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01/31/2012
10:11 AM
Belimo's
New EF Spring Return Actuator, the most powerful of its kind!
The EF actuator utilizes rugged
components in a pressure cast aluminum housing for added strength and
reliability. It offers a high torque output of 270 in-lbs and a NEMA 4 option to
meet tough environmental conditions found in many HVAC applications.
01/31/2012
10:10
AM
Belimo
Releases NFB, NFX New Generation of Actuators
Belimo Americas, the leading
producer of electronic control valves and air damper actuators, has introduced
the New Generation NFB, NFX series that, once again, raises the bar for actuator
quality, reliability and technical prowess.
01/31/2012
10:09
AM
Belimo's
New Actuator Retrofit Solution for the Small Valve - Compact Yet
Powerful Belimo
Americas, the leading producer of electronic control valves and air damper
actuators, is introducing the new the UGSL1200 linkage. The linkage returns the
Powermite MZ/MT short stroke valve back into service when the original actuator
has failed; keeping the valve in service by only retrofitting the
actuator.
01/31/2012
10:09
AM
Belimo
Introduces Quick Running Family of Actuators
Belimo Aircontrols (USA)
introduces its quick running line of non-spring actuators, designed with the
power, flexibility and efficiency that today's applications demand.
01/31/2012
10:08
AM
Johnson
Controls' EnergyConnect leads consortium to help major Pennsylvania utility
reduce electricity demand during peak hours
Industry leaders collaborate to
provide demand response resources to meet state-mandated load reduction
targets
01/31/2012
10:07
AM
2011
version of the Green Standard Now Available from ASHRAE, USGBC,
IES Changes to
help make buildings and systems more sustainable are part of the newly published
version of the high performance green building standard from ASHRAE, the U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Illuminating Engineering
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01/27/2012
02:12 PM
KMC
Press Releases AHR Expo 2012 FlexStat Control of Copeland Scroll Digital Compressor - KMC
Controls and Titus HVAC Collaborate to Simplify Air Distribution New, Fully
Configured VAV Terminal Units Lowers Costs and Increases Ease of Installation -
BACnet Offering Extended to Wireless via EnOcean - Modular Control Solutions for
UFAD, VAV, and Hydronic Applications - FlexStat Now Available with CO2 Sensing
& IP Connectivity
01/27/2012
02:11
PM
Empowering
Customers With a Green Button Sixty days ago, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra challenged the utility
industry to enable consumers to download their detailed energy usage with the
simple click of a "Green Button."
01/27/2012
02:09
PM
LOYTEC:
Best Product of the Year 2011 Winner at LonMark International Best of the Year Awards for
Three Years
01/27/2012
02:09
PM
LonMark
International Unveils "Best of the Year" Winners
EPAL Laboratories, Infranet
Partners, Loytec and Schneider Electric Demonstrate Innovation, Vision and
Leadership in 2011
01/27/2012
02:08
PM
Honeywell
Launches Full-Scale Smart Grid Project to Reduce Strain on Electrical Networks
in the UK London-Area Pilot Proves Automated Demand Response Can Cut Peak Energy Use
in Commercial and Industrial Facilities, Leads to Broad Deployment
01/27/2012
02:07
PM
Luxoft
Demonstrates Power Grid Management Framework Integrated with Space-Time Insight
at DistribuTECH 2012 Integration of Luxoft DMFusion and Space-Time Insight's Geospatial Software
Accelerates the Delivery of Situational Intelligence Solutions for the Power
Grid
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01/24/2012
11:13 AM
Digi
Releases Next Generation ZigBee Smart Energy Gateway
Enhanced Smart Energy gateway
optimized for large device deployments
01/24/2012
11:12
AM
ECOBEE
- Makers of the First Wi-Fi Enabled Smart Thermostat - Introduce Their
Completely Redesigned Contractor Web Portal at AHR in Chicago
The portal has new tools to help
contractors grow their business, maximize efficiency and improve client
experience.
01/24/2012
11:09
AM
Iconics
Press Releases Announced at AHR 2012 taking place this week in Chicago,
IL First 64-bit,
Advanced Workstation with BACnet Compliance Future-Proof Building Automation
Software Solutions; Energy AnalytiX version 10.61; Windows Phone 7 Mobile App
for Building Automation
01/24/2012
11:09
AM
Schneider
Electric Partners with Kele to Increase Capabilities
Kele and Schneider Electric
partner to offer stronger distribution options for customers
01/24/2012
11:08
AM
Over
Two Dozen EnOcean Alliance Companies to Showcase EnOcean Technology at AHR Expo
2012; Three "World's First" Product Announcements
Many alliance member companies
will showcase EnOcean technology at separate booths on the show floor, while a
comprehensive suite of energy management solutions and products will also be on
display at the EnOcean Alliance booth #3764.
01/24/2012
11:07
AM
LonMark
International Expands Interoperability Model Across Building
Industry System
Integrators, Implementers benefit from larger selection of products, service
providers
01/24/2012
11:06
AM
EnergyAi
Launches Green Button Compatibility EnergyAi announced the integration of its energy
analytics service with the "Green Button", a White House coordinated initiative
introduced in Silicon Valley last week.
01/24/2012
11:05
AM
ASHRAE
Recognizes Outstanding HVAC&R Industry Achievements
Thirty-six people are being
recognized by ASHRAE for their contributions to the Society and the building
industry at the Society's 2012 Winter Conference held here Jan. 21-25.
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01/21/2012
11:08 AM
QA
Graphics to Introduce Mobile Energy Dashboard App at AHR Expo - Booth
#3729 QA
Graphics, a leading provider of energy dashboards, is pleased to announce that
they will unveil a new mobile application feature for their Energy Efficiency
Education Dashboard product during the AHR Expo.
01/21/2012
11:07
AM
New
Products from Cimetrics Featured at AHR Expo - Booth #3460
Cimetrics has been a leader in
providing BACnet communication products to OEMs since 1996.
01/21/2012
11:06
AM
Brand
New Humidity and Temperature Transmitter Series from Vaisala for High
Performance HVAC Applications - AHR Booth #3822Vaisala introduces the next
generation of humidity and temperature transmitters for demanding HVAC
applications. Combining fit with functionality, the new Vaisala HMW90 Series
HUMICAP Humidity and Temperature Transmitters are designed for indoor
environments requiring measurement accuracy and stability that can be depended
on.
01/21/2012
11:06
AM
VingCard
Elsafe Widens Lead In RFID Locking Systems Technology With Speed, Range
Enhancements Next-generation technology advancements nearly double reading speed and
distance of industry leading RFID locking system
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01/19/2012
11:22 AM
Sprint
M2M to boost utility industry operations; make systems smarter
Itron, Lanner, Power Insight and
Silver Spring offer Sprint connectivity to utilities for automated monitoring
and data collection
01/19/2012
11:21
AM
Daintree
Networks Adds Advanced Power Metering Features to ControlScope Wireless Lighting
Controls Solution Integrated Solution Dramatically Reduces Costs of Energy Management for
Commercial Buildings
01/19/2012
11:20
AM
BACnet
Offering Extended to Wireless via EnOcean - AHR Booth #3929
The self-powered sensors
communicate to KMC's award-winning BACnet network through an EnOcean-to-BACnet
gateway powered by CAN2GO.
01/19/2012
11:19
AM
CAN2GO
Web BEMS adds dashboard, previews Android app - AHR Booth #3929
The dashboard provides clear-cut
visualizations for system integrators and facility managers that want
customizable real-time data monitoring of their buildings.
01/19/2012
11:18
AM
CAN2GO
launches new line of smart wireless peripherals, including a damper/valve
actuator based on the Belimo MP-bus platform - Booth #3929
The line includes the TE2
terminal unit and the DA2 proportional damper/valve actuator, based on the
Belimo MP-Bus platform. The DA2 received a 2012 AHR Expo Innovation Award
honorable mention.
01/19/2012
11:17
AM
LonMark
International Offers Free Education Sessions, Announces "Best of the Year:"
Awards at AHR Expo - Booth #3436 LonMark will offer a series of free education seminars at AHR
Expo, led by its executives and industry experts from member companies,
including Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) and Honeywell Building Solutions
(NYSE:HON).
01/19/2012
11:16
AM
AirTest
New Products At The AHR Show Jan 23-25 - Booth #3827
Even if you cannot attend, a
brief description of what is new with web links is provided below.
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01/13/2012
01:28 PM
Pulse
Energy CEO to Speak at Cities Summit: February 1, 2012
Session IV: Innovations in Urban
Finance and Infrastructure. also Upcoming Webinar: Wednesday, January 25th
10:30am PST / 1:30pm EST - The Role of EMIS in BC Hydro's Continuous
Optimization Program and Beyond
01/13/2012
01:27
PM
Wireless
Makes Waves in the Building Automation Market
In 2011, wireless sensors
accounted for just over 15% of the 21 million building automation sensors
shipped in the EMEA and the Americas markets combined.
01/13/2012
01:26
PM
Onset
Announces E-Learning Course on Analyzing Building Energy Data
New e-learning course shows how
to convert building energy data into actionable information using Microsoft
Excel; awards one GBCI credit hour
01/13/2012
01:25
PM
Continental
Control Systems President and CEO Steve Whitaker to Present at AHR Expo
2012 AC Power
Measurements for BACnet Networks: The New WattNode Energy and Power Meter for
BACnet.
01/13/2012
01:24
PM
Visit
Honeywell Analytics at the AHR Expo 2012, Booth #3810
Honeywell Analytics, introduces
an intelligent product design bringing fresh air comfort to buildings by
combining touchscreen operation, demand-controlled ventilation and triple
monitoring capabilities (CO2 or VOCs, Temperature and Humidity).
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01/11/2012
02:17 PM
Geofinity
Manufacturing Inc. ("Geofinity") Awarded the AHR 2012 Innovation Award in the
Building Automation Category - Booth #6683
The ORB technology is a "patent
pending" fully integrated equipment intelligence system offering complete
operating, monitoring, control and diagnostics capabilities.
01/11/2012
02:17
PM
10th
International Conference on Multipurpose High-rise Towers and Tall
Buildings Dubai
UAE November 5 - 6, 2012.
01/11/2012
02:15
PM
Honeywell
and TEDA launch China's first demand response project under U.S.-China smart
grid cooperative Under the Honeywell-TEDA agreement, Honeywell will conduct a demonstration
project using its automated demand response (Auto DR) technology at select
facilities within the TEDA development area, including government and commercial
facilities, and industrial plants.
01/11/2012
02:15
PM
Invitation
- European Conference on Sustainable Renovation of Buildings
A two day European Conference on
Sustainable Renovation of Buildings will be held from the 16th to 17th of
February 2012 in Karlsruhe, Germany.
01/11/2012
02:14
PM
Cimetrics
C.O.O. Mary Ellen Cantabene Selected to Join The Boston Club
The Boston Club is one of the
largest communities of women executives and professional leaders in the
Northeast.
01/11/2012
02:13
PM
The
Belimo Energy Valve - Booth #3749 AHR Expo A two-way pressure independent control valve that
optimizes, documents and proves water coil performance.
01/11/2012
02:11
PM
Continental
Control Systems Products at DistribuTECH 2012
New Product Highlights
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01/09/2012
02:55 PM
ClimateTalk
Alliance - AHR Expo The ClimateTalk Alliance will be hosting an educational seminar - primarily
to help HVAC Contractors understand the benefits and simplicity of working with
ClimateTalk enabled systems.
01/09/2012
02:54
PM
DataNab
Expands Range of Universal Monitoring and Control Devices
The devices deliver new and
flexible I/O options to users while retaining the low cost associated with
DataNab products, and broadens the company's I/O product range for contractors,
systems integrators, end users and OEMs.
01/09/2012
02:53
PM
ISA
Automation Week 2012 Issues Call for Papers
The Program Committee of ISA
Automation Week 2012: Technology and Solutions Event has issued a Call for
Papers inviting authors, experts, innovators, thought leaders and automation
professionals to submit abstracts for presentation consideration at the
conference, to be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando,
Florida, USA, 24-27 September 2012.
01/09/2012
02:52
PM
IPKeys
Announces Participation in DistribuTECH 2012 January 24-26, 2012
Join Us for the EISS
Demonstration in Booth 1430!
01/09/2012
02:52
PM
Virginia
Department of Military Affairs Selects Schneider Electric for Energy Savings
Project Government agency seeks to update facilities with energy efficiency
measures; Schneider Electric implementation to result in energy savings of 39
percent annually
01/09/2012
02:51
PM
EnOcean
Alliance Members to Demonstrate Groundbreaking Advances in Wireless, Energy
Harvesting HVAC Solutions at AHR Expo 2012 in Chicago - Booth
S3764 Includes
Three "World's First" Product Announcements
01/09/2012
02:50
PM
Solar
Panel Monitoring and Control Powered by GreenPeak Chips
Advanced and affordable wireless
monitoring of domestic and commercial solar panels provides information on
electricity generation and individual panel management.
01/09/2012
02:50
PM
ZigBee
Light Link: LED Lighting Control Standardized
New, industry-backed open
standard for consumer lighting control
01/09/2012
02:49
PM
Siemens
Acquires Pace Global Energy Services, LLC Acquisition Will Enhance Siemens Portfolio with New
Energy Consulting and Management Services
01/09/2012
02:46
PM
Sontay
Provides Control System Sensors at New Hospital in Malta
The new Mater Dei Hospital, one
of the largest building automation projects to take place in Malta in recent
times, features an extensive range of building control peripherals and field
device products from the market leader, Sontay.
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01/01/2012
02:09 PM
Building
Intelligence Becomes Mobile Any Platform, Any Place, Any Time. - Korey Warzala, Marketing
Associate, DGLogik, Inc
01/01/2012
02:08
PM
Energy
Dashboards Are Evolving As energy dashboards continue to evolve, building performance
will be something that's more visual and more accessible for everyone, anywhere,
anytime. - Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
01/01/2012
02:07
PM
Pushing
Stakeholder Collaboration Beyond Construction
This new technology takes the
design to all the stakeholders on a project and makes the invisible visible to
all, allowing the architect, facility managers, contractors, and even product
manufacturers to collaborate freely and in real time in any platform-anyplace,
anytime, anywhere. - Nicholas Jeffery, COO, VIMtrek
01/01/2012
02:07
PM
Visualization
The Key to Improving Building
Performance - John Petze, C.E.M. SkyFoundry
01/01/2012
02:06
PM
Predictions
for Smart Buildings in 2012 Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP, Managing Principal, Smart
Buildings LLC
01/01/2012
02:06
PM
Sub-Metering
a Hotel for LEED Certification Energy Systems Management and Verification White Paper -
Continental Control Systems LLC
01/01/2012
02:05
PM
Addressable
Lighting Control Systems Help buildings achieve coveted USGBC LEED certification. - Terry
Mocherniak, Encelium
01/01/2012
02:05
PM
Collaborating
Services The
Challenges of Interoperability - David Webber, Information Architect, Oracle
Corporation
01/01/2012
02:04
PM
Pleasanton
Public Library Reduces Lighting Energy Use
by 46% with Wireless Lighting
Controls - Philip Lavee, VP Sales & Marketing, Adura Technologies
01/01/2012
02:03
PM
SCADA
Improves Hospital Building Management System
New SCADA system meets stringent
requirements of Moscow hospital, including Cyrillic alphabet displays. -
InduSoft
01/01/2012
02:03
PM
Trends
in HVAC Control And bucking the trends via the BAS? - Steven R. Calabrese, Control
Engineering Corp.
01/01/2012
02:02
PM
Content
is King in the Year of the Panda Unique Content and Viral Marketing will be factors in 2012 to
increase Google Ranking - Manny Mandrusiak, Managing Creative Consultant, 4
Bravo Marketing
01/01/2012
02:01
PM
Cell
Phones, Photo Frames … and BAS? AKA: Customer Service Includes Honoring Commitments - Andy
McMillan, President and GM Philips Teletrol
01/01/2012
02:01
PM
Cloud-Ready
Buildings and Open Source A building that can connect to a cloud with minimal start-up
costs is cloud-ready. - Toby Considine, TC9 Inc
01/01/2012
01:59
PM
In-house
BAS Department? What skills should an owner look for to better support their building
systems especially controls and BAS? - Paul Ehrlich, Ira Goldschmidt &
Angela LewisBuilding Intelligence Group
01/01/2012
01:59
PM
The
Importance of Doing BAS Right An optimized system has the potential to provide improved
operation, reliability, and of course energy efficiency. - Paul Ehrlich, Ira
Goldschmidt & Angela LewisBuilding Intelligence Group
01/01/2012
01:58
PM
Connecting
Communities for Continuous Conservation Visualization through graphics can allow buildings to
become an integral part of a community and "Come to Life" while teaching
occupants about sustainability. - Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
01/01/2012
01:57
PM
J2
Innovation's Unified Toolset A unified toolset for creating the User Experience across
multiple client platforms ranging from desktop browsers to mobile and handheld
devices. - B. Scott Muench, Vice President, Marketing and Business
Development,J2 Innovations
01/01/2012
01:55
PM
AHR
2012 Overview Summary of AHR Press Releases, New Products / Releases and Our Advertisers
at AHR
01/01/2012
01:54
PM
What
does "Open" mean? "Open" is a fundamental key word that has driven the BAS industry over the
last decade and will continue to drive it in the future. Open standards, open
protocols, open architecture and open web are some of the key concepts. This
session will explore several open source movements including Project Haystack,
Open ADR and others.
01/01/2012
01:53
PM
2012
Niagara Summit April 29-May 2 Tridium has pioneered "Open" in our industry with the Niagara
Framework. I have been invited to be part this year's Niagara Community Summit
event in Vegas. I look forward to learning more on how the community is
redefining and increasing the "Value of Virtual ".
01/01/2012
01:52
PM
Across
My Desk Every
month there is a blizzard of information contained in the emails and newsletters
that cross my desk on their way to AutomatedBuildings.com. Some of this
information is not in the form of any type of content we can publish but I feel
I should share with you these snippets, blog bits, and url links that are about
to fall off my desktop.
01/01/2012
01:51
PM
New
Products for January A brief description of some new products for the industry
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