Featured Articles:
-Implementation Issues of Open Networks
-Commissioning and the Engineer
-Wireless Technology: Overcoming Obstacles, and more

Resources & Literature:
-Dwyer Building Automation Web Site
-BACnet Web Site
-NIST Multizone Modeling Web site; and more

Application Stories:
-Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
-Nuremberg Exhibition Center (auf Deutsch)
-The Largest Enterprise Energy Management Deployment in North America; and more

Featured Training:
-LonMark Sessions 2007
-Understanding and Specifying BACnet Systems
-An Introduction to BACnet

Product Announcements:
-MOXA releases VPort 351 video encoder for surveillance
-Panduit releases fray resistant expandable sleeving
-Emerson announces portable CSI XP32 Machinery analyzer
-Schneider Electric introduces Altivar 21 AC drive for HVAC; and more

Company News:
-Schneider announces enterprise energy management software
-ABB wins service contract in Canada
-Radley becomes IFS Software Partner; and more

Application News:
-Aggregates company opts for inverter control on 100KW fans
-IAS installs automated storage systems at Irish electronic company
-FKI Logistex to deliver material handling system to Swedish library; and more

Featured Events:
-Intelligent Buildings Leadership Forum
-ASHRAE Annual Meeting
-CSI Show & Convention

Implementation Issues of Open Networks
AutomatedBuildings.com, May 2007
by Jim Sinopoli, Sinopoli and Associates
The idea of open architectures, interoperability, improved functionality, infrastructure consolidation, and capital and operating costs savings is music to the ears of building owners and facility managers.

Commissioning and the Engineer
Consulting & Specifying Engineer, April 2007
By Carl C. Schultz, URS Corp.
The commissioning process can be an important element in the success of a building program, especially one that involves complicated mechanical and electrical systems.

Wireless Technology: Overcoming Obstacles
Building Operating Management, April 2007
By BOM Editorial Staff
An emerging wireless standard being adopted by building device manufacturers could improve reliability and reduce costs of wireless networks

Plugging into Power Line Communications
Buildings, March 2007
By Frank T. Matarazzo
In-building Broadband over Power Line (BPL) or Power Line Communications delivers high-speed Internet access using a building’s internal electrical wiring.

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Dwyer Building Automation Web Site
Site contains info on Building Automation and HVAC systems, grouping products together by application, including Water Cooling Systems, Boilers, Air Quality & Control, Test Equipment, and Sensing & Signal Processing.

BACnet Web Site
Provides the latest information on BACnet data communication protocol for building automation and control networks. Developed under the auspices of ASHRAE, BACnet is an American national standard, a European standard, a national standard in more than 30 countries, and an ISO global standard.

NIST Multizone Modeling Web site
Tools from the National Institutes of Standards and Technology (NIST) predict airflows and contaminant concentrations in multi-zone building systems. It is based on a graphic interface that allows users to draw floor plans on a sketchpad and employ icons to represent airflow paths, ventilation-system components, and contaminant sources.

Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database
EPA’s eGRID is a comprehensive inventory of environmental attributes of electric power systems. eGRID is based on available plant-specific data for all U.S. electricity generating plants that provide power to the electric grid and report data to the U.S. government. eGRID contains air emissions data for nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and mercury.

Schaefer publishes Power Conversion Systems Catalog  -  05/01/07
Free downloadable short form catalog contains ac/dc switchmode power supplies, battery chargers, dc/dc converters, dc/ac inverters and ac/ac frequency inverters.

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Roppongi Hills Mori Tower
Japan's largest redevelopment project improves tenant service, reduces operation costs and optimizes energy utilization as a result of using Nexa from Citect. This is the worlds largest OPC project and includes over 300 OPC servers, 500,000 tags, and 750 graphics pages, with response times of <1 second.

Nuremberg Exhibition Center (auf Deutsch)
With Nexa from Citect, the Nuremberg Exhibition Center has integrated and optimized facilities systems from multiple vendors, protected existing facilities investments and reduced building automation costs.

The Largest Enterprise Energy Management Deployment in North America
AutomatedBuildings.com, May 2007
By Brooke Richards, Richards-Zeta Building Intelligence
With over 245 million square feet of leasable property, Simon Property Group was seeking a solution which would allow them to leverage the most innovative and advanced technology in Building Automation fully integrated with Automated Meter Reading.

5 Success Stories in Energy Management
Buildings, February 2007
By Jana J. Madsen
Award-winning organizations show you how to change behavior, increase equipment life, and spend less, all while managing energy like a pro.

Metering Accuracy is Critical to the Success of Toronto’s Innovative Deep Lake Water Cooling
Consulting & Specifying Engineer, April 2007
The Deep Lake Water Cooling (DLWC) system in Toronto is the world’s largest. For metering, DLWC uses IFS 4000 KC Enviromag electromagnetic flowmeters, ranging in size from 3 to 20 in. dia, from KROHNE.

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LonMark Sessions 2007
Seminar will visit 57 cities in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The Tour is part of the LonMark Connection Initiative, a global educational program that aims to help the controls and automation industries continue the transition from proprietary to open, integrated systems.

Understanding and Specifying BACnet Systems
Taught by David M. Fisher, PolarSoft. This ASHRAE seminar will prepare the student for writing and understanding specifications that make use of the BACnet standard.

An Introduction to BACnet
Taught by David M. Fisher, PolarSoft, Inc. In this ASHRAE course, students will learn the fundamental principles of BACnet and relate them to a simple model for describing BACnet systems.

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Schneider announces enterprise energy management software  -  05/15/07
The solution combines Square D PowerLogic ION EEM software with engineering services to deliver a customized set of energy modeling, dimensional analysis and visualization tools.

ABB wins service contract in Canada  -  05/02/07
ABB will manage maintenance operations at ATC Panel's Pembroke, Ontario, Canada plant.

Radley becomes IFS Software Partner  -  04/12/07
Radley, a supplier of automated data collection and e-commerce solutions, has joined the global IFS Software Partner program. The two companies will cooperate on barcode/RFID data collection, warehouse automation, business activity monitoring, EDI, and supplier collaboration.

MAVERICK signs alliance with Solving International  -  04/10/07
MAVERICK and Solving International will collaborate on business strategy, performance improvement and technology implementation with a focus on improving operations management, manufacturing, logistics and supply chain management.

PDI Introduces Certified Partner Program  -  03/23/07
This program allow data center managers to know that their building management system has been integrated and proven out with PDI's Branch Circuit Monitoring System (BCMS). BCMS can monitor and report current and voltage measurements on each individual circuit branch breaker which can prevent overloading any of these circuits.

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Aggregates company opts for inverter control on 100KW fans
Process and Control Today, April 2007
By John Houston, Editor
One of the largest building materials suppliers in the UK is benefiting from higher efficiency operation and a short ROI on the fitment of large inverter drives fitted on exhaust fans at six of the company’s UK asphalt coating plants, Calculated savings predict a payoff period of just over a year and a half for the largest of the drives, a 150kW unit.

IAS installs automated storage systems at Irish electronic company  -  05/11/07
IAS Industore installed and commissioned 13 Hänel Rotomat automated vertical storage systems at Benning, a manufacturer of power supplies in Ireland.

FKI Logistex to deliver material handling system to Swedish library  -  03/28/07
FKI won a contract to deliver a fully automated item handling and sorting system to the Malmö City Library in Sweden.

Invensys and Apprion install wireless infrastructure at power company  -  03/27/07
Invensys Process Systems and Apprion have successfully implemented wireless applications at the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) Lost Pines Power Park. LCRA recently merged these two plants under one functional management system with a layered WiMax/WiFi wireless infrastructure to help link the two plants.

Hänel automated storage system installed at Mayflex  -  03/23/07
Electronics distributor Mayflex recently installed an automated storage systems for its warehouse in Birmingham, UK. Mayflex is a distributor of networking solutions throughout the UK & Ireland.

Intelligent Buildings Leadership Forum
June 18, 2007 Anaheim, California
Forum will include a series of sessions on Intelligent Buildings including incorporating Internet technologies, building the value proposition, and how to deliver a solution. A second track will be focused on the value and delivery of sustainable or "Green Buildings."

CSI Show & Convention
June 20-22, 2007 Baltimore
From implementing LEED, to advances in security technology, to specifications that stand up in court, this professional development event is an opportunity to delve into the industry’s hot topics under the leadership of expert speakers.

ASHRAE Annual Meeting
June 23-27, 2007 Long Beach, CA
When it comes to making indoor environments in the world comfortable, productive, safe and energy efficient, nobody does it better than ASHRAE.

Facililties Expo 2007: Southeast Industrial
September 12–13, 2007 College Park, GA
Facilities Expos are a series of broad-based regional events that offer solutions for engineering, management and operations.

Facilities Midwest
September 18-19, 2007 Rosemont, Ill
Two-day trade show and educational conference for facility professionals responsible for the management, operations, maintenance, design and construction of buildings located in the central region of the United States.

National Manufacturing Week
September 24-27, Rosemont, IL
Four shows in one: Design Engineering, Enterprise IT, Plant Engineering & Maintenance, and Industrial Automation.

The Traditional Building Exhibition and Conference
October 17-20, 2007 New Orleans
The largest tradeshow in North America dedicated to historic restoration, renovation and traditionally inspired new construction.

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Vice President, Publisher
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