Articles - December 2002
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BACnet - A Marketing Perspective  No one said it was going to be easy to change vertical, product-based thinking to horizontal, performance-based thinking.  Thomas Zaban, P.Eng. , P Eng, VP Marketing, Reliable Controls  

Make the Pieces Fit Together   This entire approach of working as one was a competitive advantage for both companies. It brought together the talents of everybody in making decisions - resulting in a product that met the needs of two company's customers.  Debra Biela, Marketing Communications Specialist Contemporary Controls

Strengthening Weak Links to Higher Performing Buildings Part 4: The Procurement Process  This series targets weak links in the chain of building design and construction that require strengthening for these anticipated advances to be realized.  Thomas Hartman, The Hartman Company

The Construction Process  The fourth in a series of articles on the delivery of BMCSs to our clients. Jim Henry, National Marketing Manager, Electromation, Australia

Secure Identification Systems  Policy and Technology Choices for a Privacy-Sensitive Solution  Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director, Smart Card Alliance

Building Automation Sessions at AHR Expo, Chicago  This unique industry venue allows us to present our sessions free of charge and free of product influence on topics that we hope are of great interest to the industry.  Ken Sinclair Editor/Owner AutomatedBuildings.com

Articles - November 2002

"Online Training: A Viable Option?"

Strengthening Weak Links to Higher Performing Buildings Part 3: The Design Approach  This series targets weak links in the chain of building design and construction that require strengthening for these anticipated advances to be realized.  Thomas Hartman, The Hartman Company

Real-time Energy Dashboard™   the next new thing in Building Automation  John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc..

Tendering a BMCS  The third in a series of articles on the delivery of BMCSs to our clients. Jim Henry, National Marketing Manager, Electromation, Australia

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Online Training: Lessons Learned  Overall, the program has been very well received and use of the e-learning program has exceeded all of our expectations.  Chariti Young, Training Manager, Automated Logic Corporation

Text Books Aren't Any Fun Without Pictures  What was the industry doing before online training? Who cares? Check out this Web-based system and see how learning and working has been made considerably easier.  Nikki Cuban, Technology Marketing Planner, TXU Energy 

TCP/IP In Building Management Systems  The Network Technology for Today and Tomorrow  Ing. Kees van Grieken - PRIVA Building Intelligence Product Manager

Web Enabled Gateways: Connecting a Gateway to the Software Application  Part 2  KYZ, 4-20mA, AI, DO, Modbus, BACNet, LONWORKS, SMTP client, Web server, DHCP, HTTP, FTP, CSV, XML, XSL, 10BaseT, RS-485, TCP/IP, ODBC…….Confused by this alphabet salad?  Jack Chadowitz, CEO, BostonBase Inc

How to Achieve Proper Indoor Air Quality  The need to maintain proper indoor air quality (IAQ) is a serious concern - the EPA reports that indoor air pollution is ranked as the highest risk to human health among all types of environmental problems.  Staefa Control System  White paper. 

America West Flight Simulator Building  The project learning curve was steep, and the road to success hard, requiring the cooperative efforts of all the parties involved. In the end, though, the original vision was realized, with a truly integrated HVAC System controlled and monitored through a single front-end.  Bill Simpkins, Sales Manager Building Technology Division, Climatec

Industry Focus Shifts to Web Convergence  The first few years of the DDC revolution our industry created a stable of " Awful Mated Buildings " I fear this could occur again with our first attempts at web convergence.  Ken Sinclair,  AutomatedBuildings.com

Favourite Articles

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Steve Tom, PE, PhD, Director Technical Information, Automated Logic Corporation  Web Accessible Control Systems - Lessons Learned
Jonathan Buckley  VP, Marketing & Business Development & Jay H. Hartley, Ph.D. Senior Software Engineer, Netbrowser Communications Your Building Management System May Be Compromising Your Company's Security
September  
Steve Tom, PE, PhD, Director Technical Information, Automated Logic Corporation Web-Based Control Systems - Doing more with more
Jim Henry, National Marketing Manager, Electromation, Australia Specifying Control Systems
August 
Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com Web Based Facilities Operations Guide
July 
John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM Energy Control Inc. Direct Digital Control - A Guide to Distributed Building Automation
May/June
Clay Nesler, Director Advanced Marketing, Johnson Controls, Inc.  Building Systems Commissioning: Let Technology do the Heavy Lifting
March/April
Edward H. Brzezowski P.E., Facility Energy Services, Inc.  The Evolution and Future of Control Systems  
January/February  
Eric Craton and Dave Robin, Automated Logic Information Model: The Key to Integration  
Nov/Dec
Steve Thomas, Johnson Controls, Inc. Our Industry Should Support New Division 17 
Sept/Oct  
John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, Energy Control Inc What's New and Hot in the Building Automation Market?  

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