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06/25/2007
12:07 PM

TAC Agrees to Acquire Six Yamas Controls Locations

Offices Have Combined Revenue of More than $40 Million

06/25/2007
12:06 PM

FIATECH to House Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in the Digital Age

AUSTIN, TX, June 25, 2007 - To better coordinate jurisdiction, construction and building owner uses of innovative technologies, the FIATECH Board of Directors and the Streamlining Steering Committee of the Alliance for Building Regulatory Reform in the Digital Age (the Alliance) announced earlier this month that they reached agreement under which the activities of the Alliance will be housed as a new, independent project within FIATECH.

06/25/2007
12:05 PM

HBA Introduces New Line of Daylight Harvesting Controls with Continuous Dimming and Automated ON/OFF Functions

June 2007 - Austin, TX - Hubbell Building Automation, an industry leader in the development of cutting edge networked lighting control technologies, announced today the introduction of the Luxstat Controllers by Servodan, a line of Daylight Harvesting Controls for continuous dimming and automated ON/OFF functions.

06/25/2007
12:04 PM

Wireless Solutions for Manufacturing Automation

Insights for Technology and Business Success - ISA is hosting this premier event to provide enterprise management and senior technical personnel with business insights into the current state of wireless technologies for manufacturing and control systems.

06/25/2007
12:03 PM

Greater Phoenix Chamber Honors Engenuity as the 2007 Small Business of the Year

(Chandler, AZ June 2007) - After being recognized as one of the top 10 businesses of this year's Greater Phoenix Chamber's IMPACT Awards, Engenuity Systems received yet another big announcement - it was named the 2007 Small Business of the Year. Engenuity received the award at the 20th Annual IMPACT Awards luncheon held at the AZ Biltmore and Spa on May 31.

06/25/2007
12:02 PM

Solidyne CT-100 series Universal Split Core Current Transducers

When it is important to have more than just power availability status, the CT-100 series of current transducers provides accurate feedback and verification of actual equipment current usage and/or motorized device status.

06/25/2007
12:01 PM

Schumer Energy Plan Reinforces ASHRAE Guidance

ATLANTA - With the announcement of Sen. Charles Schumer's (D-NY) amendments to H.R. 6, the CLEAN Energy Act of 2007, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers' goal of moving toward net-zero energy use in buildings is reinforced.

06/25/2007
12:00 PM

Distech Controls Receives Innovation Canada Prize

Quebec, Canada, June 19th, 2007 - Distech Controls received the Innovation Canada Prize from the South Shore Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

06/25/2007
12:00 PM

Putting a Wealth of Cabling Expertise at Your Fingertips

Cerco Cable, Canada's premier cable distributor sets another industry standard with the launch of an enhanced, customer-focused website and e-catalog to help customers select the right cabling solution for their needs.

06/25/2007
11:59 AM

Texas School District Signs Contract For $700,000 in Facility Upgrades

TAC to Install Energy and Water Saving Measures Guaranteed To Reduce Utility Costs by $1.15 Million over 15 Years

06/25/2007
11:58 AM

FIATECH and COMIT Partner to Accelerate the Use of Mobile IT in Construction

AUSTIN, TX, June 18, 2007 - FIATECH, a technology-based industry consortium, and COMIT (Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT), a UK-based industry organization, have joined forces and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to provide accelerated results and emerging technology deployments to their respective members and the engineering and construction industry at large.


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06/18/2007
11:25 AM

IntelliCom launch NetBiter.net

A central server for management of remote field units

06/18/2007
11:24 AM

Grid Interop Forum

Albuquerque, New Mexico November 7 - November 9, 2007

06/18/2007
11:23 AM

Next Generation the MACH-ProCom(TM)

June 13, 2007 - After 3 years of development, and many hours of rigorous testing, Reliable Controls® is pleased to announce the official release of the MACH-ProCom(TM) BACnet® Building Controller.

06/18/2007
11:22 AM

TAC MaintenanceEdge Offers Online Facility Service Tools

Facility Maintenance Application Earns Prestigious Award at Commercial Real Estate Technology Conference

06/18/2007
11:21 AM

Hirsch Electronics Expands Board of Directors

Ayman S. Ashour and Douglas J. Morgan Enhance Board's Extensive Security Industry Expertise

06/18/2007
11:20 AM

Pacific Controls HQ Building Wins Prestigious Buildy Award for Best Intelligent Building at Builconn 2007, in Chicago, Illinois, USA

The Best Intelligent Building Award was recently presented to Pacific Control Systems LLC for their headquarters building in Dubai, UAE.

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06/12/2007
11:03 AM

Tridium Honored by AT&T as Outstanding Supplier

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, June 10, 2007 - Commitment to excellence over the past year has earned Tridium recognition as an outstanding supplier to AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T), one of the world's leading data, voice, wireless and Internet services providers.

06/12/2007
11:02 AM

Dust Networks' Wireless Sensor Networking Technology Enables Next Generation Parking and City Management Solutions

Dust Networks(TM), the leading provider of highly reliable, low-power wireless sensor networking (WSN) systems, and Streetline, Inc., announced today that Dust Networks has been selected as the WSN provider for Streetline's City Infrastructure Technologies (CiT) Platform.

06/12/2007
11:01 AM

Ember helps LG add ZigBee to HomNet digital home technology

BOSTON, June 11, 2007 - LG Electronics (LG) has teamed with Ember to ZigBee-enable its digital home technology for controlling and automating home energy efficiency, security, appliances and other devices.

06/12/2007
11:00 AM

ZigBee Alliance Adds Itron to Board of Directors

Addition Underscores Alliance's Commitment to Meeting the Needs of Utility Companies for Delivering Energy Management and Efficiency Solutions Globally

06/12/2007
10:59 AM

eMagazines or Blogs Which Delivers Information You Can Rely On, Use?

San Diego, CA - June 5, 2007 - In a world of continuous information bombardment it's easy to get totally lost in a quagmire of words and images that amount to nothing more than streaming gibberish.

06/12/2007
10:58 AM

Ember's ZigBee technology named Best New Wireless Product

Wins BuilConn's Buildy Award

06/12/2007
10:57 AM

Watt Stopper/Legrand's new card key switches help hotels keep guestroom lights off when room is vacant

Watt Stopper/Legrand has developed a line of card key switches for hospitality facilities which help hotels stop the energy waste of guestroom lighting being left on when no one is present.

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06/05/2007
02:05 PM

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

06/05/2007
02:04 PM

Smart Parking Garages?

"We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us" Winston Churchill - Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, Managing Principal, Sinopoli and Associates

06/05/2007
02:02 PM

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.

06/05/2007
02:01 PM

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

06/05/2007
02:00 PM

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.

06/05/2007
02:00 PM

The Connectivity Daily

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

06/05/2007
01:59 PM

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.

06/05/2007
01:58 PM

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

06/05/2007
01:56 PM

New Daedalus

Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill & oBIX Chairman - Today pervasive intelligence in every aspect of the design, construction, and operation of the building, as well as the intelligent interaction of the building with the outside world, is making the most profound changes to the way we build and operate buildings since Daedalus.

06/05/2007
01:55 PM

Technology For Buildings Going Green

Wade Patterson, CEO and Founder of Synapse - With SNAP you can create a solution out of the box in an hour instead of a year. You don't need to understand wireless technology or networks.

06/05/2007
01:53 PM

New Tools & Ideas for Buildings 2.0

Bill Lydon, Director PLCopen - Major activities of PLCopen are further developing open controls programming standards, extensions, and certifying products.

06/05/2007
01:52 PM

LonMark Sessions Tour

Ron Bernstein, Executive Director, LonMark International - The Tour will focus on energy savings; improving efficiencies through system integration; maintenance, operating and training cost reductions; leveraging the IT infrastructure; successful projects and market trends; and so much more.

06/05/2007
01:52 PM

ZigBee Certification

Brent Hodges, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development for the ZigBee Alliance - The Alliance has two independent and global test labs, National Technical Systems and TUV Rheinland. These labs test, verify and certify ZigBee Certified Platforms and ZigBee Certified Products.

06/05/2007
01:50 PM

ConnectivityWeek / BuilConn Chicago Report

Anto Budiardjo - For practitioners participating this space, a great deal was uncovered in how Building-IT convergence is starting to play out; delivering real value to owners and tangible opportunities for the industry.

06/05/2007
01:49 PM

GridWise Applied

Jack Mc Gowan - The Objective and criteria for the award is to highlight real-world application/implementation of GridWise Architecture Council (GridWise AC) interoperability principles in products, services and projects.

06/05/2007
01:42 PM

BuilConn 2007

Denis Du Bois - The conference was an interactive environment where attendees helped shape big ideas, such as Buildings 2.0 and GridWise.

06/05/2007
01:41 PM

oBIX, Building 2.0 from Toby's Blog

Toby Considine - The National Building Information Modeling Standard (NBIMS) and the oBIX committee have met to explore relationships between the standards, focusing on whether Energy Models developed directly against NBIMS models can be compared to live data from control systems read by oBIX to produce live models (or instantaneous commissioning)

06/05/2007
01:40 PM

Buildy 2007

Frank Capuano - 2007 Buildy Awards Honor Convergence and Integration Experts at Premier Event for Networked Buildings

06/05/2007
01:37 PM

BuilConn 2007

Brooke Richards - BuilConn continues to provide a forum for industry players to discuss and endorse new technologies and solutions which promote the converged network.

06/05/2007
01:36 PM

ZigBee Alliance Announces New Developers Conference in Munich

New European Developers Conference offered in response to growing worldwide interest in ZigBee standard

06/05/2007
01:35 PM

Pennsylvania University Implements $10 Million Performance Contract

TAC to Install Energy Saving Measures to Reduce Utility Costs by $900,000 Annually

06/05/2007
01:34 PM

Electrical Systems in Modern Buildings

20-22 September 2007, Pragati Madan, New Delhi

06/05/2007
01:34 PM

Cimetrics Wins Award For Demand Response-Enabling Technology From GridWise Architecture Council

BOSTON--Cimetrics Inc. announced today that the GridWise Architecture Council (GWAC) has honored the company for advancing interoperability between intelligent systems in electric power.

06/05/2007
01:32 PM

USB Commissioning Tool for Wireless Sensor Networks

Integration's ZigBee USB dongle now supported by Daintree Networks' wireless sensor network(WSN) analyzer software, easing WSN commissioning and validation.

06/05/2007
01:32 PM

Matrox Graphics announces new PowerDesk-SE 2.04 display driver

Ability to combine Matrox products for a stretched Windows desktop across up to eight displays key advantage for professionals working in high-reliability environments

06/05/2007
01:31 PM

HGI Defines Future of the Home Gateway

Next Generation Network integration and SOHO environments to be key features in Release 3 specification document

06/05/2007
01:30 PM

FOA-Certified Trainers From BDI DataLynk Oversee Major Fiber To The Desk Project in Texas

The first stage of one of the largest 10 Gigabit-capable Fiber To The Desk (FTTD) projects in the United States is nearing completion.

06/05/2007
01:28 PM

GridWise Architecture Council announces awards, sets forum

Individuals, businesses, events advance tomorrow's electricity system

06/05/2007
01:27 PM

New Products June

A brief description of some new products for the industry.

06/05/2007
03:20 AM

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