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11/30/2012
11:49 AM WattStopper
sponsors new professional lighting education program at University of
Colorado The
RMLA, an extension of the highly regarded lighting education program at the
University of Colorado (CU), will provide continuing education to professionals
working in the lighting industry beginning in the summer of 2013.
11/30/2012
11:48
AM iGloLED:
Phone Controlled Lights If you're not familiar with the product iGloLED is wifi
controllable lights.
11/30/2012
11:48
AM Leading
with BACnet Reliable Controls is pleased to announce four new BACnet Testing
Laboratories (BTL) certifications: MACH-ProAir, MACH-ProZone, RC-Archive version
3, and RC-Studio 2.0.
11/30/2012
11:47
AM Open
4 Business - The NEW Reliable Controls HQ October 18, 2012
The 8 million dollar annex to
the existing Reliable Controls building is a targeted LEED Platinum facility
that will be instrumental in showcasing Reliable Controls products.
11/30/2012
11:44
AM QA
Graphics Offers Partner Resources with BAS Graphic Services
QA Graphics, leading provider of
design services for the building automation industry, is pleased to announce
that they are providing marketing resources for clients utilizing their BAS
graphic services.
11/01/2012
10:02 AM Campus-wide
Lighting Integration and So Much More Fixture-connected multi-sensor devices control lighting
and collect new environmental and people-centric data to drive HVAC, demand
response, and space utilization decisions. - Steve M. Smith, Director of
Business Development, Enlighted Inc. and John Greenwell, Founder and President,
CEPORT, LLC
11/01/2012
10:01
AM Advantages
of DALI DALI
fixtures in your building have a unique I.P. address and, can be controlled
individually or in a group, without any limitation. - Maxime Lacroix,
Administrative Officer, Cristal Controls
11/01/2012
10:01
AM Shedding
Some Light Building designers, owners, managers and tenants are now more than ever
looking at technologies that can have a measurable and continuous cost reduction
impact. - Dave Craven, Principal, KC Rep Source LLC
11/01/2012
10:00
AM Integrated
Building and Facility Management BMS is increasingly being positioned as a key business enabler
that can function across a broad front. - Dr. Hari Gunasingham, Founder and CEO
of Sigma Sustainability Institute
11/01/2012
10:00
AM Are
Utilities Ready for the Smart Grid? Utilities must change current cultural behaviors to
embrace the technology and learn from mistakes to deliver a smart grid that is
viable to its investors. - Nirosha Munasinghe MBusIT BSc BE (Hons) (Melb)
11/01/2012
09:59
AM Using
DC Power in Buildings and Ending the War of Currents - Jim Sinopoli, Managing Principal, Smart
Buildings, LLC
11/01/2012
09:58
AM Migrate
Legacy BAS with Smoke Control Smoke Control Application Integration, Best Practices and
Lessons Learned - Steven E Jones, Managing Partner, The S4 Group, Inc
11/01/2012
09:58
AM Graphic
Communities Drive Standards The company provides graphic services for all building
automation systems including Alerton, Andover, Computrols, KMC Controls,
Reliable Controls, Siemens Building Technologies, Tridium, Schneider Electric,
American Auto Matrix, Honeywell, Delta Controls, Distech Controls, Johnson
Controls, Inc. and Trane. - Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director, QA Graphics
11/01/2012
09:57
AM The
Security Industry Restructures to Meet New Challenges
Manufacturers are now partnering
with system integrators to develop solutions that work across different vertical
markets that add value not just for improving security but to increase operating
efficiencies. - Allan McHale, Director, Memoori
11/01/2012
09:57
AM Making
Sense of Energy Information Energy monitoring system provides simple, easy to comprehend,
visual tools to identify anomalies. - Abhay Ambati, PMP, CEA, LEED GA - Noveda
Technologies
11/01/2012
09:56
AM Energy
Insurance Allstate needed a solution that could aggregate all of their energy usage
information into a single central database. - Alissa Baranski, Marketing
Assistant, eSight Energy, Inc.
11/01/2012
09:56
AM Tomorrow's
IP-Based Access Control System on Today's Serial Network Infrastructure using PCN IP-485
Technology - S. Venkat Shastri, PCN Technology, Inc.
11/01/2012
09:55
AM Metering:
The Hows & The Whys Campus-wide metering project pays dividends - Steven R.
Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
11/01/2012
09:54
AM Looking
for leads in all the right places Some business development hints to grow a customer base - Manny
Mandrusiak, Managing Creative Consultant, 4 Bravo Marketing
11/01/2012
09:54
AM Tipping
Point for Fault Detection and Diagnostics?
Ideally delivery of FDD will
allow for BAS to transition from providing data (i.e. alarms) to actionable
information, which can be used for improved operations and efficiency. - Paul
Ehrlich, Ira Goldschmidt & Angela Lewis Building Intelligence Group
11/01/2012
09:53
AM Connecting
Connection Communities This topic is on my mind because I have been in dialogue with several in
the industry about our event at this year's AHR Expo "Why we need to be part of
several Connection Communities?" - Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings
11/01/2012
09:53
AM An
Update on Project Haystack Haystack tagging makes it possible for visualization software to
assemble graphics of equipment systems with almost no human involvement. - Brian
Frank, Founder SkyFoundry
11/01/2012
09:52
AM Realcomm
In The Trenches In this week's Advisory, we sat down with Ken Sinclair, the Publisher and
Owner of AutomatedBuildings.com, and asked him to share his thoughts on how
technology and automation have impacted the commercial real estate industry. -
Realcomm Staff
11/01/2012
09:51
AM EasyIO?
EasyIO will go direct to
Systemview, directly through the Internet without any additional devices or
difficult protocols - Mike Marston, Co-Owner of EasyIO Holdings Pte Ltd.
11/01/2012
09:50
AM Digital
Lighting Networks Strategies including task tuning, occupancy sensing, daylighting, personal
control, lumen maintenance and scheduling. - Susie Minton, Vice President
Marketing, Lumenergi
11/01/2012
09:50
AM Control
Trends Awards The
Control Trends Awards were created to provide a chronological means to
acknowledge and capture the extraordinary technologies, companies, products, and
mostly importantly, personal accomplishments. - Eric Stromquist, Stromquist
& Company and CTA Co-Chairman, Ken Smyers, Edward C. Smyers Company and CTA
Co-Chairman
11/01/2012
09:49
AM InsideIQ
InsideIQ is an international
network representing common building automation, energy and security system
platforms. - Mark Balent, President, Board of Directors, InsideIQ
11/01/2012
09:48
AM The
S4 Group and the Connection Community The Connection Community is member directed, member
moderated, very agile, and can frequently morph itself to meet the needs of its
membership. - Steve Jones, Managing Partner, The S4 Group, Inc
11/01/2012
09:48
AM BACnet
International and the Connections Community
The more engaged the building
community is, from engineers and architects to facility managers and owners, the
faster standards and solutions will evolve to meet their needs. - Michael R.
Wilson, Business Development Manager, OEMCtrl, Marketing Committee Chair, BACnet
International
11/01/2012
09:47
AM Niagara
and the Connection Community Community events like the Niagara Summit and the Niagara Forum
encouraged participation of 3rd party companies using Niagara, and the
attendance grew year after year. - B. Scott Muench, Vice President, Marketing
and Business Development,J2 Innovations
11/01/2012
09:46
AM A
Collection of Connection Communities - Connection Communities Education Session AHRExpo 2013
Dallas.
11/01/2012
09:45
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.
11/01/2012
09:45
AM Why
ONVIF? - Driving
IP-based physical security through global standardization
11/01/2012
09:44
AM Shanghai
Intelligent Building Technology - Exhibitors highlight the growth of intelligent building in
East China
11/01/2012
09:43
AM Connecting
the Robotics Industry And I don't mean connecting wires or components or systems. - Bob
Hetherington, RoboticsTomorrow
11/01/2012
09:42
AM New
Products for November A brief description of some new products for the industry.