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11/30/2011
01:49 PM LONMARK
at AHR Expo 2012 - Booth 3436 LONMARK will continue to build upon this momentum at AHR Expo
2012 with two full days of free educational seminars; a member focus group
luncheon; general meeting and member reception; and professional certification
training and testing.
11/30/2011
01:48
PM CAN2GO
will launch new line of wireless peripherals and show new Web BMS features -
Booth 3929 For
the third year in a row, CAN2GO has received recognition from the AHR Expo
Innovation awards.
11/30/2011
01:47
PM ISA
Announces New Building Automation Systems Division
The International Society of
Automation (ISA) announces the formation of a new Technical Division, the
Building Automation Systems Division, which was approved at the Society's annual
Fall Leaders Meeting in October in Mobile Alabama, USA. The new technical
division will launch January 2012.
11/30/2011
01:46
PM Control
See introduces Compound Alarm Condition The alarm notification is one of the most important
functionality of any SCADA or DCS application. In case of an alarm, you want to
know about it and the sooner the better. In most cases alarms are sent to your
cell phone as a text message (SMS), to your pager, or a voice message sent to
your phone.
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11/25/2011
04:07 PM The KNX
Stars at WorldSkills London 2011 Not only was KNX used as the protocol of choice for the very
first time in the Electrical Installation category, but also hundreds of
students took the opportunity to visit the KNX stand to see why KNX represents
the future of intelligent building technology.
11/25/2011
04:05
PM Cape
Town Station boasts high-tech BMS Province Lighting/Automation/Switching is responsible for the
highly efficient Building Management System (BMS) in operation at the
refurbished Cape Town Station, the hub of the Metrorail Western Cape commuter
rail network situated in the city's Central Business District (CBD).
11/25/2011
04:04
PM FieldServer
Technologies at AHR 2012 - Booth 3625 Featured this year is the new QuickServer, a cost
effective, fully configurable, powerful gateway that incorporates the power of
FieldServer backed by the proven FieldServer Technical Support Team.
11/25/2011
04:04
PM CEA
Forms Smart Grid Interface Standards Committee
Committee to Accelerate Adoption
and Growth of Smart Grid Products
11/25/2011
04:03
PM Grid-Interop
Gets Real: Top Smart Grid Interoperability Leaders Focus on
Implementation For the fifth year, Grid-Interop will gather the top technical Smart Grid
minds to discuss real-world implementations of interoperability and advance
Smart Grid standards, architecture and community in Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 5-8,
2011.
11/25/2011
04:03
PM Daintree
Networks Expands the Wireless Lighting Community with New ControlScope Connected
Partners Leading
Wireless Lighting Controls Company Adds Six Members to Partner Program
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11/16/2011
10:35 AM The
GridWise Architecture Council Announces its Annual Call for Candidates
2012! There are
eight seats to be filled in this cycle. Six council members, whose term is up
for the renewal, have indicated their interest to serve another 2-year
term.
11/16/2011
10:34
AM Building
Automation Controls Specialist Automated Facility Solutions Expands into
Virginia AFS
announces the acquisition of Service Logic partner company, Joyner's
Mechanical.
11/16/2011
10:34
AM Honeywell
Awarded $21.7-Million Contract at Heathrow's Terminal 2
Company's Technology to Help
Improve Energy Efficiency, Customer Safety and Comfort in New Terminal
11/16/2011
10:33
AM Women
In HVACR Becomes AHR Expo's 35th Endorsing Organization
Dedicated to providing a
platform for women to become more successful through strategic networking
opportunities with other women in the industry, Women in HVACR
(www.womeninhvacr.org), will play a very active role in the 2012 AHR Expo taking
place January 23-25 at Chicago's McCormick Place.
11/16/2011
10:32
AM LonMark
International Achieves Certification Milestone
Certifications Enable
Knowledgeable Workforce to Deliver High-Quality Integrated Solutions,
Better-Tailored to Suit Customer Requirements
11/16/2011
10:31
AM The
Great Gas Race for Building Automation Sensors
IMS Research's latest report
"The EMEA and Americas Markets for Building Automation Controllers, Software and
Sensors - 2011 Edition" forecasts double digit growth, in shipments, of air
quality and gas sensors used for demand based ventilation within buildings over
the next five years.
11/16/2011
10:30
AM Trebing
+ Himstedt Signs Wesco as Distributor Trebing + Himstedt Signs Wesco as
Distributor Trebing + Himstedt Processautomation GmbH & Co. KG announces the
signing of WESCO Industrial Automation Group (A Division of WESCO Distribution)
to distribute their Industrial Communication Solutions and Services for Fieldbus
and Ethernet networks.
11/16/2011
10:29
AM Reliable
Controls ISO 9001 Certified We are pleased to announce that after a year of implementation
efforts, reviewing, updating, and documenting our quality processes throughout
the company, Reliable Controls was audited by the ISO Registrar QMI/SAI Global
and have successfully achieved formal ISO 9001 certification.
11/16/2011
10:27
AM ASHRAE
Provides Guidance on the "How-To's" of Energy Audits
The new publication includes
time-saving tips for energy auditors, how to hire an auditor, what to ask for in
a comprehensive audit report and how to build a successful energy efficiency
retrofit team.
11/01/2011
10:39 AM Turning
Your Buildings into a Battery to Reduce Energy Costs
Commercial and institutional
buildings have inherent thermal capacity to store energy. The trick is how to
integrate building operations with electric grid operations to leverage a
buildings thermal mass and drastically reduce energy expense. - Phil C. Bomrad,
President, & Beth Cushing, Director Marketing Communications, Clean Urban
Energy, Inc.
11/01/2011
10:38
AM Critical
Mass The
unstoppable momentum for open and integrated building systems. - Jim Sinopoli
PE, RCDD, LEED AP, Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
11/01/2011
10:36
AM Controls
Spring What if
the controls contractor had a standard open programming language? When they are
building DDC code they are actually generating the O&M manual and graphics
by definition and the code is vendor independent. When the new controls
contractor walks into the building, they see all the data digitally about the
building. They can actually query the system. - Alper Uzmezler, BAS Services
& Graphics, LLC
11/01/2011
10:35
AM Hit
Efficiency Out of the Park with Advanced Lighting Control
Toronto's Rogers Centre Achieves
56 to 79 Percent Energy Savings - Tony Marano, President & CEO, Encelium
Technologies
11/01/2011
10:35
AM Educating
and Engaging Occupants on Energy Efficiency
Get Your Occupants on Board -
Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
11/01/2011
10:34
AM The
Perfect Storm Cloud Services for the Built Environment Ecosystem - Edward H. Brzezowski,
PE, LEED AP
11/01/2011
10:33
AM Building
Analytics from a Different View Why Video Cameras are the Swiss Army Knife of Building Sensors -
Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, LEED AP, Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
11/01/2011
10:31
AM Energy/Jobs/GDP/Surplus/Deficit
What has all that to do with
building automation? - Nino Kurtalj, President, Elma Kurtalj Ltd
11/01/2011
10:30
AM Submetering
for Improved Building Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Performance Whether designed in or retrofitted, submeters are installed on the
"building side" of the main utility meter to measure energy usage from the
enterprise level all the way down to a single device or circuit. - Don
Millstein, E-Mon
11/01/2011
10:29
AM Merging
Thermal Storage with Load Shifting for Efficient Cooling
The theory behind load shifting
is to use more power when it's cheap and less power when it's expensive. - Adam
VanOort, President, DataNab
11/01/2011
10:29
AM Avoid
the Crisis Achieve Zero Downtime - Roy Kok, AutomationSMX
11/01/2011
10:28
AM Turning
a Metasys Supervisory Controller into a BACnet Client
The supervisory controller as a
BACnet client enhancement moves the BACnet-N2 Router beyond its original N2
gateway functionality, encapsulating the entire Metasys system. - Steve Jones,
Managing Partner, The S4 Group, Inc.
11/01/2011
10:27
AM What
You Should Know About Protocols While Selecting a Building Management System (BMS) - Dr. Abtar
Singh, Founder & CEO, Singh360 Inc
11/01/2011
10:42
AM Open
Control Language Discussion Our Ongoing Discussion
11/01/2011
10:42
AM EMerge
Alliance Update We continue to make progress toward the vision of DC power throughout
buildings. - Brian Patterson, Chairman, The EMerge Alliance
11/01/2011
10:41
AM ASHRAE
62.1-2010 and CO2-based DCV The actual determinant of space ventilation rate (Vbz in the
62.1 procedure) is population. CO2 control proponents mostly ignore that fact
and prefer to focus your attention on odor and human bioeffluents. - Len
Damiano, Vice President - Marketing & International Sales, EBTRON
11/01/2011
10:27
AM BAS
Interface Methods to Packaged Equipment Can We Talk? - Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering
Corp.
11/01/2011
10:26
AM 5
Tips to Maximize Your 2012 Marketing Dollar
Use the 5 W's to ensure a
maximum return on advertising dollars. - Manny Mandrusiak, Managing Creative
Consultant, 4 Bravo Marketing
11/01/2011
10:25
AM Planning
for Abundance So
what if things did change? What if distribution and electricity were not the
be-all of commercial and domestic energy? Toby Considine, TC9 Inc
11/01/2011
10:24
AM Where
Is the BAS Industry Going? Further, without new manufacturers entering the market (which
bring new, fresh ideas to BAS products) what will lead the industry to product
improvements and innovations? - Paul Ehrlich, Ira Goldschmidt & Angela Lewis
Building Intelligence Group
11/01/2011
10:22
AM What
"Open" might mean One piece of the larger open puzzle is the present restrictions around
proprietary control languages. - Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
11/01/2011
10:22
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.
11/01/2011
10:21
AM AHR
Expo 2012 Education Sessions How to Make Sustainability and Energy Visible
11/01/2011
10:20
AM New
Products for November A brief description of some new products for the industry.