Electrical Building Technology Guangzhou 2010

Favourable market conditions boost industry need for electrical engineering and intelligent building and building automation

The 2010 edition of Electrical Building Technology Guangzhou will take place 9 - 12 June 2010 at the China Import and Export Fair Pazhou Complex, Guangzhou, China. The show is organised by Guangzhou Guangya Messe Frankfurt Co Ltd and supports the growing industry trend of eco-friendly buildings using intelligent building design and building automation technology.
Mr Jason Cao, General Manager of Messe Frankfurt in China said: "Electrical Building Technology Guangzhou not only serves as an important sourcing hub for architectural technologies, but as an international platform for building professionals to meet and update themselves with the latest industry developments, energy-efficiency technologies and construction policies in China. Much of this information is available at the Electrical Building Technology Symposium through renowned government, university and leading corporation speakers."

11 Surprising Ways that Your Building Wastes Energy

If you take a close-up look at your facilities, you’ll discover that energy is being wasted in ways you didn’t realize

By Leah B. Garris

The T5 lamps and energy-efficient HVAC systems are in place, and the building-automation system is up and running. Now you can just sit back and watch the energy bills plummet … right? Not so fast. If you really want to get serious about saving energy, there’s still more you can do.
The most obvious energy issues in your buildings - the ones having to do with efficient, effective operation of building systems - have probably been noted (and addressed). But, we’re betting that the 11 items mentioned here are things you’ve never realized could make such a big dent in your energy management program.

Automation Is Being Recognized as a Profession, but the Bad News Is that You Need to Know More and More

The Automation Federation was set up by ISA to, among other things, be a cheerleader for the automation profession, and in lobbying the U.S. government on behalf of automation professionals, it's having some significant successes.

Recently, the federation produced a detailed description of what an automation professional's skill set needs to be for the U.S. Dept. of Labor, and on July 14, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) wrote, "The topic of automation cuts across all levels of industry, rather than serving as a stand-alone technology, and particularly affects the fields of control systems' cybersecurity, industrial wireless sensors, systems interoperability and other basic automation technologies necessary for the success of industrial enterprises."

Hey network engineers, you’re not doing enough!

It is ironic that right as Gartner released research showing engineers are managing 20% to 30% more network components than they were last year, networking pros are about to receive even more on their plates by way of facilities management … of all things.

This week the IP for Smart Objects (IPSO) Alliance announced a certification and compliance program to ensure vendors release IP-based smart objects that interoperate. You may be thinking, what the h&%ll do I care about smart objects? What is a smart object?

Believe me, you should care. Smart objects are sensors and actuators that run in a range of applications from smart grid management to building automation. The IPSO alliance is hoping to accelerate the use of IP in these devices. That means that enterprise lighting systems, for example, can be networked into the LAN. Among the many use scenarios, facilities management systems will communicate to network managers when a system is wasting power without actual use. It is feasible that these systems could save enterprises as much money as greening data centers.