Room S102 B/C for all sessions

If you would like to pre-register or have any questions for any or all sessions send an email to
 AHRExpoSessions@AutomatedBuildings.com

I am extremely pleased to be a co-presenter of the International Expositions' FREE Show Sponsored Sessions for the 2003 AHR Expo January 27th to 29th in Chicago. 

This is the fourth year that David J. Branson, Senior Vice President, Compliance Services Group, Inc and I have provided these sessions. This unique industry venue allows us to present our sessions free of charge and free of product influence on topics that we hope are of great interest to the industry. The AHR Expo is an extremely well attended event by our industry and this has allowed us to have excellent attendance with fantastic interactions from the industry attendees. This year our four sessions will focus on the following topics:

1. Improving Occupancy Integration with Web Technology
We feel that this is a hot topic as our industry has a limited window of opportunity to achieve successful convergence to web based clients.

This session will examine "Occupant Integrated" HVAC controls discussing the following concepts: 

• The fact that occupants served by our industry's comfort systems are connected to wide area networks, including the Internet, and yet almost none of them can connect in any way to their local comfort system to request changes in thermal or lighting levels in the space they occupy. 

• That from a worker performance perspective it is extremely wasteful that we are not aggressively pursuing such individual comfort control connections. 

• That our HVAC controls industry seems unable to replace old technologies, but is inclined to patch newer technologies on to the old layers. 

• Building operations and maintenance is becoming Internet based with fewer operations personnel in individual buildings. 

• "The Birth of the Super-operator" and creating their support network. 

• An industry danger that if we do not grow rapidly enough to provide this value added service there is a host of "ISIT's" (Information Systems and Information Technology) types who will. If we do not change, changes will come from outside our industry.

2. Nurturing the Necessary Network 
This session examines some of the trends that are surfacing in the area of network sharing of building automation data.

Topics that will be discussed include: 

• What to consider in determining which building automation systems data should be preserved. 

• Approaches to capturing and maintaining building automation data sets. 

• Methods for sharing data between applications on the network. 

• Avoiding clutter and conflicts between network segments.

3. Update on Proprietary Perspectives on Interoperability
This session examines some of the emerging technologies and industry concerns.

Topics that will be discussed include: 

• Self Configuring Controls

• Distributed Systems

• Interoperability within Subsystems and Between Systems

• Interface Gateways

• Handling Legacy Technologies

4. Implementing Web Based Facility Operations 
This session will explore implementing the concepts outline in the AutomatedBuildings.com and Engineered Systems' joint venture "Web Based Facilities Operations Guide" that was a supplement to the Engineered System August 2002 issue. http://www.automatedbuildings.com/news/aug02/articles/ksin/ksin.htm 

We are now planning "The Sequel" - Implementing Web Based Facility Operations for the Engineered Systems April 2003 issue and would greatly appreciate input from the industry as our Focus Shifts to Web Convergence.

Originally the large building automation industry perceived that we would take our products and services to a web level and magically our services would become part of the clients' web based enterprise. It is now becoming clear that the companies that are most likely to succeed are developing the "magic" to take our automation interfaces to the next level in an elegant convergence model that adds tremendous value to our clients' enterprises.

Topics will include:

• Doing more with less by using Web-based anywhere information.

• The "Net Revolution" exposing our lack of understanding of the complex cost/comfort/safety issues of today's buildings and causing us to economically invest in the need for increased knowledge to operate today's complex buildings cost effectively. 

• Total product, design, control, and mechanical/electrical equipment integration. 

• Using the building's website to provide online energy accounting and accountability. 

• Operator training and building familiarization in a web based system. 

• Educating your client to do everything possible before registering a complaint. 

• Providing access to online mentors. 

• Examining the added value in a building that has the total web based facility operations online.

If you are planning to come to the Chicago AHR Expo please join us for any or all of these free show sponsored sessions and input your thoughts on the future of web based operations. Be sure to thank International Expositions for their FREE Show Sponsored Sessions and of course Engineered Systems for allowing us to tell you about this education opportunity

If you would like to pre-register or have any questions for any or all sessions send an email to
 AHRExpoSessions@AutomatedBuildings.com

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