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An Open Letter to the Clinton Climate Initiative It isn’t just a few who want this Initiative to succeed. All of society wants it to succeed and is watching us to see if we can work together well and hard enough to be certain it will! Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
Commissioning Forever “The system of nature, of which man is a part, tends to be self-balancing, self-adjusting, self-cleansing. Not so with technology.” E.F. Schumacher, Small is Beautiful Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, Managing Principal, Sinopoli and Associates
Four steps to make money from DR Understand - Internalize - Plan - Execute Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Energy… how do you turn Buzz into Business? The simple answer to that question is that automation is the “enabling technology” for demand response. John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Weather On Demand A New Way for Building Automation to Leverage Real-time Weather Information Roy Kok, VP Sales and Marketing, Kepware Technologies
Demand Response Case Study Trojan Battery invested over $500,000 for summer demand response and their utility reimbursed them. Now Trojan gets lower rates that are saving the company thousands on its electric bill every month. Denis DuBois, Editor, Energy Priorities
Are you ready for changing 21st Century energy markets? Energy resources will continue to become increasingly scarce, however, their scarcity and attendant price escalation drives technological improvements in building, operating and maintaining the facilities that use those resources. Peter M. Schwartz, Principal, Peter Schwartz & Associates, LLC
Why Building Automation Should Be More Like Football Good players win games. Can your building “win” with the system that’s currently installed? If not, take advantage of every opportunity to upgrade outdated systems. Tim Kensok, Director of Business Development, AirAdvice, Inc.
Designing a Daylight Harvesting System (Part 2 of 2) It is a rule in lighting control that the higher the number of control zones in a space, the more flexibility and control accuracy will be gained, at the expense of cost and more sophisticated commissioning. Craig DiLouie, Principal, ZING Communications, Inc. & Communications Director Lighting Controls Association
Truth About Megapixel This is the first in a series of three articles separating fact from fiction with regard to the fast-growing megapixel camera technology. Paul Bodell, Officer, Vice President Sales & Marketing, IQinVision
Parking Lot Gets Smart with ZigBee The automation process requires placing ”smart” detection sensors next to the parking spaces throughout the parking lot. Alex Leonov, Marketing Manager, MeshNetics
Delivering Sustainability Sustainability is a complex issue and Intelligent Building technologies are a large part of the solution. Paul Ehrlich PE, President, Building Intelligence Group LLC
Demand Response: Information Is Power Patrick Mazza, Research Director, Climate Solutions
The "BUZZ" about ADR So what’s all the BUZZ about Automated Demand Response (ADR)? Ed Richards, President and CEO, Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence, Inc
Rapidly Changing Fundamentals of Demand Response Today’s demand response products are more finely honed instruments that give decision makers the tools to design and implement a proactive energy strategy that helps manage risk every hour of the day. Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Senior Director of Energy Technology Services, Constellation NewEnergy
NewEnergy AllianceSM The Alliance will help empower and create immediate revenue opportunities for all who wish to directly participate in demand response with their products, services and technologies. Leighton Wolffe, Principal, Wolffe Technology Consultants
Multi-Site Demand Response Technology Moves Into the Retail Space Using a multi-site demand response program to control utility costs will be particularly effective if the design of the buildings take into account the need to accommodate this strategy. Bob Coppenhaver, Director Product Management and Marketing, NovarÒ
Automated Demand Response and BACnet® Buildings that have BACnet-based building control systems are particularly well positioned to participate in DR programs. Jim Butler, CTO, Cimetrics Inc.
Next Generation Demand Response the Readily Available Green Energy Solution Steve Schaefer, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, EnergyConnect Inc.
Graphical User Interfaces When web design and building automation graphical user interfaces converge…Alper Uzmezler, Systems Integrator, Building Automation Systems Services
Opportunity Overload? “The opportunities surrounding Demand Response (DR) cannot be underestimated. These opportunities are available today for building system contractors, integrators and owners.” Ken Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column - September 2007
Pressure Transmitters – Selection & Placement
Understand the concepts behind sizing
and locating static and differential pressure transmitters
Steven R. Calabrese,
Automated Logic Chicago
Articles - August 2007
Lighting Control Integrate without the Risk of Failure Ron Poskevich, General Manager, Lumisys
Designing a Daylight Harvesting System: Part One Daylighting is the use of daylight as a primary source of general illumination in a space. Craig DiLouie, Principal, ZING Communications, Inc. & Communications Director Lighting Controls Association
DALI is Here & Here To Stay DALI – (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface) has been around for several years. Phillip Hodge, Business Development Manager, Building Technology Integration Control & Engineering
Seven Habits of a Highly Profitable Controls Company We have two basic choices in how we do things: be reactive to things that happen around us, or proactive to ensure things happen as we want them to. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
Bytes and Bricks: Leaving Data and Money on the Table “Technological change is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal.” - Albert Einstein Jim Sinopoli PE, RCDD, Managing Principal, Sinopoli and Associates
Our Industry's Violent
DisAgreement And How to Move Forward
Toward a More Efficient Future
Thomas Hartman, P E, The Hartman Company
GridWise The Right Place At An Exceptional Time With GridWise, IT interoperability will lead to ap’s that start with DR as a basic curtailment (turning electric loads off) program, but then to expand a truly intelligent building functionality that reshapes the load curve by leveraging automation. John J. "Jack" Mc Gowan, CEM, Energy Control Inc.
Buildings 2.0 Energy and the Grid Buildings 2.0 is an initiative that cares for the scarce resources we have on planet Earth. Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.
HVAC Control Systems Market to Reach $12.7 Billion Jared Malarsky, Research Analyst, ARC Advisory Group
Making Money with BAS Mash-ups The term mash-up refers to a new breed of web-based applications. Ken Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com
Column - August 2007
Rooftop Unit Economizer – Operation &
Control
Perform the economizer functions of a packaged rooftop unit using digital
control
Steven R. Calabrese,
Automated Logic Chicago
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