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03/30/2011
06:55 PM
No
Wires. No Batteries. No Limits. Spartan is proud to be able to supply products and to be a
Participant Member of the EnOcean Alliance.
06:54 PM
Wireless
Sensors Releases Third Generation Sensor Network
SensiNet provides
"out-of-the-box" wireless sensor network for critical monitoring
application
03/30/2011
06:54
PM
FieldServer
Technologies gateways at NFPA Expo 2011 in Boston, June 12-15
FieldServer Technologies links
Fire Alarm Control Panels to Building Automation Systems
03/30/2011
06:53
PM
Industry
Leading Companies Join Fast-Growing EnOcean Alliance
Membership Tops 170 Partners
Representing over 700 Interoperable Products Based on EnOcean's Industry
Standard Energy Harvesting Wireless Technology
03/30/2011
06:52
PM
Stephan
Bauer elected new President of the KNX Association
General Assembly elects a new
Executive Board for the worldwide standard for home and building
automation
03/30/2011
06:52
PM
Reduce
system diagnostic costs by consolidating data from different systems in one
interface using the TH SCOPE The innovative technology of the TH SCOPE enables users to
replace multiple complex diagnostic tools with one, easy-to-use solution.
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03/26/2011
07:44 PM
OpenADR
Progresses Toward International Automated Demand Response
Rollouts Smart
Grid News recently announced that Alstom Grid has acquired the U.S-based Smart
Grid vendor, Utility Integration Solutions, Inc (UISOL). Alstom Grid has
operations across the World and strong in European and Middle East
markets.
03/26/2011
07:43
PM
OPC UA
Webinar Join us
for the upcoming webinar: Reducing OPC UA Development Effort.
03/26/2011
07:42
PM
4
Bravo Marketing Announces a new level of Lead Generation and Marketing for
Industrial Automation 4 Bravo Marketing is not a traditional marketing company; it offers a
specialized approach for lead generation, and business development.
03/26/2011
07:42
PM
Revised
ZigBee Smart Energy Version 2.0 Technical Documents Available for Public
Comment Revisions
include updates inspired by an open development process from public and members
to create comprehensive energy management standards for the HAN
03/26/2011
07:40
PM
BC
Hydro Smart Metering - Technical Overview and Benefits to the
Consumer In 2011,
BC Hydro will begin implementation of the Smart Metering Program.
03/26/2011
07:40
PM
Call
for Entries: Energy Efficiency Forum Accepting Nominations for 2011 Energy
Leadership Awards Awards recognizing leadership in energy efficiency will be presented during
22nd Annual Forum in Washington, D.C.
03/26/2011
07:39
PM
Cisco,
EllisDon and FlexITy Team Up To Help Make Sault Area Hospital One of Canada's
Most Advanced Digital Hospitals Hospital Vision Regarded IT as Integral Design Component
03/26/2011
07:39
PM
IBM
to Acquire TRIRIGA, Inc. to Accelerate Smarter Buildings
Transformation The move aims to accelerate IBM's smarter buildings initiatives by adding
advanced intelligence that improves real estate performance, capital project
management and the outcomes of sustainability initiatives.
03/26/2011
07:38
PM
Veris
Industries Releases Industry's First Native BACnet MS/TP Power and Energy
Meter The meter
is an addition to the popular E50 family, and has been designed to meet the
needs of the commercial building industry.
03/26/2011
07:33
PM
Johnson
Controls increases flexibility of its YORK CYK Chillers with improved control
center Quantum LX
control panel incorporates proven hardware and technology
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03/21/2011
04:18 PM
ControlGraphics.com
launches March Madness Promotion $50 Coupon Code for 3D Equipment Superstore valid through
Championship Game Night.
03/21/2011
04:17
PM
ControlGraphics.com
opens 3D Equipment Superstore Largest Selection of High Quality, Animated 3D Equipment Images
at unbeatable prices.
03/21/2011
04:16
PM
European
ZigBee Developers Conference The ZigBee Developers' Conference is a platform to learn about
the actual and future status of the ZigBee development, to get to know hardware
and software products, and to get acquainted with the development
process.
03/21/2011
04:13
PM
Encelium
Technologies' Meshberg and Forney Guest Speakers at Lightfair International,
Address Lighting Control Designs The LIGHTFAIR International Trade Show & Conference takes
place May 17–19, 2011
03/21/2011
04:13
PM
The
Energy Management solution for Systems Integrators has arrived
An entry-level version of the
full eSight energy management suite, eSight Essential can be easily integrated
as it is fully compatible with most data collection and BMS systems including
Tridium Niagara architecture, oBIX, Obvius AcquiSuite, Trend Supervisor,
EnergyICT, IMServ, CSV and other spreadsheet formats.
03/21/2011
04:06
PM
Assured
Automation Announces New Polypro and PVC Series Butterfly Valves
Assured Automation's FK/FE
Butterfly Valves have been used successfully in many industrial applications,
including industrial process piping systems, acid waste systems, high purity
systems as well as plumbing and mechanical pipe systems.
03/21/2011
04:05
PM
CSWorks
releases HVAC symbol library for building automation systems
CSWorks Inc. released version
1.7.5000.0 of its solution development framework that allows industrial
automation developers to build web-based HMI/SCADA applications that run on
various devices and desktop operating systems without any modifications.
03/21/2011
04:04
PM
NAESCO
Federal Market Workshop Brings Together Public and Private Sector To Discuss
Exciting New Federal Efficiency Projects The National Association of Energy Service Companies
(NAESCO) will host its Sixth Annual Federal Market Workshop on March 16 at the
Pepco building in Washington, DC.
03/21/2011
04:04
PM
Johnson
Controls guarantees $4.7 billion in savings for U.S. public sector energy
efficiency projects Johnson Controls Executive Meets with State Governors to Encourage Support
of Public, Private Sector Energy Savings Projects, Job Creation
03/21/2011
04:02
PM
Sierra
Monitor 2-Wire CO Gas Sensor Module Two-wire, loop powered gas detectors provide the user
with lower cost and easier installation and maintenance.
03/21/2011
04:02
PM
Tridium
Announces New OpenADR Simple Client Driver
As part of Tridium's continued
commitment to helping building owners reduce energy use and cost, the company
announced today the market availability of a new OpenADR (Open Automated Demand
Response) simple client driver for the NiagaraAX Framework.
03/21/2011
04:01
PM
The
Automation Federation and CABA Sign Memorandum of Understanding
The Automation Federation (AF)
and the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) announced today that
they recently signed a memorandum of membership initiating CABA as one of the
newest members of the Automation Federation.
03/21/2011
04:00
PM
ICONICS
2011 Worldwide Customer Summit, Vision 360
Planning for the Decades, and
our 25th Anniversary Celebration.
03/21/2011
03:59
PM
Calendar
Notice - 2012 AHR EXPO Monday, January 23 - Wednesday, January 25, McCormick Place Convention
Center, Chicago, Illinois
03/21/2011
03:57
PM
Design
Firm Helps Historical Dubuque Iowa Building Promote Sustainable
Awareness Through
education, occupants and visitors can understand how they too can be more
sustainable and make an efficient impact on the building.
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03/08/2011
04:18 PM
Distech
Controls Introduces EC-NetAX Security Access Control & CCTV
Solution Integrated Control of HVAC, Lighting, Access and CCTV Provides up to 30%
Energy Savings in Commercial Building Applications
03/08/2011
04:17
PM
Announcing
Aware Technology Aware Technology has been formed, based on NASA R&D, additional layered
intellectual property and the vision of industry professionals, to deliver the
next step in the evolution of HMI/SCADA, DCS Systems and Historians - layered
analytics delivering "Automation Confidence through System Awareness."
03/08/2011
04:15
PM
ASHRAE
Funds Research to Improve Building Maintenance, Operation through Performance
Data Research
Project 1633, "Data and Interfaces for Advanced Building Maintenance and
Operation," will result in development of a set of standard data-driven metrics,
interfaces and dashboards for advanced building operation and management.
03/08/2011
04:14
PM
Upcoming
Webcasts on Energy and Lighting Energy Monitoring, Reporting, and Management & Advanced
Lighting Solutions
03/08/2011
04:12
PM
ConnectivityWeek:
Call for Speakers & Buildy Nominations
Clasma Events is now seeking
speakers and Buildy Award nominations for the annual ConnectivityWeek conference
in Silicon Valley, May 23-26, 2011.
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03/04/2011
12:11 PM
ISA99
Launches Cyber Threat Gap Analysis Task Group
The purpose is to determine if
companies following the ISA99 standards would have been protected from such
sophisticated attacks and to identify changes needed, if any, to the standards
being developed by the ISA99 committee.
03/04/2011
12:10
PM
New
Energy Management Starter (EMSTM) features BACnet and power metering for
building automation systems. The EMS, designed to work with HVAC fans, pumps and various
other equipment, also features an externally accessible keypad and LCD display
for ease of use and more importantly avoids unnecessary contact with potentially
live electrical components.
03/04/2011
12:09
PM
Johnson
Controls Announces Agreement to Acquire EnergyConnect
Acquisition of Leading Provider
of Smart Grid Demand Response Services and Technologies Will Enhance Johnson
Controls' Building Management Offerings
03/04/2011
12:09
PM
ACG 7th
Annual Conference - Registration Open! ACG is pleased to announce that registration has been
officially opened for the 7th Annual Conference on Total Building Commissioning,
April 13-15 in St. Louis!
03/04/2011
12:08
PM
Honeywell
to implement China's first smart grid project for managing energy use in
buildings Proof-of-Concept Pilot Will Evaluate Potential of Wide-Scale Deployment,
Support Development of Industry Standards
03/04/2011
12:07
PM
NanoMarkets
Announces Addition of "Smart Grid Sensing, Monitoring and Control Systems:
Market Opportunities 2011" Report to Firm's Publishing ScheduleThis new report provides
insights and forecasts on the full range of sensing, monitoring and control
systems that are - and will be - sold into the Smart Grid.
03/04/2011
12:06
PM
Web
server. Simplified. Reliable Controls is pleased to announce the official release of the fully
programable MACH-ProWeb (MPW) BACnet Building Controller (B-BC) with a built-in
Web server and operator interface.
03/04/2011
12:05
PM
Adura
Technologies Helps Save Office Tower 45% in Costs, Emissions
The downtown Class A office
tower expects 40-60 percent savings on lighting-related energy costs and carbon
emissions.
03/04/2011
12:03
PM
20%
Promotion for OPC Training in Edmonton: Extended
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troubleshoot, and secure your OPC connections, and network with other automation
professionals. OPC communication problems that often take weeks to diagnose and
resolve can now take minutes.
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03/01/2011
09:59 AM
Leveraging
the Graphic User Interface "Deliver on the Promise" - Leverage Graphic User Interface
Standards to drive Customer Satisfaction and Ensure Expert Results. - William L.
Parrish II, BSME (Rose-Hulman), General Manager, ControlGraphics.com
03/01/2011
09:58
AM
Graphics
Demonstrate What the Eye Can't See Great graphics offer the opportunity to explain the
invisible, allowing you to see what's going on behind the scenes. - Sarah
Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
03/01/2011
09:58
AM
Web
2.0 plus BAS Graphics (UX) Today our web browsers can use the hardware resources of our
graphics cards, and with the advancement of HTML5, our industry will see user
interface advancements that most of us could not have imagined a decade ago. -
Alper Uzmezler, BAS Services & Graphics, LLC
03/01/2011
09:57
AM
The
BAS Industry & Graphics End users generally judge the BAS vendors' product through the
capabilities of the graphics engine. - Nirosha Munasinghe, Product Development
Manager, Open General
03/01/2011
09:57
AM
The
Energy Internet: Greener Buildings in a Networked World
The Internet of Things is making
the Invisible Visible Anywhere - The analytics of this new visibility leads to
Sustainability. - Rick Huijbregts, Vice President, Vertical Industries, Cisco
Canada
03/01/2011
09:56
AM
Visual
Depictions of Data Visual depictions of data are almost universally understood without
requiring knowledge of language. - Nino Kurtalj, President, Elma Kurtalj
Ltd
03/01/2011
09:55
AM
The
Handoff Between A Newly Constructed Building and Building
Operations How
Not To Fumble - Jim Sinopoli, PE, RCCD, LEED AP & Managing Principal Smart
Buildings LLC
03/01/2011
09:55
AM
Distinguishing
a Data Center Monitoring System (DCMS) and Its Benefits
A DCMS specializes in alarm
management and aggregation of data across multiple sites. - Jefferie Mitchell,
Operations Manager, Justin Blumling, Project Manager, Geist Intelligent
Facilities
03/01/2011
09:54
AM
The
rising Cost of energy vs The Cost of doing nothing
Managing facilities and energy
as assets that can be invested in - with a predictable return - is the solution.
- Billal Vindhani, Managing Director, Greenologic Ltd
03/01/2011
09:54
AM
Building
Online Buzz in 2011 Marketing buzz or simply buzz is a term used in word-of-mouth marketing.
The interaction of consumers and users of a product or service serve to amplify
the original marketing message. - Manny Mandrusiak, Managing Creative
Consultant, 4 Bravo Marketing
03/01/2011
09:53
AM
Telecom
Service Providers Target M2M and Automation
Service providers have figured
out that it's not only IT systems that can be managed for clients but any sensor
or device on any system or network, many of which operate in buildings. - Jim
Sinopoli, PE, RCCD, LEED AP & Managing Principal Smart Buildings LLC
03/01/2011
09:52
AM
Open
Source Physical Security Software Open source software would automatically have built into it open
protocols such as SAML (Secure Assertion Markup Language), SPML (Service
Provisioning Markup Language), XACML (eXtensible Access Control Markup
Language), LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) and many other emerging
privacy, identity and network standards. - Guy Huntington, Huntington Ventures
Ltd
03/01/2011
09:47
AM
Destination:
"Best In Class" Being able to demonstrate to a customer a comprehensive plan for tracking
and executing their service and maintenance needs is an incredible sales tool. -
Joe Eagle, Software Development Manager, Control Technologies Inc.
03/01/2011
09:46
AM
Building
Clouds? Building
Cloud's ownership is made up of industry professionals who have been involved in
systems integration, building automation and facilities management for over 75
years. - Bob Wallace, Building Clouds
03/01/2011
09:45
AM
Open,
Interoperable Lighting Controls We strongly believe that by utilizing open and interoperable
industry standards, the lighting controls industry can overcome the key issues
that have kept large-scale solutions from being widely adopted. - Danny Yu, CEO,
Daintree Networks
03/01/2011
09:44
AM
"Grid
Aware" Buildings Building Automation has rapidly morphed into a pervasive technology
following the rapid changes that have occurred in web-based information
dissemination. - Marco Pritoni, UC Davis
03/01/2011
09:44
AM
Integrating
facilities management for efficient building operation
In today's environment, facility
managers are faced with several significant challenges as they struggle to
manage the needs of their organization. - John Bishop, Industry Leader,
Facilities Management Solutions, Invensys Operations Management
03/01/2011
09:43
AM
Controls
Devices (Part 2 of 3) Rules of thumb to follow for TC installation & design - Steven R.
Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
03/01/2011
09:42
AM
Can
Specifications Lead the Advancement of Systems Integration?
Perhaps, but keep in mind that
specifications in and of themselves do not dictate who does what. - Paul
Ehrlich, Ira Goldschmidt & Angela Lewis Building Intelligence Group
03/01/2011
09:41
AM
Building
Online Buzz in 2011 Marketing buzz or simply buzz is a term used in word-of-mouth marketing. -
Manny Mandrusiak, Managing Creative Consultant, 4 Bravo Marketing
03/01/2011
09:40
AM
Anywhereness
at AHRExpo 2011 Vegas A well attended AHR Expo has come and gone. A hectic few days to try and
catch up with the industry. This is the piece I wrote for the show daily that
tried to explain to the masses of over 50,000 at show, where the building
automation industry is today. Somewhere between anywhere and everywhere.
03/01/2011
09:39
AM
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.
03/01/2011
09:37
AM
New
Products for March A brief description of some new products for the industry
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