Articles - December 2005

Our authors provide insight into our rapidly evolving industry.
 Please take the time to read their valuable articles.

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Real World Interoperability  Effective Building Security Systems Interoperate With Other Systems to Reduce Costs and Solve Tough Problems. Scott Howell, Manager Worldwide Marketing, Hirsch Electronics

Flexible Master's Programme in Intelligent Buildings  The principal aim of the programme is to provide advanced knowledge of intelligent buildings and hence educate those who will commission, design and operate such buildings. Professor Derek Clements-Croome, (Professor of Architecture Engineering), Director of Research at the School, Director of Intelligent Buildings Research Group, The University of Reading, UK

Building IP Network Convergence You will know this has happened when everyone stops talking about protocols and starts building innovative, high functioning, low cost controllers. John C. Greenwell, IBS Sales Engineer, Continental Electrical Construction Company, LLC

Professional Design of CCTV Systems  During the design of CCTV systems much time is spent on estimating lens focal length and the right location of video cameras to get the necessary image on the screen. Stanislav Utochkin, CCTVCAD Software

Open Platform Technology  The Application of Lean Design Open Platform Technology to Facilitate Integrated Building Projects  Mark Hunter, MD, Integration Systems Limited (ISL)

In Search of the Intelligent Building The quest for technology to enable Intelligent Buildings has been around for almost two decades. Anto Budiardjo, President & CEO, Clasma Events Inc.

Integration Distributors – The Preferred Channel Integration Distributors understand, stock and support multiple manufacturers and they are committed to finding the best products for an application regardless of who makes them.  Jim Hayman, Director of Business Development, Controls Group North America

Integrating Intelligence  The end of the year is a fine time to gaze forward, not in terms of decades from now, but in terms of what’s being done right now that will have major effects in the future. The controls industry is undergoing a radical restructuring as technology evolves. Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? A cultural clash is occurring as major IT folks join our industry.  Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com

Articles - November 2005

Costs Down, Margins Up  Doing things once, and doing them right, is a necessary first step in eliminating waste. Al De Wachter, President, ICS  (Independent Control Specialists Inc) 

What is an Intelligent Building? Part 2: Intelligent Building Construction and Operation Paul Ehrlich, P.E. Building Intelligence Group

Building Automation Industry Cries for Valuation Tools CABA IIBC Delivers Thomas J. Lohner, P.E., Vice President, TENG Solutions

Healthy buildings – a healthier planet  Healthy buildings simply make a healthier planet – world class builders in the knowledge age now have the solution keys in their hands.  Anu Kätkä, International Director, Lonix Oy

ADR Research and GridWise Interoperability Constitution Giving our full support  Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com

Past Favorites 

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October Jon Williamson, Chairman, BACnet Conference & Expo BACnet Conference & Expo  Update:
September Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com Building Automation has become Pointless
August Paul Ehrlich, P.E. Building Intelligence Group What Is An Intelligent Building? 
July Deepak Wanner, Precidia Technologies Hotel PBX: The Road to IP
June George Thomas, Contemporary Controls Power Over Ethernet
May Sinclair/McGowan/Considine/Zivney ES Supplement George Thomas, Contemporary Controls Hubs versus Switches
April Eldon Ziegler, Energy Micro Systems HVAC Automation and the Light Commercial Market 
March Thanh Nguyen, LCN America Building Automation with LCN
February Michael R. Brambley and Srinivas Katipamula, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Beyond Commissioning: The Role of Automation
January Edward Hague, CTO, ProtoCessor Division, FieldServer Technologies ProtoCessor - A Protocol Solution
December Steve Tom, PE, PhD, Director of Technical Information, Automated Logic Corporation Web Services – A New BACnet Standard 
Guy Zebrick, Account Manager, Kele, Inc  ZigBee or Not ZigBee
November Jack Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.  Integrated, Interoperable and Intelligent  …

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