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04/24/2008
01:26 PM

Distech Controls Announces Regional Sales Manager for Latin America.

Ed Gomez, MBA, a seasoned building automation systems professional, has joined Distech Controls Inc, as Regional Sales Manager for Latin America.

04/24/2008
01:25 PM

"ConnectivityWeek 2008" Empowers The Energy Revolution with Information Technology

Three-day forum (May 20-22) explores key topics such as climate change, renewable energy, demand response, green buildings, smart connected devices, and green IT.

04/24/2008
01:24 PM

HCM Introduces Category 6 ECOTM Line of Cables

Category 6 ECOTM is manufactured without a center filler and has an outside diameter that is similar to that of Category 5e cable.

04/24/2008
01:21 PM

New technology IP Camera makes IR LEDs redundant

Marmitek introduces the IP Eye Anywhere, an IP camera without infrared LEDs.

04/24/2008
01:20 PM

Virtual Extension Announces Next-Generation Mobility Feature in Wireless Mesh Networks

Networks using Diversity Path Mesh technology enjoy location freedom - coordinator and nodes can be moved freely within the cell range, network continues to operate seamlessly.

04/24/2008
01:19 PM

The Virtual Energy Forum.

The Virtual Energy Forum is a two day online-only event focused on how leading companies and institutions can adopt better energy management practices to cut costs, while adopting clean energy alternatives.

04/24/2008
01:18 PM

OSGi Add-on and Remote Management Solution for Cisco AXP

ProSyst Provides Remote Management Solutions for Cisco Application eXtension Platform

04/24/2008
01:18 PM

Workshop Invitation for Connectivity Week: Call to Action for Building Controls Industry!

OpenADR Workshop Connectivity Week - Monday, May 19, 2008, 1-5 p.m., Santa Clara, CA


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04/17/2008
11:59 AM

MatrikonOPC launches advanced OPC to BACnet Connectivity

This product was developed in conjunction with Cimetrics Inc. to leverage MatrikonOPC's experience and technologies with the HVAC industries leading BACnet protocol stack (called BACstac).

04/17/2008
11:58 AM

Constellation NewEnergy Announces Demand Response Offerings for Ontario Electricity Consumers

BALTIMORE April 16, 2008 Constellation Energy (NYSE:CEG) today announced that its subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy, is offering its NewResponseSM demand response program to commercial, industrial and governmental electricity customers in Ontario, Canada.

04/17/2008
11:56 AM

IndigoVision Wins Prestigious Frost & Sullivan Award

IndigoVision, the leading supplier of complete IP Video and Alarm management solutions, has been honored by Frost & Sullivan with the prestigious 2008 European Network Video Surveillance Award for Customer Value Enhancement.

04/17/2008
11:55 AM

Ethernet Direct Exhibits in BIAS Show from May 27-30, 2008

BIAS is the exhibition for automation technology covering all components down to the system and offers herewith integrated automation solutions.

04/17/2008
11:54 AM

GE Fanuc Intelligent Platforms Announces QuickPanel View Integrated Communications

A joint development team from Kepware Technologies and GE Fanuc worked to integrate KEPServerEX and drivers into GE Fanuc's award-winning Proficy Machine Edition View software.

04/17/2008
11:53 AM

Digi Releases 900 MHz XBee Module with 15 Miles RF Line-of-Sight Transmission

Extensible XBee form factor now has long-range 900 MHz, 802.15.4 and ZigBee pin-compatible options

04/17/2008
11:52 AM

The Entire Line of MeshNetics' Industry-Leading ZigBee Modules Is Now ZigBee PRO

MeshNetics Offers a Unique Combination of Hardware and Software from a Single Vendor

04/17/2008
11:51 AM

Danish Utility Selects Echelon's Advanced Metering System for System-Wide Deployment

EnergiMidt to Upgrade 170,000 Homes With Smart Meters

04/17/2008
11:50 AM

CABA's Intelligent Buildings Leadership Forum

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 Las Vegas 9:00am - 5:00pm

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04/09/2008
04:35 PM

Eagle Technology, Inc. and Prime Technologies, Inc. Announce Partner Marketing Agreement

This agreement offers the client and prospect base for both companies an opportunity for integrated best of breed solutions and opens new markets to both companies.

04/09/2008
04:33 PM

LonMark Co-Hosted a Very Successful Green Intelligent Buildings Conference

Engineering Systems, a monthly magazine under the BNP Media umbrella, partnered with LonMark International in an effort to bring the latest in green, energy efficient control system design to a targeted audience of building owners, developers, and facility managers, as well as mechanical, electrical, and operating engineers.

04/09/2008
04:33 PM

MATC Selects Shannon Lippold for Distinguished Service Award

Lippold forged collaborative partnership between MATC and Johnson Controls

04/09/2008
04:31 PM

Contemporary Controls Releases the BACnet Portable Router for Building Automation

A Convenient Device Used to Connect a Laptop Computer to an MS/TP Network

04/09/2008
04:30 PM

Get the Definitive "How-to" Guide for Applying Software in Automation

Software for Automation: Architecture, Integration, and Security by Jonas Berge - ISA Books

04/09/2008
04:28 PM

Echelon News

Philips Lighting Chooses Echelon's Technology for New Generation of Energy Efficient Street Lighting
Echelon and Leading Controls Companies Showcase Energy Saving Applications at Light + Building

04/09/2008
04:27 PM

ZigBee Slashes Industrial Facility's Energy Bill By 37%

Wireless Energy Management Solution Uses MeshNetics ZigBee Modules

04/09/2008
04:23 PM

The Worldwide ULP Market is Projected to Reach over 200 Million Units by 2010 According to the Report 'Energy Harvesting, Micro Batteries and Power Management ICs'

Energy harvesting, energy storage and advanced power management are some of the major issues in terms of the commercial rollout of next-generation low-power electronic devices and systems.


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04/04/2008
02:53 PM

Need More Power? Get it from Danfoss Drives' Newest High Power VLT Series Variable Frequency Drives

These high power variable frequency drives not only deliver high power performance, they facilitate ease-of-use by sharing a common platform with smaller Danfoss drives.

04/04/2008
02:53 PM

GE Releases Next Generation Relative Humidity and Temperature Sensor

ChipCap provides a simpler, lower cost integrated relative humidity and temperature solution for HVAC, automotive, medical and appliance industries

04/04/2008
02:52 PM

Linear Demonstrates New Keypads, PERS, Telephone Entry Systems, and Access Control Systems at ISC West

New APeX Gate Controller, Plus Series of Telephone Entry Systems, and Gate Operators Highlight New Products That Will Appeal to Security Installer Market

04/04/2008
02:51 PM

Linear Demonstrates New DXS-80 Wireless Carbon Monoxide Detector with Easy Installation for Hard-to-Wire Environments

New Battery-Operated Detector Functions as Standalone Safety Device or Uses Wireless Receiver to Integrate with Any Central Alarm System

04/04/2008
02:50 PM

Minicom Unveils 2-in-1 KVM Switch/Rack Console at Interop Las Vegas 2008

Jerusalem, Israel - Minicom Advanced Systems, a leading developer of KVM switch and extension technology, is unveiling its new combined KVM switch and KVM drawer console, the SmartRack 116/116 IP at this year's Interop in Las Vegas April 27th to May 2nd. With the 2-in1 unit users can switch between 16 servers then access and control anyone of them.

04/04/2008
02:49 PM

AKCP releases 8 Port Sensor Relay for advanced process control

Typical applications are advanced process control such as On/Off switching of appliances, activating alarms or any other situation which requires switching of power depending on a sensors status.

04/04/2008
02:47 PM

Big New Projects: National Gateway at Potomac Yard, Arlington

Potomac Yard blends a careful mix of uses with thoughtful open space, parks, and high-quality street retail. National Gateway is the centerpiece of the Potomac Yard complex with office, retail, and residential construction.

04/04/2008
02:46 PM

Free Energy Workshop Offered for Select Students at Milwaukee Public Schools

"Energy at Work" shows how science and math apply to careers in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) technology

04/04/2008
02:45 PM

Arch Rock Unveils First Enterprise-Class Wireless Sensor Network

'PhyNet' Platform Offers Internet-like Scalability, Resiliency Using New Router Designed for IP-based WSNs

04/04/2008
02:43 PM

DHS releases Eclipse 600, an enterprise-class access control suite for small- to medium-sized organizations

Eclipse 600 includes all the core features of EclipseTM 700, DHS's powerful Microsoft .NET-based access control suite including access control, intrusion detection, alarm management, biometrics, report designer, DVR support, and custom linkage.

04/04/2008
02:42 PM

Mango DSP Releases IVS 3.0 Intelligent Video Server Software for Complete Access and Control of Video Surveillance Hardware on IP Networks

IVS 3.0's analytic based rule management interface produces effective responses to video from standard analog and compatible IP cameras utilizing only Mango DSP's encoding cards

04/04/2008
02:36 PM

Lumenera Releases 2 New Intelligent Megapixel Cameras

Cost-effective solutions feature excellent sensitivity and embedded analytics

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04/01/2008
12:18 PM

ASHRAE, CSI & OPC at BuilConn

The new face is strangely a combination of the past, the changing, the new, and a heavy dose of socially-driven subjects that together are turning the world of energy and buildings upside down. as ASHRAE, CSI & OPC meet at BuilConn. - Anto Budiardjo, President, Clasma Events Inc.

04/01/2008
12:17 PM

Getting a Handle on Web 2.0

and the New Services Development Paradigm - John R. Janowiak, President, International Engineering Consortium

04/01/2008
12:16 PM

Demand Response and the Energy Conservation Spirit

Integrating Demand Response into Overall Energy Efficiency on a College Campus - Steve Schaefer, Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing, EnergyConnect Inc.

04/01/2008
12:14 PM

Communicating To the Enterprise Isn't Science Fiction

Far from being science fiction, providing the ability to connect building automation systems to the enterprise using OPC is very much a reality today. - Eric Murphy, BSc, PEng, MatrikonOPC

04/01/2008
12:14 PM

Total Facility Control

We need a better way to upgrade, enhance, and control what we have. Facility managers need a plan, a partner, and an incentive. - Ron Bernstein, Executive Director, LonMark International

04/01/2008
12:13 PM

End-to-end solutions for business automation

A new site automation software development platform arrives on the market. - Lydia Cobo, Marketing Europe, Elutions

04/01/2008
12:11 PM

Changing the Present Value

(Or Why the Present Value doesn't change) - Peter Chipkin, Partner AGP Support Group.

04/01/2008
12:11 PM

Mega Video Solutions

Systems are not just cheaper and more flexible they have opened up new opportunities. - Barry Keepence, CTO, IndigoVision

04/01/2008
12:10 PM

The Future of Automated Buildings in North America

As published Climatizacao & Refrigeracao Magazine Brazil - Ken Sinclair, Editor Owner AutomatedBuildings.com

04/01/2008
12:09 PM

Typical Controllers in DDC

Understand the differences in controller types and applications Part 1 of 3 - Steven R. Calabrese, Automated Logic Chicago

04/01/2008
12:08 PM

Rent Seeking is Crippling Building System Markets

Rent seeking is defined as when an individual, organization, or firm seeks to make money by manipulating control of the economic environment rather than by making a profit through trade and production of value, - Toby Considine, Technology Officer, Facility Services, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

04/01/2008
12:07 PM

Writing the Controls Specs.- One of life's great challenges

In reality the design of the controls system really starts with the selections made for the mechanical and electrical systems and a good understanding of how the building will be operated. - Paul Ehrlich & Ira Goldschmidt, Building Intelligence Group

04/01/2008
12:06 PM

Buildings as Virtual Peaking Plants

Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Vice President of Energy Technology Services, Constellation NewEnergy - The NewEnergy Alliance, a group committed to driving innovation in the building automation industry that will create smarter, more energy responsive buildings.

04/01/2008
12:05 PM

Demand Response Thermostats

Steve Smith, Director of Sales and Marketing, Honeywell Utility Solutions - Honeywell UtilityPRO is a new touchscreen programmable thermostat built especially for utility-sponsored demand response programs.

04/01/2008
12:04 PM

The Energy Revolution at BuilConn

Anto Budiardjo, Clasma Events Inc. - There are 6 events co-located with BuilConn this year, all part of what we call ConnectivityWeek.

04/01/2008
12:03 PM

Connectivity Week - 2008

Denis Du Bois, Editor of Energy Priorities Magazine & Anto Budiardjo, President, CEO Clasma Events - "Empowering the Energy Revolution"

04/01/2008
12:03 PM

Buildy Update '08

Frank Capuano, President, Strata Resource Inc - The Award for an Industry of Innovation and Intelligent Connections

04/01/2008
12:02 PM

Vaisala Humidity Measurement Training Seminars

Bruce McDuffee, Marketing Manager and Humidity Trainer, Vaisala North America. - The seminar covers topics such as Humidity Theory, Psychometric Calculations, Sensor Technology, Good Measurement Practice, Calibration and Choosing the Correct Instrument.

04/01/2008
12:01 PM

HVACReducation.net

Chris Hickman, Building Automation Control Specialist - HVACReducation.net works with industry experts to provide challenging and comprehensive online education, online assessments and online technical reviews to the HVACR industry.

04/01/2008
11:59 AM

Energy Asset Management With EnterpriseDX

Keith E. Gipson, CTO, PhoenixESG - We monitor large, multi-site customer facilities (thousands of sites and counting).

04/01/2008
11:57 AM

CABA's Convergence of Green and Intelligent Buildings Study

Ron Zimmer, President & CEO Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) - Our objective through this study is to provide strategic recommendations that will can demonstrate the positive environmental impact of today's intelligent, integrated building systems and building technology solutions. In other words, this research will determine specific methods in which property owners and building designers can reduce energy consumption and costs, increase the profitability of their building stock through investments in intelligent building technologies, while at the same time reducing the deleterious effects of energy consumption such as pollution and emissions.

04/01/2008
11:57 AM

10 Qualities a Systems Integrator Should Have

Noelle Britton, Director of Marketing Security Systems, Siemens Building Technologies, Inc. - Many now expect that the integrator will guide them toward a custom solution tailored to meet their specific needs.

04/01/2008
11:55 AM

IndigoVision IP-CCTV Keeps Cincinnati Shoppers Safe and Secure

Joanna Brace, Chief Marketing Officer, IndigoVision - Twenty-seven cameras monitor the main public shopping areas inside the mall and the surrounding areas around the outside of the building.

04/01/2008
11:54 AM

April New Products

A brief description of some new products for the industry,

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