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03/29/2013
11:38 AM
26 Proposed Addenda to ASHRAE/IES Energy Standard Open for Public Comment With the 2013 version of the ASHRAE/IES energy standard scheduled for publication later this year, many changes are being proposed to strengthen its requirements.
03/29/2013
11:38 AM
The New ZigBee IP specification: IPv6 Control for Low-Power, Low-Cost Devices Join us for a Webinar on April 3
03/29/2013
11:37 AM
ZigBee IP: The First Open Standard for IPv6-Based Wireless Networks New specification brings end-to-end IPv6 control to low-power, low-cost devices
03/29/2013
11:37 AM
Distech Controls' 50 Series Controllers Now Available Controllers with Live Graphics Color Display Deliver Convenience and Efficiency for System Integrators and Facility Managers Alike
03/29/2013
11:36 AM
Honeywell Launches New Training Program to Manage Energy Usage in Commercial Buildings Industry-leading Certification Program Offers Contractors With Tools, Training and Certification To Advise Commercial Building Owners on Energy Retrofit Opportunities
03/29/2013
11:35 AM
B6030 - BACnet Interface to Modbus Energy Meters Cimetrics is excited to announce our product, the B6030 - BACnet Interface to Modbus Energy Meters.
03/29/2013
11:34 AM
Haystack Connect 2013 Announces Program and Presenter Line Up Event Connects Companies, Communities and People who are re-defining Smart and Connected Systems
03/29/2013
11:33 AM
Distech Controls continues its development by welcoming new investors and plans to create new jobs in the Quebec green technology sector Canadian company to pursue its dynamic growth strategy
03/29/2013
11:31 AM
CyberLock Releases New Features to Access Control Management Software CyberLock, Inc., a security systems supplier, announced the release of several software enhancements to its CyberAudit Professional management system.

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03/19/2013
11:32 AM
April TridiumTALK - LonNetwork - Planning and Diagnostics Join Kevin Williamson, Tridium technical support manager, during the April TridiumTALK for a brief review of Lonworks Networks' integration the Tridium way.
03/19/2013
11:30 AM
Distech Controls Goes Platinum at the Tridium Niagara Forum Promoting how its product lines save time, energy and money, Distech Controls joins the forum this year as a platinum sponsor, reinforcing its profile and relevance to building service engineers.
03/19/2013
11:29 AM
New BACnet Standard Published with Significant Improvements to Alarm Handling Changes to the newly published BACnet standard from ASHRAE will encourage smart lighting controls and other building automation controls systems.
03/19/2013
11:29 AM
Connexx Energy Announces Market Availability of OpenADR2a CONNEXXION VEN New software driver permits rapid deployment of standards-based Automatic Demand Response
03/19/2013
11:28 AM
New Browser-based groov from Opto 22 Brings Scalable HMIs to PCs, Smartphones, Tablets, and Other Mobile Devices Using only a modern web browser, build, deploy, and view simple and effective operator interfaces that run on almost any device.
03/19/2013
11:27 AM
HomePlug Marks another Milestone in Smart Grid Industry Endorsements The HomePlug Alliance announced today that the IEEE 1901 standard for powerline networking has been adopted in the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) Catalog of Standards.

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03/13/2013
04:05 PM
Automated Logic Showcases New WebCTRL Time-Lapse Feature at NFM&T Expo During the three day event, Automated Logic engineers will be available to demonstrate the effectiveness of Time-lapse, a graphical diagnostic tool that allows users to rewind and play back hours of building data in minutes.
03/13/2013
04:04 PM
LonMark International to Present Free Webinars on the Importance of Interoperability Systems for Commercial Building Market LonMark, a non-profit association for the certification, education and promotion of interoperability standards for control networking, today announced two 45-minute live educational, non-promotional sessions that will discuss the key trends and the challenges relating to control system interoperability, integration, and enterprise access facing the commercial building market.
03/13/2013
04:04 PM
LOYTEC: Again "Best Product of the Year" For the fourth time in succession "Best Product of the Year" at the LonMark International "Best of the Year Awards"
03/13/2013
04:02 PM
Sontay Sponsors the Tridium Niagara Forum Sontay, the market leading manufacturer and distributor of field control devices, will be showcasing a number of its class-leading products at the Tridium Niagara Forum, from 14th to 16th April at the Hotel Sofitel, London Heathrow.
03/13/2013
04:01 PM
Eagle Technology Announces Free Webinar on the Key Components to a Truly Intelligent Building Webinar Will Discuss Four Key Technologies and Why They Are Required for a Complete Facility Management Suite
03/13/2013
04:01 PM
WAGO Free Customer I/O Training Schedule WAGO Corporation is hosting free, three-day Customer I/O Training seminars: March 19-21, May 7-9, June 25-27, October 1-3 and November 5-7.
03/13/2013
04:00 PM
The EnOcean Alliance advances the wireless standard for green buildings The new version of the energy harvesting wireless specification now includes over 100 product profiles for building and industrial automation and smart home systems

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03/06/2013
12:23 PM
Hot Prospects for Building Analytics in the Middle East and US IMS Research forecasts the global market for building analytics used in intelligent buildings will be worth nearly $50 million in 2016.
03/06/2013
12:22 PM
Controls Central Provides Hard-to-Find HVAC Parts to Customers Controlscentral.com offers HVAC contractors and commercial building facility managers an enhanced way to shop for parts of any kind.
03/06/2013
12:21 PM
Belimo Releases New ZIP Economizer The ZIP gets efficiency strategies back on track with easy setup, automatic code change over temperatures, and superior troubleshooting capability.
03/06/2013
12:20 PM
The S4 Group, Inc. Announces S4 Open: BACnet-N2 Router Product Major Release It is currently available through the S4 Distributors in the field or directly through the S4 Group, Inc.
03/06/2013
12:20 PM
BACnet Protocol Stack V. 6.4 Cimetrics is excited to announce a new version of BACstac 6.4. The Cimetrics BACstac saves man-years of development when your company needs to create a BACnet solution!
03/06/2013
12:19 PM
Assured Automation Announces New HP Series High Performance Butterfly Valves Wafer and Lug Style Butterfly Valves
03/06/2013
12:19 PM
The Building Control Virtual Test Bed: Improving Building Design and Operations In today's complex building design environment, designers are increasingly using computer modeling to help them manage calculations, technologies, budgets, and occupant needs.

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03/01/2013
12:21 PM
New Management Platform Combines Advanced Technology and Professional Staff to Optimize Building Performance - Dan Probst, Chairman, Energy & Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle
03/01/2013
12:20 PM
The Technology Challenge for Intelligent Buildings The challenge to a decision maker when selecting the right technology is how to leverage the current investments in systems and meters, while being able to adapt to changing business needs and corporate goals and objectives. - Bill Hoey, Quality Attributes Software
03/01/2013
12:20 PM
Reducing Energy and Environmental Footprint Two major components: the first is Customer Engagement; the second is Facility Management. - Philip Playfair, CEO, and Andrew Roehr, CTO, Lowfoot, Inc.
03/01/2013
12:19 PM
Using the BASrouter with a Honeywell Spyder Controller Contemporary Controls' BASrouter provides a simple, cost-effective method to attach Honeywell Spyder BACnet MS/TP controllers to BACnet/IP without the need of a building controller. - George Thomas, President, Contemporary Controls
03/01/2013
12:19 PM
Indoor Positioning Systems We Know Where You Are - Jim Sinopoli PE, LEED BD+C, RCCD Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
03/01/2013
12:18 PM
Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Energy Efficiency Analysis An industry consortium called buildingSMART is actively working on addressing this issue. It has published an open standard called COBie. - Igor Starkov, President, EcoDomus, Inc.
03/01/2013
12:17 PM
The "Community" Comes Together to Produce Its Own Event - John Petze, Principal, SkyFoundry
03/01/2013
12:17 PM
Cyber Threats Gone are the days of "security through obscurity". - Marc Petock, Vice President, Marketing, Lynxspring
03/01/2013
12:16 PM
Increasing ROI on Aging Building Automation Control Systems A growing number of facilities are now incorporating BAS refurbishment programs into their maintenance operations. - Brandon Baisas, Content Manager, ASSET Technologies
03/01/2013
12:16 PM
How the UK could save 8 Billion per Annum Even with our 'advanced' technologies we have an overall efficiency of 11% - Dr Steve Fawkes, Only Eleven Percent
03/01/2013
12:15 PM
Is the Smart Grid Interoperable? The key to interoperability is the ability for multi-vendor participation in the same system and if required the ability to switch vendors without a large switching cost. - Nirosha Munasinghe, MBusIT BSc BE (Hons) (Melb)
03/01/2013
12:15 PM
Smart Grid Business Thrived in 2012 Framework to make it sustainable still not in place. - Allan McHale, Director, Memoori
03/01/2013
12:14 PM
Smart Manuals "out of the basement" and into the cloud. - Kerri Lee Sinclair, Vice President, O&M Solutions, Aconex
03/01/2013
12:13 PM
End-of-life for Niagara Release 2 When Niagara R2 came to market in 1999, it was revolutionary software that changed the way buildings could be managed. - Wayne Tighe, Vice President of Sales, Tridium
03/01/2013
12:12 PM
A Software Framework for building web-based HMI, SCADA and M2M We decided to make CSWorks as flexible as possible and let it pull data from virtually any SQL database engine, any device that supports industry standards like Modbus and BACnet, and middleware that support OPC. - Sergey Sorokin, Founder, CSWorks
03/01/2013
12:12 PM
Schneider Electric Acquires SCL Elements Schneider Electric has combined SCL Elements and Viconics under a single entity, "Small Building Systems," which is part of the Buildings Division. - Frederick Morency - President Viconics, SCL Elements, VP Small Building Systems
03/01/2013
12:11 PM
ZigBee's 10-year Anniversary The Alliance has accomplished in its first decade on behalf of its members: nine standards, 600 ZigBee Certified products and millions of ZigBee chips sold. - Tobin Richardson, Chairman and CEO ZigBee Alliance
03/01/2013
12:08 PM
Neptronic Update Neptronic has been around for over 35 years and is recognized worldwide for their humidifiers, electric heaters, actuators, actuated valves and intelligent controllers. - Luis Melgares, Regional Sales Manager, Neptronic
03/01/2013
12:07 PM
Client Relations - Part One Sometimes it's the little things that make a difference - Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
03/01/2013
12:07 PM
Bring Your Own Device will Change the Marketplace - Manny Mandrusiak, Managing Creative Consultant, 4 Bravo Marketing
03/01/2013
12:06 PM
Analytics? It's elementary! - Andy McMillan, President and GM Philips Teletrol
03/01/2013
12:06 PM
Securing Buildings and the Internet of Things Now that we are calling buildings, systems and sensors the Internet of Things, we can find commonalities between them. - Toby Considine, TC9 Inc
03/01/2013
12:05 PM
The Importance of Measurement and Feedback There is a need for continued measurement and feedback, since only with this continued input can we improve. - Paul Ehrlich, Ira Goldschmidt & Angela Lewis, Building Intelligence Group
03/01/2013
12:04 PM
Humanizing Your Cloud Your cloud provides a lofty anywhere, any device, view of you and your corporate's connected services. - Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings
03/01/2013
12:04 PM
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.
03/01/2013
12:03 PM
The Chattanooga Chew Chew In a play on words I highlight and encourage you to be part of this valuable community event going on in Chattanooga. The Haystack Connect event is about our automated buildings community chewing over our evolving connection opportunities.
03/01/2013
12:02 PM
New Products for March A brief description of some new products for the industry.

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