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11/30/2018
01:32 PM Project Haystack Announces Additional Sponsors of the 2019 Haystack Connect ConferenceProject
Haystack (https://www.project-haystack.org), a 501(c) non-profit
organization focused on developing common standards to streamline the
interchange and interoperability of data among IoT devices, smart
equipment and systems, today announced the addition of three more
sponsors of its 2019 Haystack Connect Conference. Altura Associates is
a Gold sponsor, BAS Services & Graphics is a Silver sponsor, and
ControlTrends is a Media sponsor.
11/30/2018
01:31 PM The AHR Expo, Atlanta, Georgia January 14-16Continental
Control Systems will be exhibiting, at AHR 2019, booth C5050. Please
visit us and see our new custom and standard NEMA 4 Meter Enclosures,
our new Wide-Range WattNode Modbus Meter and our new Line-Powered Meter
Module for HVAC applications.
11/30/2018
01:27 PM Important Announcement from Cochrane SupplyIt
is with an extremely heavy heart that we announce the passing of
Cochrane Supply's founder, Don Cochrane, Sr. Don passed away peacefully
on Sunday, November 25th at the age of 84, and there aren't strong
enough words to express the loss that is felt by his family, friends
and everyone at Cochrane Supply.
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11/21/2018
11:56 AM ASHRAE Leadership Addresses Canada House of Commons Standing Committee on Natural ResourcesATLANTA
(Nov. 21, 2018) - Sheila J. Hayter, P.E. 2018-2019 ASHRAE president,
and Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng., 2018-2019 ASHRAE president-elect,
testified before the Standing Committee on Natural Resources at the
House of Commons of Canada on Tuesday, Nov. 20.
11/21/2018
11:52 AM Automated Logic Wins 2018 AHR Expo Innovation AwardThe
OptiFlex virtual integrator is a software-based integration platform
for data monitoring across diverse building systems. It is a scalable
integration solution, ideal for large projects such as data centers,
hospitals and college campuses. The virtual integrator supports up to
50,000 data points from a single computer server, eliminating the need
for multiple hardware gateways, which often require costly materials
and labor, and have installation limitations due to space constraints
in most mechanical rooms.
11/21/2018
11:52 AM 2018 Energy Efficiency Indicator surveyMore than half of global organizations plan to increase energy efficiency spending in next 12 months
11/21/2018
11:48 AM Johnson Controls streamlines to Building Solutions with $13.2B saleAccording to the company, net cash proceeds are expected to be $11.4 billion after tax and transaction-related expenses.
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11/13/2018
02:27 PM Schneider Electric announces EcoStruxure Building updates and new venture fundNext
Generation of EcoStruxure Building to Drive Employee Engagement,
Building Efficiency, and Sustainability Schneider Electric boosts its
innovation ecosystem with 'Schneider Electric Ventures' to identify,
nurture and support bold ideas
11/13/2018
02:25 PM BACnet International & AHR Expo 2019There
are two 'must dos' when you attend the AHR Expo: #1. Visit the BACnet
International Booth #2. Attend a BACnet International Educational
Session (Room B314)
11/13/2018
02:25 PM Smart Building Companies Announce Survey Results on the Role of a Master Systems IntegratorIntelligent
Buildings LLC, in collaboration with Navigant Research, Anixter
International Inc., Lynxspring, Inc. and SkyFoundry, LLC, today
announced the findings from their recent survey which gathered opinions
from the Systems Integrator market as it relates to smart buildings and
illuminates the distinctions between traditional Systems Integrators
and Master Systems Integrators.
11/13/2018
02:24 PM Project Haystack Announces Sponsors of the 2019 Haystack Connect ConferenceProject
Haystack (www.project-haystack.org) a 501(c) non-profit organization
focused on developing common standards to streamline the interchange
and interoperability of data among IoT devices, smart equipment and
systems, today announced the first nine sponsors of the 2019 Haystack
Connect Conference.
11/13/2018
02:23 PM OPC Foundation extends OPC UA including TSN down to field levelThe
OPC Foundation launches an initiative to further enable OPC UA adoption
throughout industrial automation by extending standardization and
harmonization activities for OPC UA including TSN enabled Ethernet
networks
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11/05/2018
12:12 PM HVACR Economic Outlook Survey, Sponsored by AHR Expo and ASHRAE JournalLast
year's confidence in the industry's economic outlook is forecasted to
carry into 2019, with 87% of respondents anticipating positive business
prospects heading into the new fiscal year.
11/05/2018
12:12 PM CopperTree Analytics acquires BuildPulse, creating a powerful and comprehensive building and energy data analytics companyThe
resulting company shall operate under the CopperTree Analytics brand
and will service clients worldwide from their Surrey, B.C. and Seattle,
Washington offices. The combination of the two companies will create
one of the industry's most powerful and comprehensive building and
energy data analytics offering.
11/05/2018
12:11 PM Project Haystack November 2018 UpdatesThere
are several exciting Project Haystack activities and events taking
place during the next several months. We wanted to make sure you were
aware of all of them and look forward to your support and participation!
11/05/2018
12:10 PM Are you leveraging IIoT and the edge?Given
the hype about IIoT and the edge, the ARCARC Advisory Group Report
Advisory Group asked over 300 end users across the globe to get a feel
as to the current and future state of the market.
11/05/2018
12:09 PM EnOcean announces consumer packaging for smart home/lightingThis
packaging logo will allow consumers to immediately identify
battery-free, maintenance-free wireless switches and lighting products
using EnOcean's energy harvesting sensors for more
environmentally-friendly lighting, LED control, and smart building in
the Internet of Things.
11/05/2018
12:08 PM CABA's "Monetization of Intelligent Buildings" Research has now been ReleasedThe
CABA Board of Directors and the CABA Intelligent Buildings Council
(IBC) have just completed the CABA "Monetization of Intelligent
Buildings" Landmark Research Study.
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11/01/2018
11:17 AM Edge-ifcation - EditorialComments by - Ken Sinclair, Publisher
11/01/2018
11:16 AM Project Haystack UpdateThere
are several exciting happenings and events taking place with Project
Haystack. - John Petze, Executive Director, Marc Petock, Secretary,
Project Haystack
11/01/2018
11:15 AM Bridging the Gapfrom Paper to Integrated, Metered IoT Building Management - Daniel Scalisi, COO, SmartCSM
11/01/2018
11:14 AM Microsoft's Azure Digital Twins PlatformCould Disrupt Cloud Computing for the Building IoT - James McHale, Managing Director, Memoori
11/01/2018
11:14 AM Facility IT and the Future WorkforceA
changing workforce can only be serviced by new thinking about
facilities, that's Facility IT. - Anto Budiardjo, Facility IT Evangelist
11/01/2018
11:13 AM EDGE-YOU-CATION: The Never Ending Story (Part 2)Teach
a student 'about one thing' and they will learn it. Teach a student
'how to learn' and they will teach you. - Leo SaLemi, Professor and
Program Coordinator, Building Automation, George Brown College, Toronto
11/01/2018
11:12 AM A City Full of Unconnected Building Networks is Not SmartThe
responsibility is not with the vendors competing in a free market but
with the standards agencies to set guidelines that are best for the
sector as a whole. - James McHale, Managing Director, Memoori
11/01/2018
11:11 AM Niagara Edge 10Beta Customers Give the GO Sign to Wide Rollouts - Therese Sullivan, Customer Marketing Leader, Tridium Inc.
11/01/2018
11:10 AM What is Edge Computing?Edge
computing is the movement of decentralised intelligence that reduces
core computing environmental needs, reduces volumes of data that has to
be moved and brings machine learning to the edge. - Parikshit Joshi,
Lead - IoT and Data Science, Simform
11/01/2018
11:09 AM DXDigital
Transformation (DX) is the acceleration of business and operational
activities, processes, competencies and models to fully leverage the
opportunities that digital technologies deliver and their outcomes. -
Marc Petock, Chief Communications Officer, Vice President, Marketing,
Lynxspring Inc.
11/01/2018
11:09 AM 26 BAS Controls Technical Interview Questions (Part 2 of 2)In
conversations with controls professionals over the last month, Phil
Zito (Building Automation Monthly and BAS Trainer) and I have assembled
a list of questions to help jump-start ideas for you. Skip Freeman,
Senior Technical Recruiter, BASI Solutions, LLC and Phil Zito, Founder
& CEO, Building Automation Monthly
11/01/2018
11:07 AM Cheating "Death by 1000 cuts"The
technological approach to a more sustainable future will most likely
lie in harmonizing BACnet and IoT underneath a BACnet umbrella,
utilizing Haystack and the likes to get things to talk together in a
better way and to make it easier to apply analytics as well. Part 1 of
2 Nicolas Waern, CEO, Go-IoT
11/01/2018
11:06 AM Edge-ifcation - Moving the Murky Muddled Middle to the EdgeIt's
the age-old question: centralize or de-centralize? It seems the new
edge generation of technology is answering the question. - Ken
Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
11/01/2018
11:06 AM Building Automation Is on a Journey to the EdgeWhen
I cannot find the words to express myself. I create my own. Here is
another one: edge-ification, the process of moving intelligence and
control to the edge. - Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
11/01/2018
11:05 AM Edge-ifcation Meets Maker MovementThe
movement is a contemporary, technology-based subculture that is an
extension of the DIY ( Do It Yourself ) movement. - Ken Sinclair,
AutomatedBuildings.com
11/01/2018
11:04 AM Use Customer Engagement to SellThe
art of Vlogging by customers promotes your products for you. - Manny
Mandrusiak CD. Vocational Rehabilitation Consultant, Vancouver Island
Works Project
11/01/2018
11:01 AM BAS Specifications:Can Too Much Be a Bad Thing? - Ira Goldschmidt, P.E., LEED AP, Goldschmidt Engineering Solutions
11/01/2018
11:01 AM The Future of BACnetThe
BAS industry is at a turning point, with IP connectivity shifting the
way we see our brick and mortar buildings. Pook-Ping Yao and Monica
McMahen, Optigo Networks
11/01/2018
11:00 AM Master Systems Integrators (MSI)They
make sure all systems communicate properly, coordinate all project
participants, collaborate with building owners to ensure systems
information will be accessible and usable, and they develop software
layers responsible for integration, aggregation, and communication of
the building systems. - Scott Cochrane, Cochrane Supply &
Engineering, and Derek Drayer, President, RoviSys Building Technologies.
11/01/2018
10:59 AM Smart Outcomes for AHRExpo 2019Come
to check out our live demonstrations and see how Optergy workflow
works; you can even connect your own laptop if you like. - Steven
Guzelimian, President, Optergy
11/01/2018
10:58 AM Facility IT Interview with John PetzeThis
interview is one is a series of interviews by Anto Budiardjo on the
subject of Facility IT. Anto Budiardjo, Fractional Entrepreneur
11/01/2018
10:58 AM Otis Elevators on IoT and Smart BuildingsHow Technology Is Changing the Way We Move. - Chris Smith, VP, Service Innovation, Otis Elevator Company
11/01/2018
10:57 AM Smart Building Apps for Facilities ManagersFMs
need to be able to collaborate with their teams and solve on-site
issues with third parties just as easily as if they were in the same
room or at the office. - Dennis Krieger, Director of Engineering
Services, Switch Automation
11/01/2018
10:53 AM Deploying Data Analytics at the EdgeContinuing
our EDGE-ucation series - When we talk about the "edge" or more
correctly "computing at the edge," we are referring to performing
essential data acquisition and computation functions as close to the
data source as possible. - John Petze, SkyFoundry and Ken Sinclair,
AutomatedBuildings
11/01/2018
10:52 AM AHRExpo 2019 Atlanta PreviewAtlanta Preview
11/01/2018
10:51 AM "Edge-ifcation"Moving the murky muddled middle to the Edge.
11/01/2018
10:50 AM Edge-ifcation Meets Maker MovementThe
movement is changing how we think about education, our relationship
with technology and the underlying way we understand the world.
11/01/2018
10:47 AM Across My DeskEvery
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, Tweets, LinkedIn posts, and URL links that are about to fall off
my desktop.
11/01/2018
10:46 AM New Products - NovemberA brief description of some new products for the industry.