Which Switch?  How does a really big property owner get started with handling building data in the Cloud? - Deb Noller, CEO, Switch Automation, Inc.

ZigBee and the Smart Home  A single room could have multiple sensors – temperature, security, motion, lighting, etc., all connected by a central box which then talks to the local appliances as well as to the internet, allowing monitoring and control by web connected devices. - Elly Schietse, General Manager, GreenPeak, Belgium

ZigBee and the "Really Smart" Home The Real Smart Home consists of sentrollers - sensors, controllers and actuators like motion sensors, temperature sensors, smoke detectors, humidity sensors, leakage detectors, light sensors, etc., are all connected to the internet. Cloud based apps receive this data and compares it with expected or desired values, and then transmits a signal to the home actuators which control the various systems. - Cees Links, Founder and CEO of GreenPeak Technologies

Life Cycle Costing and Intelligent Buildings 2013  Increasingly, end users in the intelligent buildings industry, such as architects, building owners, tenants, and builders are seeking ways to improve the cost efficiency of buildings and building-related systems and components. Life-cycle costing is one measure used to evaluate cost effectiveness and takes into account all costs of acquiring, owning, and disposing of a building or building system. LCC is particularly useful when making comparisons to maximize net savings.  However, research has indicated that the understanding of the benefits of LCC is low. - Ron Zimmer, President & CEO, CABA

[an error occurred while processing this directive] Interviews from August 2013

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