Check out our February  2000 Press Releases, News Briefs and New Products.

JOHNSON CONTROLS ACQUIRES ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS USA

Our January 2000 issue showcases The International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) Show in Dallas, February 7th-9th, 2000.

Review our participation in the following news release.

"State of the Art" Capabilities in Building Automation

Industry support of our theme and the AHR issue has been great!  Check out the 12 Articles, New Products, and News/Press Releases to preview what experts from our industry are talking about in the 21st Century.

All companies participating in the Expo have this logo and their booth number listed. Get up to date previews of the Dallas show.

Our Training Schedule has evolved to a list of System Training Links that will allow you to get quickly up to speed.  We will continuously update as new sources are discovered. If you know of on line training which should be added please send an Email stating the URL.

A review of yet another acronym WAP has been added to our new library resource Acronyms & Definitions. This section has been added to help you keep current with all the annoying acronyms that we must all learn to understand our future. Please send us more as you find them.

Have you tried our new feature the Site Search Engine?  Give it a try, it's fun and you will find lots of neat articles and links on our site. Looking for articles by Hartman?  Type in Hartman and hit start. Click on articles or reviews you want to view.  If you wish to search the actual matched document for a keyword use the Find Function on your browser, usually "Ctrl F".  Use our search feature to see if you are linked to us, and where.

As you can see we have been busy responding to your requests and look forward to continuing to shape AutomatedBuilding.com into your Internet Automation Resource.

Our next issue of is March 1st, 2000, and it will include a review of the Dallas AHR Show.  Our theme for the issue will be "Now Available for Automated Buildings", however, as usual we are always looking for good industry articles.  Please get your articles in early.  Send to news@automatedbuildings.com.

Previous Favorites is a new feature. We add the article most viewed in the previous issue.
- November/December's issue favorite was
Are Automated Buildings Converging or Colliding with the Internet?
- September's issue favorite was Notifact Systems'
Combining Wireless Technology and Internet -- Seamlessly
- July's issue was Tom Hartman's great article prepared just for our official launch
Network Control: A New Paradigm For HVAC
- May/June's favourite was
Your Building Address as a .com?

[an error occurred while processing this directive]We are also always upgrading our Events Calendar so take a look.

This is not just a spectator sport, please send your articles, new releases and new product information to us.  Click here to see article format.  If you are pushed for time send us an email and we will format your message to the industry and your clients.  Take a look at our When Automation Becomes Art article which originally was an email.

Headlines

BACnet Specifiers' Guide Now Available! 

State-of-the-Art Building Automation Session to be Featured at AHR Expo 2000 in Dallas

Wireless 2000, February 28 - March 1, 2000—New Orleans, Louisiana

News Releases (updated February/00)

• News Briefs: Teletrol introduces PANORAMA - Windows98/NT graphical user interface; Cristal Controls' TEMPERATURE, and  TIME KEEPING plug-ins; "Control Your Future" The Association of Energy Engineers, British Columbia Chapter (AEE-BC); Cristal Controls' Low Voltage Lighting Control System

• Johnson Controls Acquires Electronic Systems USA

• Echelon News

• Coactive Networks Extends Control Systems to the Internet with Router-LL 4.0

• Invensys Controls Joins ETI Alliance

• SmartAMERICA Development Corporation announces "Smart Team 100" program for volume dealer-installers of Thinkboxx^TM home automation control system.

• Invensys Smart Home Products

• "Focusing on the Future" Trade Show - The National Capital Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA-NCC)

• Invensys Building Systems, Inc and Engage Networks, Inc announce a Joint Venture
• Zeus Wireless Creates New Global Energy & Facilities Control Division 

• New Products: SRS Launches New Web-Based Solution, SiteNet™ Command Center a new, integrated approach for Facility and Energy Management; Dickson is pleased to introduce the ES120 Pro Series Electronic Signal Data Logger to their current line of instrumentation; Teletrol introduces eBuilding, the next generation in open systems for building automation; Breakthrough CO2 Sensor Technology - Recalibrate Only Every Five Years - Introducing Vaisala’s GMD/W20’s Series

News Releases (updated January/00)

DALLAS RELEASES Jan 14/00

• News Briefs: BACnet Specifiers' Guide Now Available!; AlliedSignal-Honeywell Merger Receives Clearance From European Commission; Wireless 2000, February 28 - March 1, 2000—New Orleans, Louisiana; PC Soft Extends LonWorks Technology to the Web; Power Measurement and Conectiv Solutions Partner; Westwood Energy joins Siemens; Rockwell Software Products Now Available Online
• State-of-the-Art Building Automation Session to be Featured at AHR Expo 2000 in Dallas
• PacifiCorp Selects Energy Interactive Inc.'s Energy Profiler Online™ to Deliver Usage Information to Key Customers
• Expanded Software Center Highlights Innovation at AHR Expo 2000 
• Honeywell Reduces Exhibit Presence at AHR/ASHRAE 2000 Show
• NATE to Offer Certification Testing for the First Time at AHR Expo
• Staefa Control System offers single interface for building automation systems to third-party systems.
• Meeting unique requirements of applications is under control with Staefa Control System controllers.

• 3Com Invests in Coactive Networks

• CASI-RUSCO moves manufacturing to centralized site

• Onset Computer will be exhibitors at the AHR Expo 

• Circon Company Name and Facility Location Change

• New Products: The MTC Webfoot is a revolutionary, low-cost solution that collects and stores three channels of utility meter data, transmits it over standard telephone lines, and presents the data to the user via the Internet;  Alerton® will be promoting WEBtalk™, BACnet™ integration and new BACnet products at the AHR Expo;  TAC has released version 3.3 of TAC Vista; TAC (Formally Tour & Andersson Control) has released the new TAC Ventatm line of control valves for steam, hot water, and chilled water systems.  

Articles for January

• HVAC Control: An Essay on Change   "........ the building controls industry is poised for a leap into the world of network based systems."  Tom Hartman, The Hartman Company
• The Medium for the Millennium is Fiber for Building Automation  Until recently, however, many buildings, owners and systems integrators have resisted fiber optic technology. Brian D. Morrison, Raytheon Control-By-Light
• Browsers, BACnet, and Building Control  "the corporate "spin doctors" are twirling to new heights in their attempts to create definitions of open systems which include their products."  Steve Tom, Automated Logic Corporation
• Implementing Open Control Systems: The Market Has Spoken  The world of control systems has come a long way technologically since the advent of solid state controls. The availability of LONWORKS control network technology has opened the door to a new generation of open, interoperable control systems. Michael R. Tennefoss, Echelon
• BacNet and LonTalk: Why We Need Them Both  The fact of the matter is that each protocol has its merits. Both will be vital to the future of interoperability in the building automation systems industry. Mark Hess, Trane
• BACnet™ in MOTION  Delta Controls BACbus Demonstrations at the 2000 AHR Expo. Delta Controls
• Graphical Programming- Solving The Interoperability Riddle  'You just look at it and know it' says Richards-Zeta's Chief Engineer Fred Davison in explaining how graphical programming is superior to line code in understanding and working with software that controls modern building automation. Erik Petersen, Richards-Zeta
• Use of Checklists for DDC System Implementation  As part of the implementation process, project managers can utilize checklists as a management tool to assure orderly conduct during individual phases of the project. Viktor Boed, Yale University
• Keeping It Simple Saves Money in the 21st Century  Over time, most building automation systems have become more complicated and harder to use then they should be.  Royden J. Lynch Jr., Computrols Inc
• Integrating the Integrators with BIAS  As the BuildingAddress.com embedded functionality skyrockets, management and integration of this new virtual building material must be given a new profile and an integrator. Ken Sinclair, prepared for CABA
• "Thin Client" Solutions  But there are times when a "thinner", alternative is needed. Perhaps you need a simple, lightweight interface for an occasional user. Or tenants in your building need to simply view and change their room temperatures and make quick and easy adjustments to schedules.  Priscilla B. Janson, Andover Controls Corporation
• Virtual Devices Not Only A New Way of Doing But A New Way of Thinking   Maybe a marriage between a web-based survey modified to provide continuously dynamic update and feedback into web based virtual control system could offer a better solution. Ken Sinclair, Sinclair Energy Services Ltd

• Green Guy Goes Global  I'm off on a sabbatical for the next few months (or more!), starting in London, on the way to Shanghai.  I'm shaping the trip around green and vernacular buildings and city planning efforts. Ian Theaker, Integral Design/Engineering

January's Product, Software and Web Site Reviews

• The MTC Webfoot is a revolutionary, low-cost solution that collects and stores three channels of utility meter data, transmits it over standard telephone lines, and presents the data to the user via the Internet.

• The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is an open, global specification that empowers mobile users with wireless devices to easily access and interact with information and services instantly.

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