Our August update in now on line with new products and August's news releases. A new section has been added under our About button called Reader Profile and it outlines who reads AutomatedBuildings.com. 

From our July anniversary issue - It has been a year of not having time for the wet paint to dry before we move on to our next evolutionary step. This month's editorial/article "A Year of Rapid Change"  or The Metamorphosis of a Digital Dinosaur provides an insight into who we are plus a quick review of our first year as AutomatedBuildings.com. I feel we all must be going through a metamorphosis of some type to get our minds around the changes that are occurring in our industry. I am convinced that reading and talking about these changes is the quickest path to understanding. 

By now you have probably noticed the changes in our web site look. These include new top menu artwork with "mouse overs" to improve understanding of the function of each button, plus a more interactive home page to quickly guide you to the sections of our portal that interest you the most. The rework was necessary to keep with the professional articles, and material sent to us by our contributors. The evolution to "Your Global Automation Portal" surprised us as it seems that several of our readers reached this conclusion before we did.  We have several international articles and links so take a global look at our industry and what is happening in other parts of the world, as it may affect you more than you think.  As usual this issue has lots of new products, press releases, new links and great articles that expand on our theme.

Please review our web resource Industry eCommerce Directory for the Automated Buildings Industry and I think you too will be amazed at the rapid growth and acceptance of the web as an eCommerce tool.  Keep your bookmarks set on us we do not know what is going to happen next month, but we will tell you as soon as we do.

Navigation Tip  Some sites that we link to have chosen to do a redirect when you click on the back button.  This means you cannot get out of this site with your back button unless you double click quickly.  We find this most annoying as it defeats standard internet navigation.

Our Contractor Corner link has been well received. Do you have information you would like to share with this special interest group?  Let us know and we will be sure they get the message. We are presently emailing to 2000 plus automation contractors.

The ability to create virtual space for special interest groups in our industry is one of the luxuries of the a web based magazine. We are considering creating a Lifestyle Library, with corporate successes of improving lifestyles and a Designers Den with resources and links for designers. Let us know if you think these would be of use to you. Please feel free to email us at sinclair@AutomatedBuildings.com any ideas you have to make your global automation portal more useful.

Our Sept 2000 issue theme will be "Preparing for The Net Effect".  Please share your thoughts with our readership on this subject, but remember that AutomatedBuildings.com's purpose is to connect our readers with timely and new information on any automation subject, so share any of your articles, news, new products with us. 

Please welcome this month's new advertisers Engineered Systems, Parks Associates, and Energy Users News (EUN). I am extremely pleased to have these major industry information providers as an active part of our automation portal . Coactive's, showcase ad is now on line plus this month's article Coactive in London.  Please check out their sites as well as our other sponsors as they allow us to bring this online magazine and resource to you free.

Previous Favorites is where we add the article most viewed in the previous issues.
- May/June's issue favorite was Earl Gray, Control Contractors, Inc
Achieving Control System Independence - Controls Computers and Standards  
- March/April's issue favorite was John Petze, Andover Controls Corporation
The Benefits of Ethernet to Building Automation 
- January/February's issue favorite was Tom Hartman's
HVAC Control: An Essay on Change 
- November/December's issue favorite was
Are Automated Buildings Converging or Colliding with the Internet?
- September/October's issue favorite was Notifact Systems'
Combining Wireless Technology and Internet -- Seamlessly
- July/August's issue was Tom Hartman's great article prepared for our official launch.
Network Control: A New Paradigm For HVAC

We are also always upgrading our Events Calendar so take a look.

This is not just a spectator sport, please send your articles, new releases and new product information to us.  Click here to see article format.  

Headlines

Tom Hartman shares his thoughts for the future The "COMFORT INDUSTRY" a 21st Century Opportunity  

AutomatedBuildings.com celebrates first anniversary and their evolution to Your Global Automation Portal. 

ControlShop.com new eCommerce site is now on-line!

News Releases  (August Update)

• News Briefs:   Coactive Networks Names VP Engineering / Parks Associates announces Forum2000: Empowering the Internet @ Home / CABA announces launch of new Web site / Trane to enter into negotiations on upgrade of minimum efficiency standards  / Invensys Building Systems designated "corporate approved" provider Marriott International, Inc. / POWERSYSTEMS WORLD 2000 Conference and Exhibit /  Invensys offer for Baan / Dynalite Completes Olympic Site - The Superdome / Testing & Balancing HVAC Air & Water Systems Third Edition
• Johnson Controls, Electronic Systems USA win Continental Airlines Facility Contract at Newark Airport
• Andover News - Andover Controls acquires Integral Technologies  /  Andover Controls names Kevin G Sweeney VP of Engineering
• Energy Interactive Works the Web for EPCOR
• Echelon News - Matsushita Announces Lighting Products Built on Echelon’s LONWORKS® Platform / Echelon's Open Systems 2000 Asia/Pacific Seminars Draw Standing-Room-Only Crowds  / Enel SpA, NTT Data and Sun Microsystems to Deliver Keynote Addresses at Echelon's LonWorld2000™ Conference and Exhibition
• Wiremold News - Interlink Cabling System Offers Category 5e Component Solution / 24-hour Express Shipping Program for Cable Tray & Fittings / N-R-G Flor® Cellular Raceway System Upgraded / Surge Protection Module / One-Piece Faceplate is Ready to Install
• Open Services Gateway Initiative Elects New Leadership

• Internet Based Construction Knowledge Management 

New Products  (August Update)

• New Products: InterNet / IntraNet Interface is here from DGH Systems / Digital Energy Monitors from Siemens Measure Energy to Optimize Efficiency  /  Dynalite Releases ControlSoft™ User Friendly Control Software / Danfoss Graham announces new NEMA 3R Drive Package / Home Automation, Inc. Introduces HAI Phast Link

News Releases  (July Issue)

• News Briefs:   Announcing publication of Communication and Design with the Internet: A Guide for Architects, Planners, and Building Professionals / Bell & Gossett Handheld Motor Rotation Detector / Tridium, Inc. names John Petze VP Operations and Dennis Tuft Director of Marketing / Invensys News - John Sharood elected treasurer of OSGi / "Electric Revolution II" Conference / Energy Interactive is hosting a seminar / Teletrol award-winning design featured in Business Week Magazine / PlanetHVAC.com Introduces B-to-B Portal for HVAC/R Industry / Siemens HVAC Products Catalog now available / Invensys to Acquire Baan / Yazaki Energy Systems, Inc Announces New Representatives
• BACnet^R Manufacturers Association Launches Year-Long Membership Drive
• Richards-Zeta and Galaxy Control Systems - Intelligence Discovered In New Galaxy Alliance
• Trane News: New catalog re expansion of two-stage Horizon absorption series /  Price increases  /  Tracer Summit(R) Connections CD, now available  /  Siemens Energy & Automation, Inc., "Supplier of the Year" 
• Energy Interactive News: Orlando Utilities Selects Energy Profiler Online™ / Hydro Mississauga Selects Energy BOSS™
• DukeSolutions Announces Energy Services Agreement with Boeing
• ControlShop.com is now on-line!
• The Use of Danfoss Graham's VLT® 6000 AFDs For Echelon® LonWorks® Described in New Literature
• Johnson Controls News: Johnson Controls Celebrates 30 Years in Mexico / HVAC Networking With New Metasys® N30, M-Tool Combination / Humidity Sensing Control Products Brochure Available / Agreement with Tempcon  /  M-WEB 2.0 Provides Graphical Interface Link to Metasys
• Delta Controls On the Road for the 2000 North American Tour
• Simplex News: Simplex Introduces TrueAlert^TM / Opryland Hotels Team Up With Building Experts 
• Motorola and Bopack Systems to Bring Next Generation Wireless Automatic Identification Systems 

New Products: (July Issue)

• New Products:    Onset Computer introduces HandCarTM software / Vulcain's CO2 Gas Monitoring / Kavlico New Low Range Differential Pressure Transducers / Square D introduces POWERLOGIC^® Series 4000 Circuit Monitor / Intrinsyc Software Inc's CerfBoard

Articles for July

• The "COMFORT INDUSTRY" a 21st Century Opportunity  This new commercial building comfort industry will market to tenants, and products will be installed by office furnishing installers, not building trades. Tom Hartman, The Hartman Company
• Can Improved Indoor Environmental Quality Provide Greater Occupant Productivity The stability and reliability of precision dilution ventilation control will satisfy all requirements of ASHRAE 62-1999 and avoid most of the litigation risks and liability associated with IEQ. Plus, it can be accomplished at the absolute minimum energy cost needed for conditioning any additional outside air required.Len Damiano, Ebtron Inc.
• Bringing the Power of the Internet to Real-time Control and Automation Systems  Perhaps no other technology has had the profound impact on virtually everything we do than the Internet. Paul Oswald and Gil Rockwell, Tridium, Inc.
• The Light Commercial Marketplace: Opportunities for Technology Deployment  "........the light commercial arena, comprising more than 95% of the entire commercial market, has gone largely unnoticed."  Steve Harvey, Parks Associates
• Intelligent Fire Notification: A Breakthrough in the Fire Alarm Industry   Lower Cost of Installation and Maintenance, Unobtrusive Compliance Testing, Better Diagnostics  Joe Ouellette, Simplex
• Coactive Technology Provides Solutions for International Bank Located in London's Broadgate Complex The bank's requirements included support for remote access worldwide, so that systems could be monitored and controlled from anywhere, as well as the option of local control of environmental conditions. Adam Marsh, Coactive
• Wireless Data Technology Emerges "The best advice is to try the technology at a typical job site before you buy.  Richard Desmarais, Teletrol Systems Inc.
• Advanced Failure Notification System by eMation "...Wizcon can be used as OPC server as well as a client, and contain data from almost all conceivable sources, process them and forward them to any other OPC-enabled program." Valerie Harding, eMation

• Energy Information Services "It's a bit like cable TV subscribers calling their cable company to request Channel X. If enough customers ask for it, the company will eventually start carrying Channel X."  Bob Fesmire, Energy Interactive

• eMation Technology Enables the Shrimp Processing at Heiploeg Meet the Highest Hygiene Standards ".......PCs running Wizcon that communicate over the network through Profibus-FMS and Profibus-DP bus protocols." Valerie Harding, eMation 

• A Year of Rapid Change at AutomatedBuildings.com Or The Metamorphosis of a Digital Dinosaur Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com

July's Product, Software and Web Site Reviews

• The Object Management Group (OMG) Your editor is always trying to connect you to evolving standards that are effecting our industry. This month we introduce you to OMG and CORBA.

• Industry Research and Market Trends The following industry research sites were shared with us by one of our readers 

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