BAS/Controls
A Call for Truly Creative Building-Automation Systems
When our industry discusses building-control systems, building-control devices, and building-control interfaces, we all imagine what those things should be. But those preconceptions limit our imagination, limit our creativity, and limit our industry. We also keep saying certain things cannot be done. We are creating systems and solutions that are expected, and we’re not being truly creative. ...
Gen Y Guy to Kick Off Mechanical Systems Week 2012
Sponsored by Trane, the Opening Keynote Event for Mechanical Systems WEEK 2012 will feature “Crossing the Generational Divide: Leveraging the Power of Generations for Your Strategic Advantage,” presented by Jason Dorsey, The Gen Y Guy....
Long-Life Wireless Sensors
The WSN-1101 Lifetime Power wirelesss sensor features a pre-installed, long-life, non-replaceable battery that allows the unit to transmit data once per minute for more than 25 years without maintenance....
Long-Life Wireless Sensors
The WSN-1101 Lifetime Power wirelesss sensor features a pre-installed, long-life, non-replaceable battery that allows the unit to transmit data once per minute for more than 25 years without maintenance....
Building-Automation Submeters
A new series of high-density building-automation submeters is designed to provide comprehensive building-energy benchmarking...
Advanced Metering System
The Venergy Advanced Metering System is designed to provide net-zero-energy building developers a complete energy-monitoring solution for all electrical and non-electrical load types, including lighting, HVAC, plug loads, photovoltaic, and water and gas. ...
LonMark International Expands Interoperability Model Across Building Industry
LonMark International has announced its support of an expanded interoperability model to deliver increased value, improved energy efficiency, and advanced capabilities to building owners and operators. Under this model, LonMark International embraces the implementation of heterogeneous systems consisting of different industry protocols or standards linked together in a single, interoperable system. ...
Integrated Heat-Pump Controller
The ORB heat-pump controller is a fully integrated equipment-intelligence system offering complete operating, monitoring, control, and diagnostic capabilities. ...
Remote Controller for Commercial Systems
The PAR-30 remote controller can control up to 16 indoor units in commercial applications. ...
Join HPAC Engineering at Mechanical Systems Week in September
Mechanical Systems Week 2012—the national HVACR, hydronics, and plumbing seminar and product showcase—will provide the knowledge and information owners and managers of contracting firms, as well as building owners/operators, need to run their businesses more efficiently, effectively, and economically. ...
Controller for Commercial Systems
The PAR-30 remote controller can control up to 16 indoor units in commercial applications. ...
Heat-pump Controller
The ORB heat-pump controller is a fully integrated equipment-intelligence system offering complete operating, monitoring, control, and diagnostic capabilities. ...
Building Systems Integration
Tracer ES, a Web-based systems-integration solution that provides an online enterprisewide view of buildings and systems from any personal computer, can now be easily and quickly integrated with Tracer SC to manage individual HVAC solutions. ...
Honeywell Teams With Merced College for Energy-Efficiency Upgrade, Sustainability Curriculum
Honeywell and Merced College, Merced, Calif., have kicked off an energy-conservation initiative that aims to reduce the school’s annual operating costs by $180,000 through energy-efficient building upgrades. The program also includes the launch of an enhanced college curriculum focused on teaching conservation strategies that use the energy-efficient building upgrades as a real-world case study for classroom learning. ...
Carrier Named Best in Show by BACnet
Carrier has been honored by BACnet International with a “Best in Show” award at the 2011 Facilities Decisions Conference and Expo in Las Vegas. Carrier received the award as part of BACnet International’s “Leaders of the Pack” program, which recognizes the achievements of individuals and companies who successfully utilize the BACnet protocol in building automation through interoperability testing, educational programs, and promotional activities. ...
Management Metrics Get ‘Speedier’ With Dashboards
‘Dashboards’ aren’t just in your car anymore. Graphic displays gleaned from building automation and montoring systems provide an intuitive tool that allow engineers, facility managers, and building owners to easily assess their building’s performance, and to compare multiple buildings against each other. ...
Area Controller Works With Standard Web Browsers
The AspectFT-Nexus area controller is designed to integrate and manage a wide array of HVAC, energy, and critical building systems while giving the user the power and convenience of modern Web technologies. ...
Marriott Launching Load-Response Project at 250 Properties
Marriott International has announced plans to develop more than 23 megawatts of load-response capability across more than 250 Marriott-managed hotel properties in the mid-Atlantic, New England, New York, Texas, and California. ...
It’s Time to Replace PID With Relational Control
A fundamental problem with building controls today is the use of PID (proportional/integral/derivative) control as a primary means for regulating the operation of building-system components. PID control was never well-suited for HVAC control....
Property-Management Giant Launches Smart-Building Portfolio Management System
Facility- and property-management firm Jones Lang LaSalle has launched an integrated building-management solution that combines cloud-based, smart-building technology with a team of engineering and operations professionals to enable real-time remote monitoring and control of its facilities and portfolios worldwide. ...
Systems Integration Brings Efficient, Enhanced Security to University
Manual key management is a daunting challenge on any university campus. Providing appropriate access to facilities while maintaining security can be difficult. Complicating matters are constantly changing student course loads and housing assignments, as well as changes in faculty and staff composition and contractors. Roger Williams University, an independent liberal-arts university in Bristol, R.I., faced a need for a more efficient and cost-effective way to manage physical keys and security-access assignments. ...
Web-Based Energy-Management Dashboard
The EC-NetAX EnerVue Web-based energy-management dashboard provides visualization of vital building metrics through an easy-to-use, browser-based dashboard application. ...
Smoke Detector With Integral Ethernet Port
The new FAAST fire alarm aspiration-sensing 8100 detector features an onboard ethernet port that eliminates the need to create a separate data network to identify the location of an initiating device. ...
BACnet Approves ZigBee Building Automation Standard
BACnet International has approved the recently completed ZigBee building-automation standard as the only wireless-mesh-network standard for BACnet-based devices. ZigBee is a standards-based wireless technology designed to address the unique needs of low-cost, low-power, wireless sensor and control networks in the building automation market. ...
Honeywell and Philadelphia University Launch Energy-Awareness Campaign
Honeywell and Philadelphia University have launched a campuswide energy education and awareness campaign aimed at promoting sustainable practices among students, faculty, and the local community. The goal is to reduce the university’s energy costs and environmental impact....
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