Building Automation News

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-170428232009-12-23T09:23:01.840-08:00Building Automation NewsBuilding Automation, Energy Management and Direct Digital Control SystemsRon Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-25234948308804040042009-12-23T09:16:00.000-08:002009-12-23T09:23:01.850-08:00Electrical 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

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-70898026701631563832009-12-02T09:17:00.000-08:002009-12-02T09:22:27.972-08:0011 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

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-47365036586125783542009-10-09T15:42:00.000-07:002009-10-09T15:44:17.602-07:00Automation 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.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-37485683968396763262009-10-02T15:19:00.000-07:002009-10-02T15:20:56.890-07:00Hey 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

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-87472729007675555912009-09-25T13:36:00.000-07:002009-09-25T13:39:46.622-07:00Smart Grid Influence Extends Well Beyond Energy

On the face of it, the high-level draft of a standard for a new Smart Grid power distribution system is a noble effort to make the entire country more energy-efficient.Its key goals include cutting oil imports in half, reducing carbon dioxide emission by 25 percent and cutting urban pollutants by 40 to 90 percent. To accomplish this, the Department of Energy has empowered the National Institute

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-76878825722111237162009-09-17T15:01:00.000-07:002009-09-17T15:02:57.667-07:00Even Buildings Have Twitter Accounts

umissgym: Is it just me, or is it hot in here? The social media craze has hit building automation, as the campus at the University of Mississippi will soon be broadcasting its energy consumption via Twitter and Facebook updates. In partnership with smart grid company SmartSynch, Ole Miss has created online feeds (also via RSS) detailing several of its main buildings' energy use, ostensibly to "

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-81037837855532959962009-09-08T10:48:00.000-07:002009-09-08T10:52:01.189-07:00Building Automation Systems don’t save energy

Building Automation Systems (BAS), otherwise known as Building Management Systems (BMS) or Direct Digital Control (DDC) systems don’t save energy. But their operators can. A BAS system will often cost the equivalent of around one year’s worth of energy bills. But unless its well operated it may never pay itself off. BAS systems are complicated. In this respect they are similar to a jet airplane.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-11553925814007114672009-09-02T13:15:00.000-07:002009-09-02T13:19:41.137-07:00OPC Technology finds its’ place on the map

There has been a lot of talk over the past year regarding the economic situation, layoffs, project delays etc. The past year has been complicated, and there is no one who can debate that. There have also been areas of opportunity. For an open standard like OPC, the opportunity has come in reaffirming its value proposition. As projects begin to come back online, the value of using open standards

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-18471308180273989332009-08-26T10:22:00.000-07:002009-08-26T10:24:08.110-07:00Dell says its energy-saving initiatives have cut costs by $5.8 million per year

For those who view corporate green initiatives as being more about building image than building profits, Dell has a reminder that “green” is also the color of money.The Round Rock, Texas, company says its expects to save an estimated $5.8 million a year as a result of power-saving projects and building upgrades in its facilities worldwide. The company, which sources more than 25 percent of its

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-72332496376613908262009-08-20T10:52:00.000-07:002009-08-20T10:55:11.748-07:00A PPA Model for Building Energy Efficiency?

Metrus Energy wants to help investors install and own building energy efficiency improvements and share the energy cost savings with building owners. Will the "energy services agreement" model push energy efficiency into the commercial mainstream?If energy efficiency offers better return on investment than installing solar panels, why not share the wealth between efficiency investors and building

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-70937992122474171332009-08-05T11:30:00.000-07:002009-08-05T11:32:21.648-07:00My Clouded Thinking Clears

There are clouds on the horizon and I am excited. The summation of my takeaways from ConnectivityWeek in Santa Clara, California, early in June was that Clouds are OK. In fact the power of data clouds and cloud computing to simplify the presentation and management of extreme amounts of data are truly amazing. We all already use these concepts every time we book air travel online or view Google

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-89501780033735747182009-07-29T13:09:00.000-07:002009-07-29T13:10:30.520-07:00'Too cold' and 'too hot' most common complaints among

The International Facility Management Association has released “Temperature Wars: Savings vs. Comfort,” a new study that takes an indepth look at the most common thermal complaints made by workers and the variety of ways facility professionals respond to them. For many years, IFMA has surveyed facility professionals to learn the top office complaints among employees. Respondents consistently cite

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-64166951696867124052009-07-22T11:43:00.000-07:002009-07-22T11:45:18.601-07:00Echelon and ROMlight Smart Lighting System Reduces Energy Use by Over 60%

Echelon Corporation and ROMlight International, Inc. today announced the first installation in Canada of a high bay lighting system featuring LonWorks® control networking technology to provide smart, two-way communicating lights. The new solution installed at the Kelly Western Services Ltd. aircraft hangar in Winnipeg uses energy efficient, individually dimmable lights to cut energy use by over

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-87559378360024766542009-07-08T10:08:00.000-07:002009-07-08T10:11:14.384-07:00Reflections on record breaking ConnectivityWeek and BuilConn

With nearly 1,000 people in attendance in Santa Clara this year, it was clearly a watershed event in many ways. The perfect storm produced a perfect event; a combination of rich subjects discussed, enormous business opportunities for vendors and integrators alike, on a backdrop of solving climate change problems and interestingly an awareness of social changes permeating our world. All of these

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-5970449460233567402009-07-01T09:58:00.000-07:002009-07-01T10:04:30.891-07:00Making Building Automation Brainier

Scientific Conservation says its software can boost the energy savings of a typical building automation system by 25 percent. Making buildings more energy efficient is a focus for many, including Energy Secretary Steven Chu.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-2603705429530390072009-06-24T10:34:00.000-07:002009-06-24T10:36:19.102-07:00S4 Gateway News - BACnet-N2 Router Interoperability and Field Testing

The S4 Open: BACnet-N2 Router is being field tested at a TAC Andover Controlssite, a Teletrol site, and at an Alerton site. As interoperability testing in our test labcompletes for each BACnet IP client environment, we are interested in setting upearly adopter / field test sites where the customer, their support contractor or BASdealer, the BACnet client manufacturer, and The S4 Group can work

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-23654713711154796932009-06-17T12:55:00.000-07:002009-06-17T13:04:58.655-07:00Wonderware Receives Frost & Sullivan’s “Excellence in Customer Value of the Year” Award

Wonderware was recognized for its strategic partnerships with diverse system integrators and its capability to deliver an end-toendproduct suite that is designed to enhance the competitive edge for its customers, driving best-in-class processes through theuse of the Wonderware System Platform and Invensys ArchestrA technology.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-80825872528822613952009-06-11T08:28:00.000-07:002009-06-11T08:30:27.860-07:00Are Commercial Buildings Ready for Open-Source Energy Management?

Picture the lighting and chillers of commercial buildings being controlled by a system designed in the same way as Mozilla’s Firefox — through open source, the collaborative method of developing software source code.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-59167746346359126272009-06-03T09:41:00.000-07:002009-06-03T09:58:42.845-07:00Building Automation Networks

Whether social or physical our evolving Building Automation Networks require our closest attention and need to be carefully nurtured to grow strong while incorporating every sustainable future possibility. This article provides insight to the evolution to date of Building Automation Networks to Enterprise and Web based networks and on into cloud computing.This article provides insight to the

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-10920352815760946282009-05-27T08:35:00.000-07:002009-05-27T08:36:16.174-07:00New RS-485 network repeater operates off 24V AC power to greatly reduce installation costs

Designed for use with Johnson Controls N2 or BACnet MS/TP bus control systems, Acromag's new network repeater isolates and boosts RS-485 signals to connect bus segments without expensive wiring requirements.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-11254372632877079252009-05-22T08:20:00.000-07:002009-05-22T08:22:56.267-07:00ZoneDial Energy Accounting & Invoicing Software

ASI ZoneDial software enables users to make and manage requests for afterhours overrides on an ASI Controls digital control system. A typical scenario is in an office building where the property manager charges an hourly fee to tenants for afterhours A/C, heating, and/or lighting services.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-3545513638550827652009-05-21T18:36:00.000-07:002009-05-21T18:37:35.354-07:00Belimo Launches SelectPro a New Valve Selection Tool

Offering detailed valve specification information, such as materials, accessories, actuators and other options in its database, SelectPro provides contractors with the tool to size and select valves for a complete project.

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-53046164704700278272009-05-21T18:28:00.000-07:002009-05-21T18:30:24.126-07:00Industry Leaders Launch Standards Initiative for Smart Lighting Systems

LonMark International Lighting Advisory Committee to Bring Open Networks to Lighting Systems

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-41099365213576899732008-04-14T08:39:00.000-07:002008-04-14T10:13:20.074-07:00Air Handlers and their Components

This article will discuss the various components of air handlers as related to larger heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in most commercial buildings. Generally an air handler cabinet, which is a large metal box, contains a blower, heating and/or cooling elements, filter racks/chambers, sound attenuators, and dampers (a larger air handler that conditions 100% outside air,

Ron Schotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15653584388656829117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17042823.post-15102389074379999182008-03-03T10:08:00.000-08:002008-03-03T10:09:24.694-08:00An Overview of Building Automation

The term Building automation refers to an intelligent network of programmable controllers and software that monitors and controls mechanical heating, ventilation and air conditioning equipment, and indoor and outdoor lighting in a building. The primary function of a building automation system or energy management system is to increase the efficiency of a building and reduces energy and

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