The rapid changing Automated Building industry has always required that all players be constantly re-educating themselves-
Most people in the world of smart buildings have probably heard of Brick, ASHRAE 223P, or Haystack. What these are, essentially, are organized ways to
March 8th is International Women’s Day 2026 Intro by Kerri Sinclair Editorial Board Chair of AutomatedBuildings Building automation is a systems-of-systems industry. Value is created (or
Session Recap: AI and Autonomous Buildings If the standing-room-only crowds of the past two years were any indication, the buzz around Artificial Intelligence in facilities
10BASE-T1L (T1L) is a physical layer specification for Ethernet introduced in IEEE 802.3cg that supports 10 Mbps, full duplex communication over single twisted pair cabling for
What does governance really mean for smarter buildings? It’s a question that might not sound thrilling at first, but these are important conversations our industry.
We had over 2000 folks attend our 16 education sessions in Vegas. This is your chance to see what you missed We will provide an
BACnet/SC is a data communication method for BACnet that makes use of TCP/IP and mainstream network security technology to encrypt messages and to restrict which devices can communicate with each other. All BACnet/SC devices use digital certificates, and the use of those certificates is the subject of this article.
Ken Sinclair is back in person in Vegas! Join Ken and the AutomatedBuildings.com Editorial Board including Kerri Lee Sinclair, Brad White, Scott Cochrane, for “Navigating
Cooling Tower “Efficiency” vs. Actual Energy Efficiency (Greatest Misconception)
Cooling towers are often described as being “efficient” when the water leaving the tower is very close to the outdoor wet-bulb temperature. This common misconception results from the thermodynamic efficiency formula…
In this part, we will explore the factors that drive the cooling effect in a cooling tower. In Part 2, we will discuss the difference between cooling tower thermodynamical efficiency and electrical efficiency (kW/ton).
Most chiller plants are managed as if “efficiency” were a single setting: a chilled-water setpoint, a condenser-water setpoint, or a pump DP setpoint.
That mindset is the root problem.
A chiller plant is not one machine. It is a system of machines, and every major component in that system has an efficiency curve—meaning its efficiency changes depending on where it operates.
Most people in the world of smart buildings have probably heard of Brick, ASHRAE 223P, or Haystack. What these are, essentially, are organized ways to
March 8th is International Women’s Day 2026 Intro by Kerri Sinclair Editorial Board Chair of AutomatedBuildings Building automation is a systems-of-systems industry. Value is created (or
Session Recap: AI and Autonomous Buildings If the standing-room-only crowds of the past two years were any indication, the buzz around Artificial Intelligence in facilities
10BASE-T1L (T1L) is a physical layer specification for Ethernet introduced in IEEE 802.3cg that supports 10 Mbps, full duplex communication over single twisted pair cabling for
What does governance really mean for smarter buildings? It’s a question that might not sound thrilling at first, but these are important conversations our industry.
We had over 2000 folks attend our 16 education sessions in Vegas. This is your chance to see what you missed We will provide an
BACnet/SC is a data communication method for BACnet that makes use of TCP/IP and mainstream network security technology to encrypt messages and to restrict which devices can communicate with each other. All BACnet/SC devices use digital certificates, and the use of those certificates is the subject of this article.
Ken Sinclair is back in person in Vegas! Join Ken and the AutomatedBuildings.com Editorial Board including Kerri Lee Sinclair, Brad White, Scott Cochrane, for “Navigating
Cooling Tower “Efficiency” vs. Actual Energy Efficiency (Greatest Misconception)
Cooling towers are often described as being “efficient” when the water leaving the tower is very close to the outdoor wet-bulb temperature. This common misconception results from the thermodynamic efficiency formula…
In this part, we will explore the factors that drive the cooling effect in a cooling tower. In Part 2, we will discuss the difference between cooling tower thermodynamical efficiency and electrical efficiency (kW/ton).
Most chiller plants are managed as if “efficiency” were a single setting: a chilled-water setpoint, a condenser-water setpoint, or a pump DP setpoint.
That mindset is the root problem.
A chiller plant is not one machine. It is a system of machines, and every major component in that system has an efficiency curve—meaning its efficiency changes depending on where it operates.
