Project Haystack.
Project Haystack is an open source, community-based initiative that
develops data “tagging” conventions to facilitate the exchange of smart
device data.
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09/20/2013
01:20 PM Addressing Fieldbus Transducer Blocks for ISA100 Wireless Devices Fieldbus Foundation continues support of ISA100.11a
09/20/2013
01:19 PM Controls Group North America (CGNA) launches new website for leading distributor Member, Temperature Control Systems Launched
on September 13th, 2013, the new website will host a variety of
features that include demonstrations, newsletters, credit applications,
training, and more.
09/20/2013
01:18 PM ASHRAE Seeks Presenters, Posters for HPB 2014 Conference Presenters
and posters are being sought for ASHRAE's High Performance Buildings
Conference will take place April 7-8, 2014, Hyatt Fisherman's Wharf,
San Francisco, Calif.
09/20/2013
01:17 PM KNX Award 2014 The
KNX Award rewards the smartest KNX projects in home and building
control around the world, which stand out as regards innovation and
technical progress.
09/20/2013
01:16 PM Strategic innovations director appointed at Penn State's GridSTAR Center Penn
State's GridSTAR Center will partner with Scitor Corp. on smart grid
education and research at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (The Navy
Yard). As a part of this collaboration, Erfan Ibrahim has been
appointed to the position of strategic innovations director for the
GridSTAR Center.
09/20/2013
01:15 PM Urjanet Supports New ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager Tool Customers of Cloud-Based Energy Data Service Can Benchmark Easily with EPA Platform
09/20/2013
01:15 PM Meeting of international building automation experts Buildings under Control Symposium 2013, October 15 to 16 in Vienna, Austria
09/20/2013
01:14 PM AFDtek Releases Energy Dashboard Product The
AFDtek Energy Dashboard is available in standard configurations for
BACnet, Johnson Controls Metasys or OPC connectivity. Included are
several standard dashboard pages for the display of energy usage,
energy usage comparison, photovoltaic panel performance and local
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09/17/2013
11:24 AM City of Boston Selects Schneider Electric as Sustainability and Energy Partner Boston's Climate Plan at core of selection of Schneider Electric's StruxureWare software solution
09/17/2013
11:23 AM ECI's McGowan Named an Association of Energy Engineers Fellow John
J. "Jack" McGowan will be awarded recognition as an Association of
Energy Engineers (AEE) Fellow at a ceremony during the World Energy
Engineering Congress in Washington D.C. on September 25, 2013.
09/17/2013
11:22 AM Solution Dynamics Expands Industrial Energy Management Services with eSight Solution
Dynamics will now accommodate clients interested in eSight energy
management software by providing the product and the ability to have
their utility data managed by Solution Dynamics to identify where new
savings can be made.
09/17/2013
11:21 AM Automation Federation participates in fourth NIST Cybersecurity Framework Workshop The
workshop, held at the University of Texas at Dallas and involving
leading cybersecurity experts across America and the world, moves NIST
one step closer to finalizing the draft and preparing it for official
release in October.
09/17/2013
11:21 AM CoR Advisors September Webcast Operating Leaner, Greener Facilities - Friday, September 27, 2013, 12:30-2:00 p.m. EDT
09/17/2013
11:19 AM The City of Boston Invests in EEMS The
EEMS will help the City find energy savings opportunities on its $57M
yearly energy expense for its 250 facilities and 64,000 streetlights.
09/01/2013
10:29 AM The Global Market for Smart Building (BEMS) to Smart Grid Software Interfaces Connecting
BEMS in Smart Buildings to Smart Grid to deliver DR and DE is a niche
market that is needed now. - Allan McHale, Director, Memoori
09/01/2013
10:28 AM Defining a Smart Building: Part Two System Integration, AV & Water - Jim Sinopoli PE, LEED BD+C, RCCD, Managing Principal, Smart Buildings LLC
09/01/2013
10:27 AM S4 Open Appliance Product Enhancements BBMD, Multistate Objects, & Smart Data Points - Steve Jones, S4 Group
09/01/2013
10:26 AM Your Building Might Be Smarter Than You Think Systems
that are part of an integrated ecosystem or that have open application
programming interfaces enabling integration are important elements of
an intelligent building. - Jason Reasor, Solutions Manager, CommScope
09/01/2013
10:25 AM Top 10 Smart Building Myths - Busted Misperceptions
Debunked - Smart buildings are a no-brainer and more affordable than
most building owners and investors realize. - by Leo O'Loughlin, Senior
Vice President of Energy and Sustainability Services, Jones Lang LaSalle
09/01/2013
10:24 AM Temperature Measurement with Smart Controllers The
sluggish thermal response of these controllers results in a measurement
"delay" or lag of 5 to 10 minutes - Al Walker, President, Walker
Technologies
09/01/2013
10:23 AM Which Switch? How
does a really big property owner get started with handling building
data in the Cloud? - Deb Noller, CEO, Switch Automation, Inc.
09/01/2013
10:23 AM 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
09/01/2013
10:22 AM 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
09/01/2013
10:21 AM 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
09/01/2013
10:20 AM Is Your Building Smart Like Your Phone? ...and the answer is "No" - Andy McMillan, President, BACnet International
09/01/2013
10:19 AM Ten Innovations That Made Life Easier in the HVAC Controls Biz - Steven R. Calabrese, Control Engineering Corp.
09/01/2013
10:18 AM Marketing in the world of Smart Buildings The
critical part in marketing these products is making the terminology
clear enough for customers and purchasing agents to understand. - Manny
Mandrusiak, 4 Bravo Marketing
09/01/2013
10:18 AM Application and Control of Air-to-Air Energy Recovery Units Used
properly energy recovery is an important tool for managing ventilation
and energy efficiency. - Paul Ehrlich, Ira Goldschmidt & Angela
Lewis, Building Intelligence Group
09/01/2013
10:17 AM Who R We? or Annoying Acronyms R Us It may be not so much Who R We? as what do we call ourselves? - Ken Sinclair, AutomatedBuildings.com
09/01/2013
10:16 AM 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.
09/01/2013
10:16 AM BAPI Blu-Test Bluetooth Temperature/Humidity Probe I
was fortunate enough to get my hands on a Blu-Test Probe and use it for
a few days re-commissioning some air handlers. - Abel B Ramirez II,
Controls Freak Community
09/01/2013
10:15 AM Controls Central Launched
on October 10, 2010, the site offers HVAC/R contractors and commercial
building facility managers an enhanced way to shop for parts of any
kind. - Dominic Porte, Product Manager, Controls Central
09/01/2013
10:14 AM New Products for September A brief description of some new products for the industry.