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February 2005
Bringing Open Systems to Legacy BAS
Environments
Steve Jones, Managing Partner, The S4 Group, Inc.
by making the data
previously locked inside the Metasys®
system available to other BAS and IT systems via open interfaces.
Wireless Sensor Networking Brings New
Opportunities to Energy Management
Mark A. Noyes, CEO & President, WebGen Systems & Andy May, President & CEO,
Millennial Net
One of the exciting characteristics of wireless sensor networking is that it
really does open up possibilities for new products and services and creates
flexibility in systems that have not traditionally been flexible.
Industry leaders come together
People@BuilConn
Anto Budiardjo, President of
Clasma,
Inc.,
We have a lot more
subjects and a lot more people with deep understanding of these subjects.
Trends@BuilConn
Ron Zimmer, President & CEO, CABA
The issues to be covered include changes in CSI
MasterSpec, LEED, CLA initiatives, M2M Device Networking, and how the
information technology industry works.
Development@BuilConn
Anno Scholten, CTO, Plexus Technology Inc
The Development
track at BuilConn is designed for development engineers and product designers
that are interested in the latest technologies being applied to building
automation systems: XML/Web Services and Wireless.
LonWorks@BuilConn
Barry Hasser, Executive Director of
LonMark® International
We will discuss the key trends
driving open systems and provide key perspectives on how to make open systems a
common element of your business, whether you are an end-user, contractor,
specifier or supplier.
BACnet@BuilConn
Jim Lee, President
& CEO, Cimetrics Inc.
The track will
include a number of key BACnet experts to talk about the status, plans and
implementation of BACnet.
oBix@BuilConn
Toby Considine
It is an exciting
time, with the pieces falling into place, and the role of oBIX becoming apparent
to a larger audience. Now we have to focus on the stylistic issues of XML, of
making oBIX look like what the Enterprise is looking for, and we need the eyes
of the entire controls industry to look on what we have, and to submit
suggestions as to how to make it better.
Niagara@BuilConn
Enterprise@BuilConn
Paul Ehrlich, Building Intelligence
Group
The concept of
Enterprise Integration is that groups of buildings can now be centrally managed
and also that we can connect Building Systems to Business Systems.
Wireless@BuilConn
Anto Budiardjo, President of
Clasma,
Inc.,
Wireless should be the
most efficient way to connect devices in buildings.
OpenSystems@BuilConn
Leighton Wolffe
What are the benefits and business value of being able to
integrate an ‘open’ building automation system onto a standard IT platform and
into the business management systems in place at virtually every Fortune 1000
company today?
FM@Builconn
John Huston P.E. TENG & Associates, Inc./TENG Solutions
The FM@BuilConn track enables attendees to learn from
those who have already experienced success applying technology to facility
management.
Owners@BuilConn
Jim Young, Founder & Producer, Realcomm
The technology community needs to spend
the first hour of every new relationship listening to what the client does and
what are their business drivers, their problems that maybe technology can solve.
M2M@BuilConn
Glen Allmendinger, President of
Harbor Research, Inc.
The move to M2M is happening,
and the pace of adoption is accelerating. It is not only possible, it is here.
Energy@BuilConn
Jack Mc Gowan,
President of Energy Control Inc
BuilConn participants will learn how to
position themselves for the opportunity to deliver technology that enables a
more effective U.S. Electric System and integrates building consumption on a
completely new level.
CaseStudies@BuilConn
Ken Sinclair, Owner /Editor of AutomatedBuildings.com
CaseStudies@BuilConn is all about peoples' success
planning and implementing the new reality.
Buildy@BuilConn
Frank Capuano, President Strata Resource Inc.
The Industry Award Program in a Time of Innovation and Convergence
Blues@BuilConn
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The
"Interoperable Blues Band"
Leighton Wolffe
How did this work so
well last year? It was the first time you all met, let alone played together -
you guys didn’t even rehearse.
January 2005
The
Zigbee Revolution
William Sandoval,
Business Development Manager, Digital Systems,
Philips Lighting Electronics/Advance Transformer
Zigbee is a short range, low-power protocol specifically designed for small building devices such as thermostats, lighting controls, ballasts, environmental sensors, and medical devices.
Update on oBIX
Aaron Hansen, Senior Software Engineer, Tridium
The future of building automation will be a new breed of applications that connect facilities with traditional business units such as human resources and accounting, for functions such as cost savings and performance management.
Building Open Systems Seminar
Barry Haaser,
Executive Director of LonMark®
International
We expect the seminars to appeal to a number of industry professionals wrestling with open systems issues. The content is very rich and will be useful for architects, building and facility managers, consulting engineers, electrical and mechanical contractors, and system and network integrators.
2004
in Review
Jack Mc Gowan, President of Energy Control Inc
It seems inevitable at the beginning of a year to look back and consider last year in review. What progress was made over the previous months? In that light I took some time to visit with Jack Mc Gowan recently to get his perspective on significant events in integration and interoperability.
The IB Ranking System will be an online tool intended to assist building owners/managers, the commercial real estate industry and other industry stakeholders assess the level of integrated systems within a building (i.e., develop a BIQ).
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