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Mechanical Systems Week 2012, a national seminar and product showcase devoted to HVACR, hydronics, and plumbing set to take place Sept. 19-21 in Schaumburg, Ill., offers registration options to fit any budget....More

The E3Point gas monitor combines flexible configuration options and multiple communications protocols to monitor and control toxic and combustible gases in commercial buildings....More

Tridium Inc.announced that its flagship software platform, the Niagara Framework, has surpassed 300,000 deployment instances worldwide....More

Trying to pin down the state-of-the-art of an emerging and rapidly developing technology always is difficult, and wireless building-automation system (BAS) controls are no exception....More

The KW2G Eco-Power meter allows the addition of up to seven expansion units, permitting users to gather data for several circuits at once....More

Version 3.0 of Data Manager is capable of gathering real-time data from multiple buildings across multiple locations and supports building-performance feedback via Internet-connected computers, smartphones, and tablet devices....More

Today’s building engineer has plenty of retrofit control options, even in cases in which the budget is tight. Maybe a building has a sound HVAC system but an existing pneumatic control system (these controllers still comprise a huge segment of the building marketplace). To the facility engineer in this building, it must seem as if everyone else is monitoring his or her building with smart devices, while he still is staring at 0-30 psi gauges to see if dampers and valves are opening. What can be done to help this poor soul?...More

The WattNode BACnet meter (MS/TP) is a cost-effective energy- and power-metering solution for building-automation systems requiring the BACnet communications protocol....More

Honeywell and Hawaiian Electric Co. in Honolulu are teaming up for a two-year pilot program to demonstrate how demand-response technology can help integrate more intermittent renewable energy to the electric grid. During the program, Hawaiian Electric will conduct a test of “fast demand-response” (fast DR) technology, which gives the utility and facilities the tools to reduce demand within 10 minutes of notification of a pending imbalance between supply and demand....More

Two futures are possible for HVAC controls. One is exciting; the other not so much so. In the exciting scenario, controls rapidly evolve so that in just a few years building controls have extensive self-commissioning, self-tuning, self-diagnostic and correction, and even self-configuring features....More

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....More