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01/31/2012
10:11 AM Belimo's
New EF Spring Return Actuator, the most powerful of its kind!
The EF actuator utilizes rugged
components in a pressure cast aluminum housing for added strength and
reliability. It offers a high torque output of 270 in-lbs and a NEMA 4 option to
meet tough environmental conditions found in many HVAC applications.
01/31/2012
10:10
AM Belimo
Releases NFB, NFX New Generation of Actuators
Belimo Americas, the leading
producer of electronic control valves and air damper actuators, has introduced
the New Generation NFB, NFX series that, once again, raises the bar for actuator
quality, reliability and technical prowess.
01/31/2012
10:09
AM Belimo's
New Actuator Retrofit Solution for the Small Valve - Compact Yet
Powerful Belimo
Americas, the leading producer of electronic control valves and air damper
actuators, is introducing the new the UGSL1200 linkage. The linkage returns the
Powermite MZ/MT short stroke valve back into service when the original actuator
has failed; keeping the valve in service by only retrofitting the
actuator.
01/31/2012
10:09
AM Belimo
Introduces Quick Running Family of Actuators
Belimo Aircontrols (USA)
introduces its quick running line of non-spring actuators, designed with the
power, flexibility and efficiency that today's applications demand.
01/31/2012
10:08
AM Johnson
Controls' EnergyConnect leads consortium to help major Pennsylvania utility
reduce electricity demand during peak hours
Industry leaders collaborate to
provide demand response resources to meet state-mandated load reduction
targets
01/31/2012
10:07
AM 2011
version of the Green Standard Now Available from ASHRAE, USGBC,
IES Changes to
help make buildings and systems more sustainable are part of the newly published
version of the high performance green building standard from ASHRAE, the U.S.
Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Illuminating Engineering
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01/27/2012
02:12 PM KMC
Press Releases AHR Expo 2012 FlexStat Control of Copeland Scroll Digital Compressor - KMC
Controls and Titus HVAC Collaborate to Simplify Air Distribution New, Fully
Configured VAV Terminal Units Lowers Costs and Increases Ease of Installation -
BACnet Offering Extended to Wireless via EnOcean - Modular Control Solutions for
UFAD, VAV, and Hydronic Applications - FlexStat Now Available with CO2 Sensing
& IP Connectivity
01/27/2012
02:11
PM Empowering
Customers With a Green Button Sixty days ago, U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra challenged the utility
industry to enable consumers to download their detailed energy usage with the
simple click of a "Green Button."
01/27/2012
02:09
PM LOYTEC:
Best Product of the Year 2011 Winner at LonMark International Best of the Year Awards for
Three Years
01/27/2012
02:09
PM LonMark
International Unveils "Best of the Year" Winners
EPAL Laboratories, Infranet
Partners, Loytec and Schneider Electric Demonstrate Innovation, Vision and
Leadership in 2011
01/27/2012
02:08
PM Honeywell
Launches Full-Scale Smart Grid Project to Reduce Strain on Electrical Networks
in the UK London-Area Pilot Proves Automated Demand Response Can Cut Peak Energy Use
in Commercial and Industrial Facilities, Leads to Broad Deployment
01/27/2012
02:07
PM Luxoft
Demonstrates Power Grid Management Framework Integrated with Space-Time Insight
at DistribuTECH 2012 Integration of Luxoft DMFusion and Space-Time Insight's Geospatial Software
Accelerates the Delivery of Situational Intelligence Solutions for the Power
Grid
01/01/2012
02:09 PM Building
Intelligence Becomes Mobile Any Platform, Any Place, Any Time. - Korey Warzala, Marketing
Associate, DGLogik, Inc
01/01/2012
02:08
PM Energy
Dashboards Are Evolving As energy dashboards continue to evolve, building performance
will be something that's more visual and more accessible for everyone, anywhere,
anytime. - Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
01/01/2012
02:07
PM Pushing
Stakeholder Collaboration Beyond Construction
This new technology takes the
design to all the stakeholders on a project and makes the invisible visible to
all, allowing the architect, facility managers, contractors, and even product
manufacturers to collaborate freely and in real time in any platform-anyplace,
anytime, anywhere. - Nicholas Jeffery, COO, VIMtrek
01/01/2012
02:07
PM Visualization
The Key to Improving Building
Performance - John Petze, C.E.M. SkyFoundry
01/01/2012
02:06
PM Predictions
for Smart Buildings in 2012 Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP, Managing Principal, Smart
Buildings LLC
01/01/2012
02:06
PM Sub-Metering
a Hotel for LEED Certification Energy Systems Management and Verification White Paper -
Continental Control Systems LLC
01/01/2012
02:05
PM Addressable
Lighting Control Systems Help buildings achieve coveted USGBC LEED certification. - Terry
Mocherniak, Encelium
01/01/2012
02:05
PM Collaborating
Services The
Challenges of Interoperability - David Webber, Information Architect, Oracle
Corporation
01/01/2012
02:04
PM Pleasanton
Public Library Reduces Lighting Energy Use
by 46% with Wireless Lighting
Controls - Philip Lavee, VP Sales & Marketing, Adura Technologies
01/01/2012
02:03
PM SCADA
Improves Hospital Building Management System
New SCADA system meets stringent
requirements of Moscow hospital, including Cyrillic alphabet displays. -
InduSoft
01/01/2012
02:03
PM Trends
in HVAC Control And bucking the trends via the BAS? - Steven R. Calabrese, Control
Engineering Corp.
01/01/2012
02:02
PM Content
is King in the Year of the Panda Unique Content and Viral Marketing will be factors in 2012 to
increase Google Ranking - Manny Mandrusiak, Managing Creative Consultant, 4
Bravo Marketing
01/01/2012
02:01
PM Cell
Phones, Photo Frames … and BAS? AKA: Customer Service Includes Honoring Commitments - Andy
McMillan, President and GM Philips Teletrol
01/01/2012
02:01
PM Cloud-Ready
Buildings and Open Source A building that can connect to a cloud with minimal start-up
costs is cloud-ready. - Toby Considine, TC9 Inc
01/01/2012
01:59
PM In-house
BAS Department? What skills should an owner look for to better support their building
systems especially controls and BAS? - Paul Ehrlich, Ira Goldschmidt &
Angela LewisBuilding Intelligence Group
01/01/2012
01:59
PM The
Importance of Doing BAS Right An optimized system has the potential to provide improved
operation, reliability, and of course energy efficiency. - Paul Ehrlich, Ira
Goldschmidt & Angela LewisBuilding Intelligence Group
01/01/2012
01:58
PM Connecting
Communities for Continuous Conservation Visualization through graphics can allow buildings to
become an integral part of a community and "Come to Life" while teaching
occupants about sustainability. - Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
01/01/2012
01:57
PM J2
Innovation's Unified Toolset A unified toolset for creating the User Experience across
multiple client platforms ranging from desktop browsers to mobile and handheld
devices. - B. Scott Muench, Vice President, Marketing and Business
Development,J2 Innovations
01/01/2012
01:55
PM AHR
2012 Overview Summary of AHR Press Releases, New Products / Releases and Our Advertisers
at AHR
01/01/2012
01:54
PM What
does "Open" mean? "Open" is a fundamental key word that has driven the BAS industry over the
last decade and will continue to drive it in the future. Open standards, open
protocols, open architecture and open web are some of the key concepts. This
session will explore several open source movements including Project Haystack,
Open ADR and others.
01/01/2012
01:53
PM 2012
Niagara Summit April 29-May 2 Tridium has pioneered "Open" in our industry with the Niagara
Framework. I have been invited to be part this year's Niagara Community Summit
event in Vegas. I look forward to learning more on how the community is
redefining and increasing the "Value of Virtual ".
01/01/2012
01:52
PM Across
My Desk Every
month there is a blizzard of information contained in the emails and newsletters
that cross my desk on their way to AutomatedBuildings.com. Some of this
information is not in the form of any type of content we can publish but I feel
I should share with you these snippets, blog bits, and url links that are about
to fall off my desktop.
01/01/2012
01:51
PM New
Products for January A brief description of some new products for the industry