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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 Climatização &
Refrigeração 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
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
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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.
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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 Online
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
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
Integrated Design Associates, Inc. Design headquarters is among
the first to achieve net-zero energy Johnson
Controls, Case Study
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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 and John Grabowski, Vice President, Live Data Systems
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
October 2007
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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 ARCNETÒ
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
FAVOURITE ARTICLE 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
FAVOURITE ARTICLE 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
FAVOURITE ARTICLE 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 AllianceSM
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
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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
DisAgreement 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
Jared 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
July 2007
FAVOURITE ARTICLE
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, buildingSMART® Alliance National Institute of
Building Sciences
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.
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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
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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
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