tridium, Inc.
FAVOURITE The Emergence of Proactive Building Management Automation All automation systems deployed in the future will require data streams containing all available performance characteristics of a piece of equipment be made available to the customer in a highly useable format. David Wolins, CEO Scientific Conservation
Functional Mobility Functional mobility currently provides significant benefit to millions of tech savvy users; placing access to their email, weather updates, text messaging, Global Positioning Services, telephone, etc. in the palm of their hands . Dave Ross, iSYS Automation, Inc.
A New Era of Building Automation Software This enabling technology will prove to be a powerful tool in optimizing automated buildings even beyond the capabilities of today?s state-of-the-art systems. Eugene Mazo, Chief Executive Officer, DGLogik, Inc
Five Building Inefficiencies that are Business Opportunities Five years ago the US National Institute of Science and Technology estimated the lack of interoperability in the construction industry was costing around $16 billion per year. Jim Sinopoli, PE, LEED AP, RCDD Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
Work Local, Outsource Local Domestic solutions for graphics needs at a competitive rate Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, Quality Automation Graphics
ASU Gets Greener through Visibility In our world of Greener Thinking, Universities play an important role in educating the citizens of the future. ASU takes this responsibility very seriously. Roy Kok, VP Sales and Marketing, Kepware Technologies
Creating a Safe, Sustainable Community in a Challenging Economy 5 Ways a Well-Planned Technology Implementation Adds Value Joy Clarke-Holmes, Director of Local Government Market & Jim Nannini, Director of Network Integration Solution Sales, Johnson Controls, Inc.
FAVOURITE Ebb and Flow of Lighting Needs Require Flexible Controls Realize energy and cost savings with wireless lighting control systems Kevin Braley, Communications Specialist, Orion Energy Systems
You Can?t Manage What You Can?t Monitor A Holistic Approach to Monitoring Jefferie K. Mitchell, Communications Specialist, RLE Technologies
Modular System Delivers Flexible Building Energy Management This "plug and play" system delivers power by flexible modular wiring, and low voltage components are connected with off-the-shelf cabling and jacks, the entire system infrastructure can be relocated, expanded, or contracted to meet changing requirements. Michael Cole, Product Manager Convia-enabled Products, Legrand/Wiremold
Monitoring an ?Energy-plus-house? Prime Project in Sweden has chosen Botech as their partner to measure and monitor the energy use in their Energy-plus-house. Robert Cawood, Botech
Indoor Parking Lots, How to Automate Air Quality Let the gas sensors do their job of measuring and let the ventilation do its job of clearing the pollutants. Keith Rasmussen, Opera
Vision-based Analytics Video Analytic technology addresses all the shortcomings of common motion sensors enabling greener energy practices for building operations. Bob Cutting, Vice President, Product Management, ObjectVideo & Martin Verge-Ostiguy, Marketing Coordinator, Lyrtech
The Cloud Beyond the Network As more software and computer services move off-site, a look around suggests that the collaborative power of cloud computing has already begun to reign for those looking to harness real-time building information most efficiently. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Keeping our Feet on the Ground While Working in the Cloud "If we want to continue to be leaders in this industry, we must deliver the goods today, Tomorrow is not good enough." Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner, www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - October 2009
Understanding Specifications (Part 2 of 3) Parts is parts, so they say Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
OPC and PROFINET technologies combine for efficient light control HVAC systems, sprinkle systems, doorway controls, could all be linked together using PROFINET, and then controlled via a protocol like OPC from any PC on the network. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
FAVOURITE Smart Buildings Meet the Smart Grid Keep the Smart Grid in mind as you start to work on your next project and think about how you can make the building a smart part of the Smart Grid. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
BACnet Triple Play Three ways to win with BACnet Integration Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
Articles - September 2009
Bringing BIG Building Automation to The Small Building Market Today?s new building owners have more sophisticated needs and wants. They are looking for big building automation features for their ?mid-market? facilities. Trevor Palmer, Director of Marketing / International Sales, Viconics
FAVOURITE Energy Dashboards Inform and Educate Green Education Tool Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, Quality Automation Graphics
Pneumatic Energy Savings Control Wireless on off auto pneumatic switching control George Fincher, President - Sales and Marketing, Energy Controls Co.
Smart or Dumb Meters Hundreds of thousands of so called 'smart' meters have been fitted with no interface or even real time display. Mark Hunter, ION Controls
The Price of Energy You cannot understand price unless you understand the product you are buying. Toby Considine in Markets and Innovation, Smart Grid, Standards
How Do We Measure The Performance Of A Building? The fact is that most buildings are too complex to be evaluated on just energy consumption. Jim Sinopoli, PE, LEED AP, RCDD Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
Brivo ACS Webservice? Deployed in Project Upgrade 1,300-unit California residential complex improves security, residents? satisfaction Bruce J. Doneff, Public Relations, Brivo Systems LLC
Hey, Don't Take My Word For It? Green Intelligent Buildings Conference - Fall 2009 Robert Beverly, Editor, Engineered Systems
Building Cloud Connections The identification and use of these valuable industry cloud connectors is essential to propel our industry forward at warp speed so it can radically change to survive. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - September 2009
Understanding Specifications (1 of 3) A breakdown of your typical temperature controls spec Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
OPC Technology finds its? place on the map on the journey to the Smart Grid Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
The Coming Evolution of BAS Design A good BAS design starts with a well thought-out sequence of operation and point list. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Smart Buildings and Market Information Enable Collaborative Energy Collaboration requires able partners; smart grids require smart buildings able to make intelligent decisions about energy use. Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services, University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
FAVOURITE BACnet ? from the Outside In Clues to the BACnet Puzzle Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc.
Articles - August 2009
FAVOURITE Automated Continuous Commissioning The Path to Optimized Operations & Energy Efficiency David Wolins, CEO, Scientific Conservation, Inc. (SCI)
FAVOURITE Drilling for Dollars : IT Companies Find Energy Jim Sinopoli, PE, LEED AP, RCDD Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
Track LEED v3 Credits in Project Management Software LEED Requires Strong Document Control Houston Neal, Software Advice
How Powerful Are Your Graphics? Powerful graphics catch the viewers? eye and leave a lasting impression. Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, Quality Automation Graphics
After The Keynote? Green Intelligent Buildings Conference, Santa Clara, CA, September 29-30 Robert Beverly, Editor, Engineered Systems
Embedded Flexible Module Solutions End-to-End Connectivity for Build Out of Intelligent Buildings, OEM Edge Assets and Connected Infrastructure Daniel A. Drolet, Sr., VP, Business Development, PCN Technology, Inc.
LONMARK? International/ LONMARK? Americas Update August 2009 Heather Deal, Marketing Communications Liaison, LONMARK Americas
My Clouded Thinking Clears The clouds are open and scalable and are my new tool set. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - August 2009
Airflow Monitoring Techniques and technologies: the basics for beginners Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
Opening the OPC Mailbag Supplying answers to some OPC email questions. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Advanced Controls Optimization for High Performance Buildings ? Part II Water Side Last month?s column f ocused on the control of the air side with the use of strategies including demand controlled ventilation and static pressure reset. This month we would like to explore the control of the water side.Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Distributed Energy Resources and Storage With the big smart grid standards roadmap conference coming up in Washington on the third and fourth, I am going to stick with writing about what this means for buildings. Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services, University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Articles - July 2009
FAVOURITE My Takeaways from ConnectivityWeek After each year's event I try to list my takeaways of the things that significantly impacted, impressed me and are likely to change my future. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner www.AutomatedBuildings.com
BIMStorm? brings Cloud Computing to ConnectivityWeek Real-time visualization of sensor data in Excel-generated BIM on Google Earth is a world premier. Kimon Onuma, FAIA, ONUMA, Inc. and Michael Bordenaro, BIM Education Co-op
Cisco's Mediator Helps Buildings Reduce Energy Use with Internet Intelligence Michael Bordenaro, BIM Education Co-op
Reflections on record breaking ConnectivityWeek and BuilConn The perfect storm produced a perfect event; a combination of rich subjects discussed, enormous business opportunities for vendors and integrators alike, on a backdrop of solving climate change problems and interestingly an awareness of social changes permeating our world. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Open Automation Object Model Object Automation Model will enable us to have programming and documentation done in one standard format and location. Alper Uzmezler, BAS Services & Graphics, LLC.
Maintaining Your Control Valve Investment Replaceable control valve cartridges allow the preservation of your original labor and embodied energy investment while reducing the total generated waste in facilitating upgrades and maintenance. Paul Balazovjech, President, Spartan Peripheral Devices
6 Useful Tips for Smart Meters and Plug Loads As buildings move to incorporate more sensors and metering to generate data about usage and performance, metering and monitoring the electrical distribution and plug load will be integral. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP, Smart Buildings
Can OPC Bridge the Engineering-IT Divide? Regular dust-ups between Engineering and IT on the shop floor reveal characteristics and approaches that are strikingly dissimilar on both career and personal levels. Randy Kondor, President, OPC Training Institute
Park It Here : Smart and Green Parking Garages Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP, Smart Buildings
Your Automation System on Red Bull?? Prophet? Gives You Wings! Andy McMahon, CSI3
Bright Green Buildings Convergence of Green and Intelligent Buildings Rawlson O'Neil King Communications Director, Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA)
It?s 2pm?
Do
you know how much energy your building is using? David
Helliwell, Co-Founder and CEO, Pulse Energy
The Power of the People
The power of the people lies not just in how we innovate, but also how we
are able to share knowledge with others through that innovation. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner
www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - July 2009
BAS Graphics Take a virtual tour of your building?s mechanical systems Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
Advanced Controls Optimization for High Performance Buildings Strategies that should be considered to optimize the operations of these systems using the control system to dramatically reduce energy usage. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Making Friends wherever I go! Companies that are successful in this day and age (of this global economy) are successful because they partner and collaborate with other companies that also are successful. No one company, or consortium, can truly afford to stand alone. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
?The Dawn of Convergence ?. Or the
Eve of Collision??
Another Commentary on BAS-IT Convergence Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
FAVOURITE
Intelligent Buildings talk to the
Smart Grid
Last month,
the National Institute for standards and Technology (NIST) unveiled the Interim
Smart Grid Interoperability Roadmap. (http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/) The
roadmap defines the smart grid and how it interacts with is smart end nodes. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Articles - June 2009
Don?t Shoot The Messenger! Let?s spread the word that achieving and maintaining ultra-efficient building energy system operation is possible, but to do so requires change. Thomas Hartman, P.E. The Hartman Company
Building Information Modeling Continues to Grow in Green Building
Adding Ease to Displaying Building Energy Efficiencies Sarah Erdman,
Marketing Director, Quality Automation Graphics
Are New Real Estate Risks Creating
The "Tipping Point"?
Now the risks of doing nothing different
may be even greater than rewards of being progressive.
Tom Shircliff
and Rob Murchison, Co-Founders, IntelligentBuildings?
Thermal Imaging a key to locating HVAC system leakage Colin Plastow, Industrial Product Manager, Fluke
FAVOURITE Future of Building Automation with IP Version 6 & cloud networking Alper Uzmezler, BAS Services & Graphics, LLC.
Web Based CMMS Systems Efficient, Mobile, and Environmentally Friendly David Knight, Sales/Marketing Rep, Web Work by Tero
240 And Counting?. The number of speakers at ConnectivityWeek has now surpassed the total number of attendees at the first BuilConn Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Building Automation Networks This article provides insight to the evolution to date of Building Automation Networks to Enterprise and Web based networks and on into cloud computing. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - June 2009
OPC EXPO comes to Connectivity Week! Join us at the OPC EXPO in Santa Clara, CA, June 8-11 Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
Selecting Sensors for BAS A tutorial on choosing the right temperature sensor for the right job Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
?Good Fences Make Good Neighbors? A Commentary on BAS-IT Convergence Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet International
The State of the Building Automation Market ?who makes the best building automation system?? Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Conversation between Intelligent Buildings and Smart Energy As I write this, the Interim Roadmap for the Smart Grid has not been published. What follows is my view of how this area will develop. Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services, University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
FAVOURITE The Reinvention Convention On June 9, 2009, I will be in Santa Clara, California over seeing the presentation of several sessions on ?The Reinvention of Building Automation?. Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner www.AutomatedBuildings.com
Articles - May 2009
The California Smart Building Association The California Smart Building Association is dedicated to establishing and strengthening public policies that promote the development of smart buildings in California for commercial, residential and public projects. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Once in a Lifetime We really have to seriously go back to the invention of electricity and the internal combustion engine, and combine that with the changes that we have seen in the birth of the Internet that has changed our lives. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Smart Grids Start With Smart Ideas Developing smart electric grids requires smart ideas and our industry can be a valuable contributor in developing them! Thomas Hartman, P.E. The Hartman Company
FAVOURITE Green Intelligent Buildings? what next? Energy Business Intelligence will be to buildings what the iPod was to music. Jack Mc Gowan, CEM Energy Control Inc.
Pain, Tipping, and Leverage The ?new? Energy Services Game Terrence Reynolds, PE Control Technologies
Green Building Control Solutions ?.Sure to keep you in the Black! Trevor Palmer, Marketing Manager, Viconics
The Reinvention of Energy Services To actually turn the tide and reduce the total amount of energy used in commercial buildings will require reinvention. Tim Kensok, Vice President, Market Development, Air Advice
Smart Grid - Taking Our Cue from Nature Roman Kulyk, Chief Technology Officer, REGEN Energy Inc.
Automation for the environmentally challenged Electronic and electromechanical thermostats have in the past provided low initial capital cost, device simplicity, but have lacked in the ability to centralize information for energy and maintenance monitoring. Trevor Palmer, Marketing Manager, Viconics
Opening the Door to IP POE-Powered Access Control Systems The transformation leverages the existing IT infrastructure, eliminates the need for local power, consolidates and saves labor costs for cable installation, reduces the time to install system devices, is more scalable and provides a large base of management tools and support. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Upgrading Prison?s Temperature Control HVAC System Yields Overall Efficiency Debra Biela, Marketing Communications Specialist, Contemporary Controls
FAVOURITE BIM STORM ? Processes Guide Smart Grid Planning Award-winning Building Information Model web software invigorates Smart Grid planning and design processes. Robert Smith, PhD, California State University Professor Emeritus, and Michael Bordenaro, Co-founders, BIM Education Co-op
The Reinvention of Building Automation The complexities of our industry reside with us, but the reinvention and representation of our future resides with the new teams we build. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - May 2009
FAVOURITE SGIX ? Smart Grid Information Exchange Some feel that direct control of tomorrow?s smart buildings must be in the hands of the utilities. I feel that that building owners must be in control. Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services, University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
BACnet by the Numbers A twelve step program for kicking the proprietary systems habit Andy McMillan, President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet International
Points List Primer A ?pointed? view of hardwired I/O Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
The Application my iPhone should have complete smart home synchronized with my handheld Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC Foundation
The dawn of the era of the Intelligent Building? The simple answer is that a convergence that has been building for years is now occurring. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Articles - April 2009
It?s 1992 all over again!
As there was a driver in the 90s, today there are two of the
most significant drivers that we can imagine in play, the Y2K of today if we
continue the comparison to the 90s. Anto
Budiardjo,
President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Getting There From Here
Here is my list of areas that need our help with fresh
thinking for new directions for us to get out of the rut we?re in.
Thomas Hartman, P.E.
The Hartman Company
Diving Into Building Water
Management
It is a water management system that monitors and
manages water usage that will change the process from simply supplying
water to managing the demand
for water. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing
Principal, Smart Buildings
FAVOURITE
LEED 2009 and Building
Automation Systems
Any sufficiently capable BAS, regardless of
whether its protocol is standard or proprietary, can achieve LEED points along
with the corresponding energy reductions. Bill Swan,
Buildings Standards Initiatives Leader, Alerton
Read manual dial gauges
wirelessly, in minutes
Clamp on Wireless Gauge Reader optically
reads needle and transmits reading.
Harry Sim, CEO, Cypress
Envirosystems
Smart building infrastructure helps
manage costs
The value proposition exists for all stakeholders,
from the developer who saves from a lower capital cost to the operator and/or
tenant who saves from a lower operational cost and to the end user who obtains a
better user experience. Bradley Hemphill, Managing
Director, Electrical Engineering Solutions
Columns - April 2009
OpenEMS
Creating Value
Through Open Systems In An Energy Management Context Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Cyber-security, Smart Buildings, and
the Smart Grid
We went to a distributed
approach for Enterprise Building Management System EBMS, something that looks
nothing like the approaches of traditional building systems and of SCADA.
Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
What?s New! From This Year?s AHR
Expo
Green, IAQ, BACnet, Demand Response, Wireless, to name just a
few.
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
FAVOURITE
Commissioning An Intelligent Building
Interoperability testing is an important key to the success of
multi-manufacturer BAS?s and will become even more important to the success of
Intelligent Buildings. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
How
a video store proves the need for real-time data access
Knowledge is power, and having the right knowledge at the right time most
definitely improves any company?s bottom line. Manny Mandrusiak, Vice President of OPC Marketing, OPC
Foundation
Articles - March 2009
The Smart Grid: Opportunities
and Challenges
- Workshop
The 2009 MIT Energy
Conference - Accelerating Change in Global Energy - March 6, 2009 Jack Mc Gowan, CEM, President & CEO, Energy Control Inc.
Sustainable Design of Building Automation Systems
A
a sustainable BAS is achievable with proper initial design considerations that
include the use of open protocols, standardized Network Management tools and
open access to product and training.
Patrick
Winkelman, Vice President Sales Americas, Distech Controls, Inc.
FAVOURITE
Connecting BACnet Devices
to an IP Infrastructure
This paper reveals how all BACnet devices
can effectively share a common IP network ? thereby enhancing the power and
convenience of BACnet. George Thomas, President, Contemporary Controls
Steam Trap Energy Savings
New Wireless Steam Trap Monitor installs in minutes to detect costly leaks,
with payback of about one year.
Harry Sim, CEO, Cypress
Envirosystems
A Facility Dashboard
for the Rest of Us
Users of the facility ? residents,
office-workers, students, visitors, etc. ? are those that have the greatest
potential for impacting operational building efficiency, based on their
individual behavior. Greg Barnes, VP of Business Development,
co-founder & Paul Ogle, VP Marketing, Product Management, Activelogix, LLC
Video Integrates with
SCADA System
to Improve Security at Madison,Wisconsin Water Utility Al Larson P.E., Principal Engineer, Madison Water Utility, Madison, WI
Integrated
Lighting Control 101
Integrated lighting control
allows a building to take advantage of all possible lighting strategies. Gina Elliott, Smart Buildings
HVAC Contractors
The Channel of Choice for Scaleable Energy Services Tim
Kensok, Vice President, Market Development, Air Advice
Evaluating Airflow Measurement
Technologies
Sources of the differences between expected and
actual performance of HVAC instruments. Leonard A. Damiano, EBTRON,
Inc.
A Capital Idea!
The info and ideas flying around our Green
Intelligent Buildings conference can help your business, but they can help your
career, too. Robert Beverly, Editor, Engineered Systems
Columns - March 2009
Pay-it-forward
Turning Short-term
Stimulus into Long-term Value
Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Energy Interoperability Standards
: Smart Buildings, Smart Grid Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
AHR Expo Blows Through the
Windy City
A local guy?s experiences at the Big Show
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
BAS and Advanced, Integrated
Lighting Control
New technologies including the use of wireless
communications, networking and open standards are making the deployment of
advanced lighting control practical in both new and existing building projects.
Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Mastering middleware for sustainability
When you know how much
energy you use, it?s much easier to determine where savings can be achieved.
Ken Sinclair, Editor, AutomatedBuildings.com
February 2009
FAVOURITE
Connected Real Estate
Cisco grows Connected
Real Estate investment with EnergyWISE
and Richards-Zeta Acquisition
.
Rick Huijbregts, Vice President, Vertical
Industries, Cisco Canada
State of the Industry - 2009
If you really want to help move our industry toward a future that works, I
invite you to join with those who want a more sustainable future.
Thomas Hartman, P.E., The Hartman Company
Subtle Winds of Change in Windy
City
A perfect storm of change if you understand the big
picture that has been a constant theme on AutomatedBuildings.com for months if
not years. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO,
Clasma Events Inc.
Count Me In: People
Counters
A Simple System for Essential Building Data Jim Sinopoli,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings, PE, RCDD
FAVOURITE
Robots in Every Building?
It?s Closer Than You Think Jeanne Dietsch,
CEO and co-founder, MobileRobots Inc & Stuart Rich, GIS Practice Manager, PenBay
Media, Enterprise Geographic Information Systems
Energy
Efficiency Education Display
Greets Visitors at Iowa State Capitol:
Interactive Screen Highlights Environmental Initiatives at Capitol Complex
Daniel McCarty, President, QA Graphics
The Role of Networked Sensors in Boosting Energy
Efficiency
To realize peak avoidance and enjoy significant
associated savings, customers must know both when and where power and energy
were consumed. Roland Acra, President and CEO Arch Rock Corporation
Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat
Ideal for Economic Stimulus Plan
Large numbers of older federal
buildings with pneumatic controls can now be upgraded to Direct Digital Control
(DDC) at 20% of the cost, and less than 20 minutes per zone.
Harry Sim, CEO, Cypress
Envirosystems
Buildings, Industry, Automation, and Smart Grids
As wholesale
energy markets have developed, and mandates for re-purchase by utilities and
power grids of alternate energy such as wind and solar, your building may be a
net consumer at one time and a net provider at another. William Cox,
Cox Software Architects LLC
CES09 through ?Digital Signage?
lenses.
To view
the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 show through the lenses of digital
signage is to see a future of media interactivity, interoperability, integration
and presentation... and the direction of some key players.
Lyle Bunn,
Principal & Strategy Architect, BUNN Co
Building Automation Sustainability
Whether
you view the word ?Building? as a noun or a verb the real goal is Sustainability
Ken Sinclair, Editor, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - February 2009
FAVOURITE
Control
Valves ? Sizing & Selection
A refresher on
choosing the right valve for the right application
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
Energy, Innovation, and E-Tech
Current assumptions of a paternalistic utility providing all
control will not be sustained. New models of loose integration and symmetric
interactions are required. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Building
Automation Wishes for a New Year
As with technology in general
each advance seems to reveal the need for more advances to achieve that elusive
state of perfection. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Trust: The Primary Currency in an Open Systems World
It
takes work to earn it, care to nurture it and only one poor decision to lose it.
Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
The Reinvention of Building Automation
(BA)
Building
Automation is evolving to a web service that is greatly enhanced with online
services. Ken
Sinclair
,
Editor, AutomatedBuildings.com
January 2009
[an error occurred while processing this directive] Obama?s Energy
Challenge
The building sector is described by incoming
administration insiders as a core element of their new energy independence and
global warming initiatives. Thomas Hartman, P.E., The Hartman Company
2009, Not Business As Usual!
Big
things need to happen to force a revolution; what we are witnessing right now
with the economic woes, climate change, and the change that the new Obama
administration will bring about will drive things forward. Anto
Budiardjo,
President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
FAVOURITE
Nine Predictions for
Smart Buildings in 2009
?Never make predictions, especially about
the future.? Casey Stengel American Baseball Player and Manager, 1891-1975 Jim Sinopoli, Smart Buildings
A New Year?s
Resolution for PJM
: Sign Up for Demand Response Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Constellation NewEnergy
An Aspect on Networked Area
Control
As there are multiple philosophies associated with control
through various manufacturers, it has been a challenging task for some
manufacturers to relinquish some of their beliefs for the sake of
interoperability. Rocky Moore, OEM Sales and Marketing Manager, American
Auto-Matrix
OpenLynx: Open Source
Software for BAS and the Smart Grid
To solve the daunting energy problems facing the nation
federal and state institutions, building automation and smart grid
integrators, utilities and ISOs need to support and accelerate development
of sound open source initiatives focused on smart grid development,
simulation and integration and building automation. Peter Michalek
Introduction to BACnet
Routers
Each data link is treated as a separate
network and the collection of data links is considered a single BACnet
internetwork. George Thomas, President, Contemporary Controls
New Year Resolutions for
the Industry
How we will stop smoking, lose weight, start
exercising and save money in 2009
Jim Sinopoli, Smart Buildings
Choosing the Right Integrator for Your Building Automation Project
There are many options: Automation Vendors, Distributors,
Architectural engineering and construction firms, and Independent control system
integrators. Norman O?Leary, Executive Director CSIA ? Control System
Integrators Association
Top
12 Issue Favourites - 2008
We thank you all as an
industry for being our success in providing incredibly current content that is
well read by our reinvented industry.
Ken Sinclair, Editor, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - January 2009
Working with the Wind in Chicago
Next
week, there will be a lot of wind surrounding the AHR Expo, the largest
conference anywhere dedicated to the efficient movement of air, and thereby the
biggest energy-related conference of the year. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
FAVOURITE
Standards and Opportunities when Smart Buildings meet the Smart Grid
The goal of the new standards efforts is to support new markets that we do
not today know or understand. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Discussion on Descriptors
Commanding and confirming the operation of two-state devices
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
BAS Use of Ethernet / IP
Infrastructure II
Use of Virtual Local Area Networks Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
December 2008
[an error occurred while processing this directive] Creatively Address Rising Costs
and Environmental Concerns
Building owners can respond to both of
these issues by incorporating smart choices into their designs that reduce
energy use, lowering costs and lessening the building?s impact on the
environment. Sarah Romero, Veris Industries
?31 Tannery Project? ?
Year 2+
Sustainable Operations maintaining our 2nd Year of Net Zero
Electric Operations and Energy Star 100 scores? Moving on?
Edward H. Brzezowski, PE, LEED AP
Noveda Technologies
Protocol Blenders and
Information Creators
: Middleware Providers and Implementation Strategy
Jim Sinopoli and Neil Gifford, Smart Buildings
Introduction to Modbus Serial
and Modbus TCP
Modbus is popular for its simplicity.
Because so many users with Modbus knowledge are in the field and because a
Modbus-IDA association backs this open standard, it will continue to remain
popular. George Thomas, President, Contemporary Controls
Indoor Air Quality Basics
Part 1/2 - IAQ Audits: Are You Missing the Bigger Picture?
Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
FAVOURITE
2008 Digital Signage Year in Review
Digital Signage ?Turned the
Corner,? maturing in 2008 Lyle Bunn, Principal &
Strategy Architect BUNN Co
The Front End
The chief reason for multiple systems under one Front End is to remove the
perceived shackles of the control provider from the end user.
Darryl Trombley, Building Automation Consultant, Metro Environmental, Inc.
Maximizing Boiler Performance
and Efficiency
Would you know what to adjust if you
realized money and energy were being wasted on an hourly basis? Sharam Pavri, Forbes Marshall
XML Integration
Transforms Telephone Entry System to Web-programmable Appliance Jerry Graciano, Manager of Development Partnerships, Brivo
Systems, LLC
Grid Interoperability
Demand response is an important tool in your
energy management toolkit. But the future it anticipates could be of even
greater benefit to your bottom line. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - December 2008
Cabling for DDC Systems
Specify the proper conductor sizes and
cable types for your BAS project
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
The Lie in Demand?Response
We encourage only the
crudest, least effective energy savings, while denying the market the energy
signals that would cause better. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
BAS Use of Ethernet/IP Infrastructure
Simply put, should a BAS use its own dedicated Ethernet/IP system, or
should it use that provided for the building?s business-enterprise
communications and managed by the IT department? Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
FAVOURITE
A
Light at the end of the Wireless Tunnel
BACnet-Zigbee for Building
Automation has a Bright Future Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
November 2008
FAVOURITE
Energy & Controls
?making
sense of it all at Grid-Interop Jack Mc Gowan, CEM
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ECommerce, Buildings, and Energy
How do eCommerce
technologies, including contracting, reliable messaging, security, and the
application of Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA) fit into the energy and
buildings world? Carol Geyer, Director of Communications, OASIS
Blue, Buildings, and
Energy
The shift from green to blue has started. Laurent Liscia, Executive Director, OASIS, Toby Considine, University of
North Carolina, William Cox, Cox Software Architects LLC
B2G
and the NIST Workshop
at Grid Interop '08 David Holmberg, NIST
B2G domain expert working group lead, BACnet Utility Integration working group
lead
The Smart Grid and
Ongoing Building Commissioning
For building owners, preparing for
the Smart Grid starts with initiatives that will benefit them today.
Jim Butler, CTO, Cimetrics Inc.
Transacted Energy End
Games
It starts today, with demand response, and
continues with transacted energy. Toby Considine,
University of North Carolina
Wireless
Interoperability
Wireless Interoperable
Systems: Enabling the Smart Grid
Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
OPC, XML, .NET and
Real-Time Applications
DCOM is alive and well. DCOM
fills a void that XML web services cannot fill. OPC DA (based on DCOM)
will continue to dominate applications. White Paper, MatrikonOPC
The Virtue
of VirtuaWatt TM
VirtuaWatt TM
is an online demand response auction application that is designed to help
customers more easily navigate the complex energy market. Joe Franz, Director of Product Management, Constellation
NewEnergy & Del Hilber, Director of IT Demand Response, Constellation NewEnergy
Feel the need for
total security
Video surveillance, is becoming a sought-after
technology to provide security Steve Rubin, President, Longwatch
Setting Sights on a Standard
In order to support the technology
shift toward IP video systems, the market leaders need to work toward creating
increased flexibility for end users, integrators and consultants. Dr. Bob Banerjee, Product Marketing Manager, Bosch Security
Systems, Inc.
Imagine you could
speak to your SCADA system?
Send a text message to
your SCADA system. Michael Meirovitz, CEO,
Control See Ltd.
Legacy Building
Automation Integration
The BACnet-N2 Router is a
network appliance hosted on the Advantech Embedded Automation Computer.
Steve Jones
,
Managing Partner, The S4 Group, Inc.
Demand response: turning on to new opportunities
The next frontier
for demand response is to move beyond curtailment and leverage the power of
building automation systems that exist within or across collections of
buildings. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - November 2008
FAVOURITE
The
Three Little (BACnet) Pigs
A Modern Day Fable of Building Systems
Integration Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Sequences of Operation
(2 of 2) An objective look at specified
descriptions of control
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corp.
Buildings, Emergency Response, Energy, and Situation Awareness
The NG911 system, or Next Generation 911 supports better
interaction. Even buildings, and building systems, might act as 911
operators. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Data Center Building Automation
In many ways data centers come closest to blurring the
line between commercial and industrial controls in our industry. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
October 2008
The NewEnergy Paradigm
Quite simply, my belief
is that energy in buildings has much more to do with automation that it does
with any of the other technologies that seem to be in the spotlight
continuously. Jack Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
Buildings and ET
The mantra of energy management in
the 21st century has to be Buildings, Buildings and BuildingsAnto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
The Enemy Within
Project engineers must be ready to give up the detailed
design work with which they are familiar and provide the flexibility, support,
and oversight to others so they can ensure ultra-efficient performance is
achieved and maintained over time.
Thomas Hartman, P E
The Hartman Company
Using Structured Cable
Solutions For BAS
The largest opportunity to reduce
capital costs of installation in building technology systems is the installation
of the system?s cable and cable pathways. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
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OPC Security:
Seven
Years, Seven Fears Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Save 18% on Energy Costs
with One 15-Minute Change Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
FAVOURITE
Wireless Sensor Networks
Move Onto The Internet
IP allows different kinds of links to be
connected together as a single network, with routers steering each message to
its desired destination, crossing different kinds of links along the way. Brian
Bohlig, Vice President of Marketing, Arch Rock Corporation
DDC
For HVAC Systems
DDC knowledge has become critical
in the current HVAC market, but the only sources of information have been highly
technical until now. Barbara Ragusa, LAMA Books
Columns - October 2008
Building BACnet
2
008 BACnet International Conference and Award Ceremony
Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Privacy, Price and the Cost of Control
As we seek to
extend Demand / Response to more systems in the house, we run into what we might
call Knowledge Problems, problems of diversity and understanding. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Sequences of Operation
(1 of 2) An objective look at specified
descriptions of control
Steven R. Calabrese,
Control Engineering Corporation
Selecting the Building Automation or
Systems Integration Contractor
The process that we use
involves a formal ?Request for Proposals? (RFP), allowing us to gather
information and evaluate it in an impartial manner. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
September 2008
Is DR Hype?
Or, is DR real and a potential
short-term game changer for building automation? Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
DR-Expo Comes To
Ontario
The new OPA DR3 program has created
significant financial opportunities for Ontario?s commercial and industrial
participants. Peter Kelly-Detwiler and Rob Reale, Constellation
NewEnergy
The Value of Demand Response and
Energy Programs
At DR-Expo in Toronto, October 6-7. I will be leading a track called
?DR Technology Planning? Anno Scholten,
Novus Edge
DR on College Campuses
Letting people know that a DR program will reduce the need to
build new power plants, and will likely cut the carbon footprint of the campus,
can go far in getting students and faculty to support it. Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
FAVOURITE
An 8-Step Strategy To
Making Existing Buildings Smart
An 8-step strategy
for improving the performance of existing building stock. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
The Cultural Shift to Measurement and Verification for Buildings
?Inefficient buildings and homes account for a third of North
America?s greenhouse gas emissions.? Paul Silverthorne,
President, Dimax Controls
SmartGrid Domain Experts
Workgroup NIST
Notes on August 5, 2008 Meeting Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Large Building Automation
CABA Unveils Enhanced Building Intelligence
Quotient David Katz, Principal Sustainable Resources
Management Inc., Member of the BIQ Consortium
Introduction to the Modbus Protocol
Originally intended as a
point-to-to interface between proprietary Modicon products, the protocol has
found use in multi-drop and peer-to-peer networks like TCP/IP. George Thomas, President,
Contemporary Controls
Smart
Lighting System Saves Energy
All the lighting system components - ballasts, sensors and controllers - are
from different suppliers which demonstrates the interoperability of the DALI Bradley
Hemphill, CEO, Electrical Engineering Solutions
Reducing Travel Costs with
Remote Server Access
Using remote access solutions, your
computers and intelligent devices can be monitored and maintained from anywhere
in the world. Kenneth Dukofsky, Marketing Communications
Manager of Minicom Advanced Systems
FORECAST: Increasingly Cloudy and Under Control
As
the burden of building data gets heavier, strategies for managing it take to the
sky, so to speak, whether it?s sorting your services smartly or learning to use
SCADA or OPC, modern building automation aims to help you succeed by keeping
your head in the clouds and your feet on the ground. Ken Sinclair,
AutomatedBuildings.com
Reaping the Harvest
Daylight harvesting and daylighting controls can
make a big difference in your energy bill. And solutions are becoming more
flexible all the time. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - September 2008
The Green Gold Rush
Promoting energy management and building automation systems as
important elements in an overall sustainability initiative or green building
development is both legitimate and useful. Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Programming Methods
A
historical view as seen from one perspective
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
It?s all too cheap
If we are not going to manage our devices, our systems, and our
energy, who will? Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Differentiating an Intelligent Building
These three
levels of an Intelligent Building system can result in a significant improvement
of system operations, operational efficiency, and high level tools for facility
assessment and optimization. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
August 2008
Economic Downturn, Automation Identity Crisis and Energy Opportunity
?where does your business go from here John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Wireless Demand Response
Bringing DR to a Broader Base of Customers Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
Is IT God?
Does god exist? Yes, there is a god; her name is Communications!
Michael Kirrene, Founder and President, Optimal Energy
How Green IT is
.
Efforts like the Green Grid Alliance are looking to help reduce the energy
consumption of corporate data centers through education, establishing server
power measurement standards and influencing product designs. Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Staying in Touch with Touch
Screen Controls
The actual touch screen devices vary, but three
classes of devices have emerged. These include touch screen controls from
companies traditionally focused on audio visual, touch screens on VOIP
telephones and touch screens that are part of wall-mounted personal computers. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
FAVOURITE
Lynxspring?s JENEsys?
snap!
? a New Solution for HVAC Energy Conservation Bob Mealey,
Lynxspring?s Vice President, Marketing and Sales
Object Modeling a Physical
BACnet
?
Device
This paper introduces object modeling,
object properties, and services as they pertain to a physical BACnet/IP device. Part 1 of 2 George Thomas, President of Contemporary Controls
Achieving
BACnet? Compliance
To ease the process in
determining BACnet compliance, the standard classifies devices into six
categories: Part 2 of 2 George Thomas, President of Contemporary Controls
Comprehensive Environmental
Monitoring Solution
Fortify your Business Continuity/Disaster Prevention
readiness through a comprehensive Environmental Monitoring solution. Fred Kemp, Vice President Marketing
& Sales, Invetex Corporation
Exploring the Deep End of Video Surveillance Management
Design
Considerations David Keidar, General Manager, EVT
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Columns - August 2008
Open
Systems Opens Doors
The Secret Sauce in the BACnet Recipe for Success Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
FAVOURITE
Anatomy of a Typical BAS
Analysis of a hypothetical commercial office building DDC
system Part 3 of 3
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Clouds and Rain
Cloud Computing is a name for
putting computing services, whether traditional, such as CRM applications, or
modern, such as SaaS, on computers up in the wider network. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
An Intelligently Green Building
The imagination of the building design team (along
with the willingness to research and specify the technology and products
involved in this integration) is the only limit to creating intelligently green
buildings. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
July 2008
Making Sense of it All
Automatedbuildings.com has not only provided those ideas and
contacts for potential partners, products and procedures to help us push our
network based energy efficient strategies forward, but it has also played an
important role in developing the community of industry professionals.
Thomas Hartman, P E,
The Hartman Company
The Next 10 Years
"Ken?s theme for the next 10 years is about change .... I would like to
propose a way of thinking that may well help you make a decision as to how to
proceed". Anto
Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Intelligent Middleware for
Intelligent Building Systems
Richards-Zeta and Frost & Sullivan
Industry White Paper
FAVOURITE
Water Submetering: Wireless
Systems
By providing managers with real-time,
automatically generated data, wireless water submetering can make monitoring,
billing, and reducing water usage far easier than with traditional, manual-read
submetering systems. Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
Enterprise Access to
Building Automation Data
Using BACnet and OPC Darek
Kominek, MatrikonOPC
Using SCADA Systems in an
HVAC Environment
Owners of larger facilities as well as multiple
building owners will surely benefit from the SCADA Systems once thought of as
only for industrial process control. Ronald D. Padilla, Vice
President ? Integration Services, Control Technologies, Inc.
Parking Garage Case Study
:
LonWorks? Delivers Savings On Sunset Blvd Mike Schell, Air Test
Technologies
Be
The Change
This year?s ConnectivityWeek offered more
than simply updates on building automation technology. It encouraged a new
energy revolution.
Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - July 2008
Words of Wisdom
Prudent advice from the pages of
Practical Controls
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Controlling Demand Response
A building that has been designed for
demand response can readily drop electric loads with little impact on the
occupants. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
FAVOURITE
The
BACnet Puzzle
Why BACnet can be a puzzle to
outsiders ? and why it matters. Andy McMillan,
President and CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc. & President BACnet
International
Newton's Fall
Efforts to solve traditional
building-grid interactions as command and control interactions will fail if they
leave out the human and social factors. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
June 2008
FAVOURITE
My 10 Takeaways
from ConnectivityWeek
in Santa Clara, California Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
ConnectivityWeek Show Daily
The following articles appeared in the ConnectivityWeek Show
Daily newspaper, published the week of May 19, 2008. Each article contains
additional information that could not be included in the original publication
due to space limitations. Frank Capuano, Strata
Resource Inc acted as manager, editor and photographer for the daily show
newspaper for Clasma Events
We need a bigger boat!
Focusing
just on building systems or even just controls is simply not going to cut it,
the vision outlined at the first BuilConn in 2003 was too narrow. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
oBIX is alive and kicking?
The people who
know oBIX best have been going out and doing things with oBIX. Many of these
projects are large. Toby Considine, Chairman oBIX
Wireless Energy
Management
: Transforming the Energy Costs of the Smaller Building Christina Inge, Marketing Manager, Spinwave Systems, Inc.
Sharpening The Axe
:
Four Tips for your Controls Contracting Business
Al De Wachter, President, ICS Inc
Data Center Retrofit Now
Able to Handle High-Density Server Applications
Contemporary
Controls? BAS Switch Handles the Traffic Without ?Choking? Debra Biela, Marketing Communications Specialist, Contemporary
Controls
Lambeau Field ? A Success
Story
Lambeau Field Benefits from Building Automation System
Interface Erin Tudjan, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Eagle
Technology, Inc.
Open
Automated Demand Response Communication Standards
Six years of research, development, and demonstration have led to these
standards.Girish Ghatikar, Mary Ann Piette, & Sila
Kiliccote, Demand Response Research Center (DRRC), Lawrence Berkeley National
Lab (LBNL)
Controls + IT + Integrate
Evolve
Integrating to the World of IT
David Oshoway, President, Energetic Concepts Ltd
Verizon Communications
Cogeneration System Monitoring and Energy Management - Case Study David Crump, Marketing
Communications Opto 22
BACnet Change of Value (COV)
The BACnet COV system is not a mandatory part of the
protocol. Each vendor decides if they want to support it. Peter Chipkin,
Partner AGP Support Group.
Columns - June 2008
Unitary Controllers Primer
Typical applications utilizing unit (zone) level control Part
2 of 3
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
FAVOURITE
Stop
throwing it away ? Energy Recycling
Once you start
thinking about waste heat as a resource, it will lead a long way from where you
started. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Campus
Automation Presents Unique Challenges
Multiple
interfaces makes campus-wide optimization, data mining, and energy and
operational analysis difficult. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
May 2008
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Preview of
ConnectivityWeek 2008
ConnectivityWeek 2008 has collected all of the key subjects that will draw
this picture of the future world of connected devices. The tent to encompass
this vision is large, very large.
Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
ConnectivityWeek is the Green
Summit
The message to readers is that Green is not
just about LEED, and that DR is the opportunity to build a new business model
that does not rely on new construction. John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM
Energy Control Inc.
Load Response as a
Potential Economic Force in a Slowing Economy
Load response can
deliver a significant return on investment with documented energy savings,
enhanced efficiencies and information and intelligence that can be extracted
from a facility to make it run even more efficiently. Peter Kelly-Detwiler,
Constellation NewEnergy
Smart Grid and Smart Building
solutions with the Web 2.0 Technology
A
suite of Web 2.0 products and services bringing together demand-side and
intermittent resources, power grid operations, and energy markets Ali Ipakchi, Vice President, OATi
Creating a Sustainable
Building Industry Future
Our industry needs to show in the new
buildings we construct that achieving ultra-efficient building operation
need not be a convoluted, expensive, or hit-and-miss process. Thomas Hartman, P E,
The Hartman Company
Convergence 2.0
Technology Convergence is Only the Beginning Andy
McMillan, President/CEO, Teletrol Systems Inc, President, BACnet International
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Open Source
Beyond Open Systems Anno Scholten, NovusEdge
Efficient Human Convergence
for Realizing ROI
One of the most efficient ways
for humans to converge when required to implement and maintain new facility and
energy solutions is to have strong adaptable integrated tools and processes
increasing productivity and limiting the need for any human converge.
Brian Thompson,
Founder, Managing Director, SENSUS M.I.
Delivering Enterprise Energy
and Facility Management through an Open Architecture
The problem
today is that there is a huge capability gap between building systems, their
disparate or so called ?open? protocols and a scaled enterprise energy
management system offering control and management of all building systems. Edmund B. Richards, President and CEO,
Richards-Zeta
Advanced Energy Management Programs
Automated Demand Response (ADR). Brooke Raffetto, Richards-Zeta
Building Intelligence Inc.
Building a Green America
North America strongly
correlates environmental performance with financial gains, boasts of patronizing
real estate with at east 3-5 percent higher occupancy rate and who do not
hesitate shelling out or commanding at least 3 percent higher rental rate than
traditionally. Konkana Khaund, Research Analyst,
Environment & Building Technologies, Frost & Sullivan, North America
What Exactly is "Network
Integration?"
?If it's the Psychic Network why do they need a
phone number?? Robin Williams, Actor, Comedian
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing
Principal,
Smart Buildings
EnOcean Alliance "No Wires.
No Batteries. No Limits."
The Wireless Standard for Sustainable
Buildings Graham Martin, Chairman EnOcean Alliance
Energy Saving Solutions -
Building IT with OPC
There is a symbiotic
relationship between the systems controlling the environment, and the people and
systems contained within it. Integration of the systems is needed to fully
realize optimization possibilities. Eric Murphy, MatrikonOPC
Cisco Application eXtension
Platform
OSGi Add-On as Universal Middleware for Your Applications Thomas Forst, Business Development Manager ProSyst Software
GmbH
Building automation and intelligent buildings
Using motion detection sensors or security sensors on
doors you can receive an instant alert via SMS, telephone call, e-mail or SNMP
trap of un-authorized access. Pictures captures by the cameras can be attached
to the E-mail or an MMS message so you can instantly see who is entering your
building or room without authorization. You could even automatically prevent
further access. Nicholas Barrowclough, Technical
Support Manager, AKCP
How to improve the
Performance of a Mesh Wireless Sensor Network?
This white paper presents Diversity Path Mesh, a technology
designed to maximize the most important performance factors of wireless mesh
networks, as well as their trade-off envelope. Virtual
Extension Ltd - Technology White Paper
The New Face of Building
Automation
Buildings are now expected to be an
interactive part of their virtual community and of course the electrical grid.
This new face is creating untold opportunities that we all must investigate,
understand and support. Published Control Engineering Asia magazine May 2008 issue
The Rise of Virtual Services
Computer
applications that integrate information more effectively are giving building
managers new tools to manage their energy use. Published Energy
Management Canada magazine May 2008 issue
Brilliant Buildings
What makes a
Building Brilliant? ?..S
urpassing
Excellence that?s what! Published ES Magazine May issue
Columns - May 2008
FAVORITE
Controls Estimating 101
A beginner?s look at labor and material
estimating for plan & spec projects
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
More
on the Challenge of Writing the Controls Specs?.
Open/standard communications protocols is probably the most important example of
where a specification should contain explicit, prescriptive requirements. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
Service Performance, Compliance, and Business Responsiveness
Just as in the rest of business computing, open source is coming
to building control systems. Open interfaces such as oBIX make open source
programming effective. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
April 2008
ASHRAE, CSI & OPC at
BuilConn
The new face is strangely a combination of the
past, the changing, the new, and a heavy dose of socially-driven subjects that
together are turning the world of energy and buildings upside down. as ASHRAE,
CSI & OPC meet at BuilConn. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Getting
a Handle on Web 2.0
and the New Services Development Paradigm
John R. Janowiak, President, International Engineering Consortium
Demand Response and
the Energy Conservation Spirit
Integrating Demand Response into
Overall Energy Efficiency on a College Campus Steve Schaefer, Senior
Vice President Sales & Marketing, EnergyConnect Inc.
Communicating To the
Enterprise Isn?t Science Fiction
Far from being science fiction,
providing the ability to connect building automation systems to the enterprise
using OPC is very much a reality today. Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Total Facility
Control
We need a better way to upgrade,
enhance, and control what we have. Facility managers need a plan, a partner,
and an incentive. Ron Bernstein, Executive Director, LonMark International
End-to-end solutions for business automation
A new site
automation software development platform arrives on the market. Lydia Cobo, Marketing Europe, Elutions
Changing the Present Value
(Or Why the Present Value doesn?t change) Peter Chipkin,
Partner AGP Support Group.
Mega Video Solutions
Systems are not just cheaper
and more flexible they have opened up new opportunities. Barry
Keepence, CTO, IndigoVision
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The
Future of Automated Buildings in North America
As published Climatiza??o &
Refrigera??o Magazine Brazil
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - April 2008
Typical Controllers in DDC
Understand the differences in controller types and applications
Part 1 of 3 Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Rent
Seeking is Crippling Building System Markets
Rent seeking is
defined as when an individual, organization, or firm seeks to make money by
manipulating control of the economic environment rather than by making a profit
through trade and production of value. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
Writing the Controls Specs?. One of life?s great challenges
In reality the design of the controls system really starts with
the selections made for the mechanical and electrical systems and a good
understanding of how the building will be operated. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
March 2008
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FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Pushing Green into the Black
Self-powered Wireless Controls Build Financial Cases for Green Buildings
Robert Eckery, Marcom Manager, EnOcean, Inc.
How Energy Revolution
Affects You!
As in previous revolutions, social change will
be significant, impacting everything from our daily lives to commerce and
politics. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
The Number One Thing That
Will Grow Your Business in 2008
The time for Energy Engineered Systems (EES)
is now because the traditional construction process is broken and it is hard
to deliver value without EES.
Jack Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The Coming Flood of Energy
Reporting, Building Sensors and System Meters
In
order to meet the challenge of energy management within buildings, maintain and
increase the performance and asset value, buildings systems will need to
dramatically increase devices that can sense, monitor, measure and manage energy
loads and consumption, and weave that data into management reports that provide
actionable information. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Oops! I Missed a Point
Use your existing Ethernet
infrastructure and save money, time, and aggravation. Joe
Stasiek, Sales Manager, Contemporary Controls
BACnet and Interoperability
A coming of age Rocky Moore, Marketing Lead, American
Auto-Matrix
Simply the Best User
Interface
The telephone continues to hold claim to
the most convenient user interface. Ron Poskevich,
General Manager,
Lumisys
Innovative touch screen technology for BAS
The graphics have to be a
little bigger and links, like sequence of operations callouts, require larger
navigation links. Dan McCarty, Quality Automation
Graphics
An intelligent energy demand
management system
....that automatically predicts,
regulates, and lowers peak demand for industries without compromising the
operation of connected equipment. John Reed, Media
Relations, Powerit Solutions, Inc.
Build Green and Stay Green
with OPC
To fully achieve efficiency and stay Green
for the long run, building systems need to be monitored and maintained. If it
can be measured, it can be managed and OPC supplies the means to do both. Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC
Helping
China Grow a Greener Future
China's Ministry of Construction (MOC)
estimates that China will double its current building stock by 2020. The vast
majority of these projects are large?commercial office buildings between 100,000
and 150,000 m2 and residential developments that span more than 500,000 m2 of
construction area.
Mike Williams C.Eng.
FCMA, MCIBSE, MSyI, Managing Director, Founder CDC - Central Data Control
Design and Implementation of an Open, Interoperable Automated Demand Response
Infrastructure
This article provides an overview of
the AutoDR field tests and implementation activities from 2003-2007 and focuses
on the concept for and lessons from the development and field-testing of an
open, interoperable communications infrastructure to support automating DR. Mary Ann Piette, Sila Kiliccote, and Girish Ghatikar
Demand Response Research Center ? Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Spokane International Airport
Eliminates Paper Process
Spokane
International mainly had problems tracking maintenance information. The main
concern in the maintenance department was tracking labor hours spent maintaining
airport equipment. Eagle Technology, Inc.
LEED provides creditability to Smart Building Automation
Smart
building encompasses the integration of all of the systems in the building, this
additional level of commissioning should be a requirement to ensure the benefits
of integrated building technology systems, and in the process, pick up one LEED
credit.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - March 2008
FAVOURITE COLUMN
SOB - the Service Oriented Building
My
passion is web services interfaces to the engineered world to let embedded
systems be full participants in the enterprise. Toby Considine,
Technology Officer, Facility Services,
University of North Carolina ? Chapel Hill
How Safety Devices (Should?) Affect System Components
Simple,
albeit important, rules of thumb regarding equipment failsafe modes.
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
Green
Intelligent Buildings ? a Brief History
The
original concept of Energy Management, which later became Building Automation,
started in earnest as a result of the OPEC oil embargo in 1973. Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
February 2008
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The Energy Revolution is
Here!
Let?s understand something: The Energy
Revolution is happening around us, it is starting right now, not by this author,
not by Al Gore, not by environmentalists, but by the realities of the changing
energy paradigm. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
The Virtual Building Operations Center
How to
Implement (VBOC) without a FMS change-out. George
B. Huettel, PE, President, Cyrus Technologies, Inc.
REALIGNING Where People, Space,
Time and Energy Interact
Enabling integration between
enterprise software and building systems is only part of the solution. Data
presentation, reporting, security, and adherence to current IT standards are the
other keys. John Greenwell, President, CEPORT, LLC
The
Multi-Vendor Integrator
The culture of multi-vendor
integration is the future. Julian Smith, Control
Network Services, Inc.
Life Cycle Costing Calculator
The Continental Automated Building
Association (CABA) and RSMeans*, a Reed Construction Data company, announce the
release of their online, interactive, Life Cycle Costing (LCC) calculator for
the commercial industry.
Thomas (Thom) Keel, Member CABA Intelligent & Integrated
Building Council, Chair Life Cycle Costing Task Force
Convergence & Controls - Grid
Intelligence
We can learn a lot from the United States? GridWise ? a
movement that is re-shaping the American Power Industry.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Columns - February 2008
RTU Zoning Systems
Getting more out of your
single zone constant volume rooftop units
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
FAVOURITE COLUMN
How Automated Are Our Green Buildings?
The new draft ?LEED for Healthcare? document is not poised to
add any new warmth to our hearts. A close look at this document (or any LEED
rating system for that matter) reveals very little direct reference to the use
of building automation. In fact the term ?building automation? appears to be
used only once in the entire document! Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
January 2008
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Eight Predictions for
Smart Buildings in 2008
?Never make predictions, especially about
the future.? Casey Stengel Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Buildings at the Epicenter
? Don?t miss B2G in New York
John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
Opportunities to learn Smart Buildings and the Smart Grid at AHR
As part of the AHR Educational panels there will be two free sessions that are must attend sessions for anyone who wants to learn more.
John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
New
Year, New Beginnings
?We don?t plan to fail, but
often fail to plan?. Paul Ehrlich & Ira
Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group
4 Questions To Ask & 4 Tasks
for 2008
They are in essence one question, ?how does this industry
move forward into the 21st century?. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
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Out-of-the-Box Energy Monitoring
Earning LEED Innovation in Design
Credit Dan McCarty Quality
Automation Graphics
Using CO2 Feed-Back Control To
Stop Costly Over Ventilation
Ironically, outdoor air introduction to
buildings is one of the few major energy consuming features of a building that
is typically not measured or controlled on a real-time basis. Mike Schell,
AirTest Technologies Inc.
Join the
Interoperability Crusade
Please hear this message
as a call for arms and join us in the crusade to improve integration and enable
an ever-smarter electricity system. Steve Widergren,
Administrator, GridWise Architecture Council
IP Innovation
:
Clock, Paging and Messaging Systems Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Controls Facilitate Lighting
System Maintenance
at Phoenix Sky Harbor
International Airport
Watt Stopper/LeGrand Case Study
Building Automation
Reflections and Projections
Ken Sinclair, Editor Owner of
AutomatedBuildings.com provides a reflected review of a very exciting year in
the Building Automation Industry as well as some crystal ball gazing into what
to expect for 2008.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
January 2008
Short on I/O? Try This Out!
Tricks of the
trade, time-tested and industry-accepted
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
December 2007
GridWise, Demand
Response and a Green AHR
Those who want to learn more about these
automation opportunities with the electric grid should be at the AHR ASHRAE
conference in New York this January 2008. John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
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How Do Smart
Buildings Make A Building Green?
Smart buildings
make green buildings greener, and green buildings make smart buildings smarter.
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
B2G Summit
January 21, 2008 ? New York, NY Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Greenbuild is the Future
Enlightened builders and engineers must prove that energy savings are not
just another green building tool, but the "big hammer," both economically and
environmentally. Denis Du Bois, Editor, Energy Priorities
Magazine
Go Big, or Go Home!
Using large format LCD?s allows the corporation to display entire
building systems on one centralized monitor, and eliminates the need for
multiple smaller monitors. Dan McCarty Quality
Automation Graphics
Sydney Opera House
Information Control for the Full Asset Lifecycle
Aconex O
nline
Document Management
Are you ready for 3D?
When it comes to developing 3D graphics, most controls companies
do not have the resources or software tools to design high level graphics.
Dan McCarty Quality Automation Graphics
Grid-Interop Rocks
Industry Silos
Systems integrators, business
managers, and policy-makers from electric, manufacturing, commercial building,
and home automation industries discover common ground for advancing a smarter
electricity system. Steve Widergren,
Administrator, GridWise Architecture Council
Wiring and Air Handling Under Raised Floors
A raised floor space
is a plenum only if it was specifically fabricated to transport environmental
air. Jim Landolina, Wiremold/Legrand
Integrating OPC into Building
Automation
The Latest Trend MatrikonOPC -
White Paper
If These Walls Could
Talk
Communicating Building Information Across the Enterprise with
OPC and BACnet MatrikonOPC - White Paper
Control Panel Upgrade
Provides Dramatic Improvement
Lighting Control Panel Upgrade
Watt Stopper/LeGrand Case Study
What You Need to Know About
GridWise
GridWise improves electric power grid coordination and
the refrigeration industry will benefit from it.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Last Building Automation Column
This Building Automation column has provided me with an industry soapbox to rant
on, scolding and generally cajoling the industry while plagiarizing the content
of the bevy of authors from our online magazine AutomatedBuildings.com.
Ken Sinclair,
Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
December 2007
Wiring For Combustion Air
Prove
the presence of the combustion air source before
allowing the boiler
plant to operate
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
November 2007
Getting a Handle on Energy
Usage
Successful energy retrofit programs take a
comprehensive approach to building systems as well as operational and
maintenance practices to improve energy efficiency, comfort and productivity.
Spinwave Systems, Inc.
The
role of video analytics in the automated buildings market
There are now systems on the market that offer a plug-and-play solution that the
average automation contractor, designer and security installer can successfully
deploy and that don?t cost a tremendous amount of money. Roni
Kass, Founder and CEO, ioimage
Truth
About Megapixel
This
is the third in a series of three articles separating fact from fiction with
regard to the fast-growing megapixel camera technology. - Megapixel Network Cameras, Can
They Really Save Bandwidth and Storage? Paul Bodell, Officer, Vice President Sales &
Marketing, IQinVision
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Integrated Design Associates, Inc.
Design headquarters is among
the first to achieve net-zero energy Johnson
Controls, Case Study
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Ferreira ?31 Tannery
Project?
First Net Zero Electric commercial building in the U.S. A
Post Occupancy Review, Observations & Lessons Learned
Edward H. Brzezowski, P.E. ? LEED AP, Director of Engineering, Ferreira
Group
Demand Response and
the Path to a Sustainable Energy Future
How the
future unfolds, and our ability to pass on a sustainable planet to future
generations, is based in large part on our success with shifting to more
sustainable energy practices today. Clement J. Palevich,
Constellation Sustainable Energy Solutions
Two Critical Steps Toward
Sustainability
(That
we need to take now!)
Thomas Hartman, P E
The Hartman Company
Standing Room Only at
DR-Expo
The requests from sponsors, speakers and
attendees alike were for DR-Expo to be held at least twice a year in the U.S.
Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Cell Coverage in Buildings Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Found in Phoenix
The conference focused on opportunities created
by connections between topics that used to seem totally disparate: The national
electricity distribution infrastructure and my building?s bottom line? My BAS
and environmental responsibility? Enterprise management and national security?
Huh? Robert Beverly, Editor, Engineered Systems.
Building the Intelligent Bridge to Sustainability
Intelligence-based solutions can be used to deliver buildings which meet the
requirements of the 21st Century, while optimising their environmental
performance. Alison Nicholl, Programme Manager ibexcellence, Business Analyst
i&i limited
Energy & Power
We all have to be conscious of the fundamentals of energy and
only we have the power to conserve. Ron Bernstein,
Executive Director, LonMark International
Harnessing the 4 Cs
Convergence, connectivity, controls and conservation can guide us towards a more
profitable, vibrant industrial future. It's time for new thinking on
energy management.
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Stumbling Towards Sustainability
It?s clear that in
the last year our clients and society in general has moved much further in
their expectations for sustainable buildings than our industry has moved in
ability to effectively implement them.
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column - November 2007
Terms & Terminologies ? Avoiding
Confusion
A closer look at some of
the words and phrases that we sometimes take for granted
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
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October 2007
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The Killer App is
Here
A killer app is defined as being a product or service
that is so useful that people will buy particular piece(s) of computer
hardware and/or an operating system simply to gain access to the
application, one that is so valuable that it transcends any concerns, risks
or need to learn something new. Anto Budiardjo, President,
Clasma Events Inc.
9 Tips
On How
To Obtain The Best Value In System Cabling Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Smart Buildings
Redefining Wireless for
Building Systems
......is it
rather ?no-new-wires?? The
Viconics Sales Team
Turning The Vision of
Buildings 2.0 Into Reality
The vision of the Buildings 2.0
white paper states, we "must define tangible tools for Buildings 2.0 to
evolve" and it is with this in mind that he communicates this experience.
Bradley Hemphill Pr.Eng B.Sc.Eng, Electrical Engineering
Solutions
Connecting ARCNET
?
to Ethernet Infrastructures
- Case Study Contemporary
Controls? AI-SRVR is the Solution for Distance Issues in Multi-Building
Installations Debra Biela, Marketing Communications
Specialist,
Contemporary Controls
Pressure Independent Valves
- Case Study Pressure
Independent Valves Make Cost Effective Alternative to Reverse Return System for
US Census Bureau
Lisa Hickey, BELIMO Americas
Truth
About Megapixel
This
is the second in a series of three articles separating fact from fiction with
regard to the fast-growing megapixel camera technology. - Megapixel Network Cameras, Can
They Really Save Bandwidth and Storage? Paul Bodell, Officer, Vice President Sales &
Marketing, IQinVision
Johnson
Controls Metasys Enhancement Prevents Building Disasters
Complete
One Step Backup for a JCI Metasys Operator Workstation (OWS) and Network Control
Module (NCM) using the new MetaBAK? product insures reliability. David Hagemann, Custom Computer Systems
The Soft Side of Automation
Integrating Window Shades into Automation Systems David Parrett, Electronic Solutions, Inc.
a Hunter Douglas Company
Turning Buzz into Bucks
Now is the time to get involved; learn what the buzz is all about and better
understand the opportunities being presented to you with demand response.
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
October 2007
Electric Duct Heaters ? Application & Control
Avoid application errors and controllability issues when designing EDH
control systems
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
September 2007
An Open Letter to the
Clinton Climate Initiative
It isn?t just a few who
want this Initiative to succeed. All of society wants it to succeed and is
watching us to see if we can work together well and hard enough to be certain it
will!
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
Commissioning Forever
?The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be
self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.? E.F.
Schumacher, Small is Beautiful
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
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Four steps to make money from DR
Understand -
Internalize - Plan - Execute Anto Budiardjo, President,
Clasma Events Inc.
Energy? how do you turn Buzz into Business?
The simple answer to that
question is that automation is the ?enabling technology? for demand response.
John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Weather On Demand
A New Way for Building Automation to Leverage
Real-time Weather Information Roy Kok, VP Sales
and Marketing, Kepware Technologies
Demand Response
Case Study
Trojan Battery invested over $500,000 for summer demand response and their
utility reimbursed them. Now Trojan gets lower rates that are saving the company
thousands on its electric bill every month. Denis DuBois, Editor, Energy Priorities
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Are you ready for changing
21st Century energy markets?
Energy resources will continue to
become increasingly scarce, however, their scarcity and attendant price
escalation drives technological improvements in building, operating and
maintaining the facilities that use those resources. Peter M.
Schwartz, Principal, Peter Schwartz & Associates, LLC
Why Building Automation
Should Be More Like Football
Good players win games. Can your
building ?win? with the system that?s currently installed? If not, take
advantage of every opportunity to upgrade outdated systems.
Tim Kensok, Director of Business Development, AirAdvice, Inc.
Designing a Daylight
Harvesting System
(Part 2 of 2) It is a rule in lighting
control that the higher the number of control zones in a space, the more
flexibility and control accuracy will be gained, at the expense of cost and more
sophisticated commissioning.
Craig DiLouie, Principal, ZING Communications, Inc. & Communications Director Lighting Controls
Association
Truth About Megapixel
This
is the first in a series of three articles separating fact from fiction with
regard to the fast-growing megapixel camera technology.
Paul Bodell, Officer, Vice President Sales &
Marketing, IQinVision
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Parking Lot Gets Smart with
ZigBee
The automation process requires placing
?smart? detection sensors next to the parking spaces throughout the parking lot.
Alex Leonov, Marketing Manager, MeshNetics
Delivering Sustainability
Sustainability is a complex
issue and Intelligent Building technologies are a large part of the solution.
Paul Ehrlich PE,
President, Building Intelligence Group LLC
Demand Response
:
Information Is Power Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate
Solutions
The
"BUZZ" about ADR
So what?s all the BUZZ about Automated Demand
Response (ADR)? Ed Richards, President and CEO,
Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, Inc
Rapidly Changing
Fundamentals of Demand Response
Today?s demand
response products are more finely honed instruments that give decision makers
the tools to design and implement a proactive energy strategy that helps manage
risk every hour of the day.
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Senior
Director of Energy Technology Services,
Constellation NewEnergy
NewEnergy Alliance
SM
The Alliance will help
empower and create immediate revenue opportunities for all who wish to directly
participate in demand response with their products, services and technologies.
Leighton
Wolffe, Principal, Wolffe Technology Consultants
Multi-Site Demand Response Technology Moves Into the Retail Space
Using a multi-site demand response program to control utility costs will be
particularly effective if the design of the buildings take into account the need
to accommodate this strategy. Bob Coppenhaver, Director Product
Management and Marketing, Novar
Automated Demand Response
and BACnet?
Buildings that have BACnet-based building
control systems are particularly well positioned to participate in DR programs.
Jim Butler, CTO, Cimetrics Inc .
Next Generation Demand
Response
the Readily Available Green Energy Solution
Steve Schaefer, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, EnergyConnect Inc.
Graphical User Interfaces
When web design and building automation
graphical user interfaces converge?Alper Uzmezler, Systems Integrator, Building Automation Systems Services
Opportunity Overload?
?The
opportunities surrounding Demand Response (DR) cannot be underestimated. These
opportunities are available today for building system contractors, integrators
and owners.?
Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
September 2007
Pressure Transmitters ? Selection & Placement
Understand the concepts behind sizing
and locating static and differential pressure transmitters
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago
August 2007
Lighting Control
Integrate
without the Risk of Failure
Ron Poskevich,
General Manager, Lumisys
Designing a Daylight
Harvesting System
: Part One Daylighting is the use of daylight as
a primary source of general illumination in a space. Craig DiLouie, Principal, ZING Communications, Inc. & Communications Director Lighting Controls
Association
DALI is Here &
Here To Stay
DALI ?
(Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) has been around for several years.
Phillip Hodge, Business Development Manager, Building
Technology Integration Control & Engineering
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Seven Habits of a Highly
Profitable Controls Company
We have two basic choices in how we do
things: be reactive to things that happen around us, or proactive to ensure
things happen as we want them to. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma
Events Inc.
Bytes and Bricks:
Leaving Data and Money on the Table
?Technological
change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.? - Albert
Einstein Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Our Industry's Violent Dis
Agreement
And How to Move Forward
Toward a More Efficient Future
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
GridWise The Right Place At An Exceptional Time
With GridWise, IT
interoperability will lead to ap?s that start with DR as a basic curtailment
(turning electric loads off) program, but then to expand a truly intelligent
building functionality that reshapes the load curve by leveraging automation. John J.
"Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM,
Energy Control Inc.
Buildings 2.0 Energy
and the Grid
Buildings 2.0 is an initiative that
cares for the scarce resources we have on planet Earth. Anto
Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
HVAC
Control Systems Market
to Reach $12.7 Billion
J
ared Malarsky,
Research Analyst
, ARC Advisory Group
Making Money with BAS Mash-ups
The
term mash-up refers to a new breed of web-based applications. Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
August 2007
Rooftop Unit Economizer ? Operation &
Control
Perform the economizer functions of a packaged rooftop unit using digital
control
Steven R. Calabrese,
Automated Logic Chicago
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The Top 10 List For
Successfully Integrating Building Systems
?I've missed more than 9000 shots in my
career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the
game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my
life. And that is why I succeed. ? - Michael Jordan, Six NBA Championships,
Five Times NBA MVP Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Sustainable Buildings
Are Industry Groups The Solution or the Problem?
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Wireless Control and
Automation Made Practical -- Finally
While automobiles may get all
the bad headlines, energy-guzzling buildings account for a whopping 39% of all
energy consumption in the U.S., according to the Departments of Energy (DOE) and
Transportation (DOT); far above the 27% used by transportation. Mark
Walters, Chairman, Z-Wave Alliance
DR-Expo?
Delivering Demand Response Information & Solutions Today!
Anto Budiardjo,
President & CEO of Clasma Events Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
BAS Graphics - Past, Now, and
Future
The BAS industry has changed rapidly in
the last 5 years. The main improvements have been on connectivity between
protocols and the information transfer to the internet Alper
Uzmezler Systems Integrator
Building Automation Systems Services
NRG Systems Energy
Savings
The building is one of only a handful of manufacturing
facilities to earn a LEED Gold certification. Joy Null,
Director Of Public Relations, Watt Stopper/Legrand
Connectivity + Convergence + Confluence = Change
Connectivity
concepts such as the smart grid, the greening of buildings with better
connections to everything, coupled with connections to powerful web services
plus the notion of Buildings 2.0 are all creating new directions and markets for
our industry. Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column -
July 2007
RTU Operation Via Conventional & Digital Controls
Control a packaged rooftop unit with a
thermostat, or digitally via a building automation system
Steven R. Calabrese,
Automated Logic Chicago
June 2007
Making Energy Efficiency
Accountable
Right now there is no off-the-shelf delivery process
in place to develop truly effective energy efficiency improvements with long
term performance assurance.
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
Smart Parking
Garages?
?We shape our buildings; thereafter they
shape us? Winston Churchill Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
? Confluence, Convergence,
Confusion?.Kaboom
? The need to create standards for
delivering automated building systems information realtime to first responders
en route to an incident. Allan M. Olbur, Vice President, In-Store
Merchandising Solutions, Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Truly
Brilliant Buildings
The primary principle is to ensure that you
collect and store data once when it is generated and then re-use it throughout
the lifecycle of the facility. Deke Smith, AIA, Executive Director, building
SMART
?
Energy
Efficiency in the Power Grid
The U.S. Department of Energy
estimates that increasing energy efficiency could reduce national energy use by
10% or more in 2010, and as much as 20% in 2020, with net economic benefits for
consumers and businesses as a result. White Paper ABB Inc.
The Connectivity Daily
These contributions provided a balance of industry
information that appealed to all conference attendees, whether their focus was
BuilConn, M2M, GridWise Expo or the ZigBee Expo. Frank
Capuano, Strata Resource Inc
New Advances in Digital
Display Technology
With all of the variation in system
capabilities and in the potential for problems within the DDS marketplace, it?s
not surprising to find some resistance to the installation of DDS from Building
Managers. Wayne Moir, President, Adshift Inc.
Getting Grid Wise at GridWeek
A
$900 billion market opportunity was identified for the industry to make the
national grid smart and wise with interactive connectivity. Ken
Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column - June 2007
Interlocking of AHU Safety Devices Design and fabricate a control panel specifically for the safety device interlocking.
Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago May 2007
The Consensus Conundrum
To be successful in your contribution to this industry at
this critical time, more than anything else these good ideas you develop need an
effective champion ? you!
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
BAS University Establishes
Industry Education Resource
From the interested novice to the
hardened professional, BAS University offers information field professionals and
engineers can rely on for reference on a daily basis. David G. Evans,
Computrols
CMMS - Managing Facilities as a
Business
If your job hasn?t changed in the last two years, be
prepared to change or be replaced. It?s lead or get out of the way. Harry Kohal, Director of Sales and Marketing,
Eagle Technology, Inc.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
The
Largest Enterprise Energy Management Deployment in North America
Once completed, Simon will have the ability to understand and
manage thousands of control points from an energy potential perspective as well
as integrate real time results of any point to match the business strategy of
maximizing comfort and performance while minimizing energy costs. Case
Study
Brooke Richards, Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, Inc.
Demand Response, an Urgent and Significant Opportunity
Demand
Response (DR) is without doubt the golden opportunity for building systems
integrators and contractors. Anto Budiardjo,
President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
Implementation Issues of
Open Networks
One can specify and procure an open system, but the system needs
to be properly installed, configured and documented to produce the ?open?
benefits. Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Integration of Dynamic Facades
with other Building Systems
Recent studies have shown that appropriate
fenestration/shading design and control, linked with simultaneous control of
electric lighting and HVAC components, could significantly reduce peak cooling
load and energy consumption for lighting and cooling, while maintaining good
thermal and lighting indoor conditions. Thanos
Tzempelikos, M.A.Sc., Ph.D.
Solar Buildings Research Network,
Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia
University
BAS ? What do customers want?
Customers for BAS? who they are? How can we determine
customers basing on their interests in building automation systems?
Andrey Golovin, Executive Director, Russian BACnet Group
News Maker of the Year
Jack McGowan, CEM, President & CEO, Energy
Control Inc, GridWise Architecutre Council Chairman Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Beyond BACnet
Grid integrators will work with
BACnet data to make it a seamless part of their grid and or enterprise
management products. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
Thinking Out Loud in an
Industry of Change
We all need to think out loud to quickly guide our industry to the next level
and set plans for the future.
Ken Sinclair,
AutomatedBuildings.com
April 2007
Buildings 2.0
Buildings 2.0 is a vision that intricately intertwines
buildings with Internet technologies. It is a vision that the future of
buildings is one which is controlled, managed and connected to the Internet, in
a way that goes far beyond simply placing a web server to the control system or
in the use of IP. Anto Budiardjo,
President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.
What does it Really
Take to be an Intelligent Building?
To get our industry to meet
its commitment to owners, occupants and the rapidly evolving energy and
environmental performance expectations of our society, we need the connectivity
we incorporate into intelligent buildings to add valuable function.
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
Smart Building to Smart
Grid
Success Stories at GridWeek John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Capex
Happiness
: Squeezing the Redundancy Out of the Construction Budget
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD,
Managing Principal, Sinopoli and
Associates
Is purchasing costing you
plenty?
The hidden overhead cost of the equipment ordering process
Al De Wachter, President, ICS Inc
Thought and Reflections on the Status of our Industry
Several
meetings held in the winter of 2006 and in conjunction with the AHR exposition
provided some valuable and interesting insights into what our industry values
and potentially some guidance or steps to follow to transform our industry.
Thomas J.
Lohner, P.E.,
Vice
President, TENG Solutions
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Intelligent Buildings
Roadmap
?The industry needs to get together to integrate or at least
educate all of the people that are involved. The owner cannot integrate the
industry, the architect cannot integrate the industry, the industry must
integrate itself and take the lead?? Paul Ehrlich PE, President,
Building Intelligence Group LLC
Achieving Energy Savings
with Building Automation Systems
Unfortunately,
just installing a BAS is often not enough to guarantee energy savings, Kristin Kamm, Sr. Associate Research,
E
SOURCE
Using Your HVAC System to Improve IAQ
Recognizing the Importance
of Controlling Key Airflow Rates David S. Dougan, President EBTRON, Inc.
The Next
Generation in Thermal Analysis
for Reliability, Constant Thermal Monitoring
Bob Kern,
Product Manager. Power Service Concepts ExerTherm
March 2007
Information Is Power
Delivering Systems and Equipment Awareness With 3D Digital Sensing Harbor Research, Inc. White Paper
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Certification for
Designers and Installers
: The Industry?s Path Forward for Credibility
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, Managing Principal, Sinopoli and Associates
Automated Demand Response
and America?s Energy Future John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Streamlining your Controls Submittal Package
How many times can you
afford to do the job?
Al De Wachter, President, ICS Inc
BACnet Releases Access Control
Standards
ASHRAE BACnet Standing Standards Project Committee
SSPC-135 formally approved for publication for public review a set of proposals
which add Physical Access Control capability to the existing standards for
Building Automation and Control. ASHRAE BACnet Standing Standards Project
Committee SSPC-135
Broadcaster uses Digital
Signage Technology
Televisa received the directive from Mexico?s
Wal-Mart to place display screens throughout each of their 300 department
stores, exposing the multimedia advertising to a monthly audience of 50 million
people. David Wiseman,
Senior Marketing Writer, Minicom Advanced Systems
AHR
2007 Addresses Issues
with Building Automation Systems Jared Malarsky, Research Analyst, ARC Advisory Group
Boilers That Can Take the
Pressure
Thanks to Setra transducers. Setra Systems, Inc Case Study
The Automated Buildings Industry is
ready, willing, and able
to bring real GridWise solutions to GridWeek in
Washington DC
Ken Sinclair AutomatedBuildings.com
Get
GridWise at GridWeek
Washington DC - April 23-26, 2007 Ken Sinclair AutomatedBuildings.com
Marketing Convergence - Engineered Systems
November Supplement
Convergence Will Happen
Why Is There A Need For
Marketing?
Selling Integration and
Convergence
The Evolution and Future of Control Systems We know where we've been, but where might we be going in the future of control systems?
The Future is Bright! As we start 2006 there is a great deal of justified optimism for almost everyone in this industry as well as those the industry serves.
There are new kids on the block ......... and they are giants!
Growing Greener Buildings with Automation The seeds are being sown with GridWise, LEED?, and The CABA Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council, and others. ,
Getting Honest About Comfort Comfort and environmental quality complaints top nearly every survey made of building occupants' concerns about their workspaces.
Technology Driven Efficiency (TDE) Could be a Major E-Business For the Energy and Utilities Industry B usiness and household consumers will pay for performance but not for a commodity.
Opportunities to Meet the Combined Needs of K-12 Facilites, Technology and Educational Programs The project will also bring real-time building and energy data into the K-12 curriculum accessible as "read only" data via a web browser.
Len Damiano
University of South Florida - Case Study "I still get to work at 6:00 a.m. but when I walk into my office and see a bunch of red lights, I know exactly where to send help," said Oakley. "It's a time-saving and cost- saving solution that we have adopted across the entire campus."
The Niagara Framework: Measuring up to Open What exactly is an "open system"? What are the elements . . . ingredients . . . issues?
Ideal World, Ideal Protocol, Ideal System Evolving to internet-worked intelligent building services through open communication protocols.
Why Connections to Our Clients' Web-Based Enterprise Are Important Our clients' business models are evolving to enterprise based solutions as the easiest and lowest cost way of doing business.
Internet-based Energy and Security Most industry proponents believe that energy, security, and IT technology are converging-with the Internet taking center stage.
Community Convergence Our business communities must converge as part of our transition to web-based ways.
It is Time to Upgrade your DDC System The transformation of moving from old modem based DDC technology to TCP/IP communication is a time warping sensation.
Integrated Facilities Management Is Key Successful facilities management entails taking a holistic, performance-based approach to building automation and tracking key performance metrics in real time.
Web Based Facilities Operations Guide Doing more with less by using Web-based anywhere information to amplify your existing building operational resources.
Using Standard Internet Protocols in Building Automation In this article we will attempt to introduce the motivation for using open protocols in building automation.
Automated Buildings and Automated Home Technology If the home technology market place isn't concerned with HVAC, why should our industry be interested in home technology?
eDucation and the Automated Building Evolution The line through the year 2001 on our evolution trend graphic slices though the layers of every control technology known to man.
Getting Over the Digital Divide It may be hard to imagine that all the players in an industry that automates large buildings have not yet made it over the digital divide, but it is true.
11 Revolutionary Automation Trends in Large Buildings These 11 trends are having a significant effect on the present revolution or rapid evolution of large Buildings Automation.
Echelon - Bringing the Internet To Life - Summation of Echelon's Press Conference presentation at AHR 2000 .
Providing "Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality" Requirements for compliance with ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62-2001.
"Demand-Controlled Ventilation" (DCV) and Intake Rate Control First, let's get one simple truth out of the way. There is no direct relationship between interior CO 2 levels and intake rates.
Pressure Measurement Improves Air Quality There is a misconception that the reason buildings require ventilation is to supply outdoor air so people can breathe oxygen.
What Next Part IV: Action Stations! The world of technology in buildings is changing; to do nothing is the same as making a conscious decision to go backwards, at a time where new IT-savvy players are moving forward at greater and greater speed.
Marketing Convergence - Engineered Systems
November Supplement
Convergence Will Happen
Why Is There A Need For
Marketing?
Selling Integration and
Convergence
The Rising Need for Unbiased Market Research With an increasing number of hardware, software and solution options, the biggest challenge is staying informed.
Destination Sydney, Australia - Four
For Points for the
Industry
Four Points by Sheraton Leading the Way in the
Management and Control of its Facilities Management, Workflow, Energy
Management, Security and Building Efficiency
The Connected Home Event Preview ?Linking services to products for tomorrow's lifestyle?
Computer Based Training or CBT, is an effective and efficient form of education for most anyone. CBT is simply a CD-ROM that a student can use whenever and wherever they choose.
School Improvement Plan DukeSolutions will unveil a strategy to help school districts.
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