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Beckhoff Building Automation Solutions: Smart Buildings, Smart Investment

With Beckhoff’s PC- and Ethernet-based building automation solutions, users can implement cost-saving light control, HVAC automation, individual room automation, remote maintenance, energy monitoring and beyond. Click the link to learn more, including a free PDF brochure download detailing Beckhoff Building Automation solutions.

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Plugging Into Automation  
Automated Buildings, July 2011
By Annette Bellafiore, ThinkEco
Manually tackling plug-load energy waste can seem challenging since it occurs throughout the building at each individual plug. The good news is that there are now technological options that help simplify and automate these savings.

Strategies for Energy Monitoring  
Design News, June 2011
By Al Presher
Standard Ethernet networking and PAC technology, new software tools, and demand-response programs team up to identify energy savings and reduce consumption.

Getting The Best Smart Meter Value For Your Money
Power Engineer, June 2011
By Mark Englund
Getting the best for your money is an important focus for those tasked with selecting the best option for meter design. It's tempting, when planning your smart meter rollout to go for the simplest and seemingly safest design option. But does that get you the best bang for your buck?

Seismic & Wind Concerns  
Engineered Systems, May 2011
Steven G. Liescheidt, CCPR
Earthquakes and strong gusts of wind cause are threats that need to be considered when designing isolators, supports, and special louver considerations for HVAC systems. Not only that, codes, insurance, and liability can leave inattentive engineers, owners, and manufacturers sweating.

How To Calculate Temporary Cooling Loads  
Maintenance Solutions, March 2011
By James Piper
To support a growing demand for temporary cooling, manufacturers now offer an expanding portfolio of systems. Equipment options now include small, portable, room units and trailer-mounted systems capable of cooling entire buildings.

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Dwyer releases Series CDT CO2 & Temperature Transmitter
Series CDT Transmitters monitor the CO2 concentration and temperature in indoor environments to help achieve LEED certification.

National Instruments Introduces LabVIEW 2011
LabVIEW 2011 provides a unified platform for designing, prototyping and deploying applications with maximum efficiency.

HMS releases Anybus CompactCom for BACnet/IP
Anybus CompactCom can be embedded into air conditioning equipment, pumps, ventilation devices etc. in order to enable communication with the BACnet/IP network.

Siemens expands Building Information Modeling (BIM)
BIM families now include library blocks for dry type distribution transformers and low voltage unit substations.

OMEGA Introduces DP8891 Digital Thermometer with Probe
DP8891 series of waterproof digital thermometer features a wide temperature range and can be used as a portable unit or a wall mounted large LCD meter.

Other Product Announcements

• Tridium enhances NiagaraAX Framework
• Siemens introduces Series 2200 CO2 Room Units
• FieldServer Gateway Links Wireless Devices to Building Automation
• Distech Controls releases ECL-600 programmable controllers
• eSight Energy enhances its energy management suite
• E-Mon announces Web-Mon Enterprise Edition
• SCL Elements releases second generation CAN2GO controllers
• ICP DAS adds real time clock to TouchPad PLC
• Sigmatek releases CFF 011 solid state floppy drive

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QA Graphics produces graphic development training video  
The video illustrates how to create system graphics using QA Graphics’ BAS Symbol Library, and serves as an introduction to using Photoshop and constructing system graphics.

Boiler Control Systems Engineering, 2nd Edition - $89.00
This book provides specific examples of boiler control including configuration and tuning, valve sizing, and transmitter specifications. This expanded and updated second edition includes drum level compensation equations, additional P&ID drawings and examples of permissive startup and tripping logic for gas, oil, and coal fired boilers.

Reference Guide reviews 2011 NEC Code Changes  
Thomas & Betts publishes Analysis of NEC Code Changes 2011, a free reference guide that highlights changes to the National Electrical Code (NEC) for the 2011 code cycle.

Mettler-Toledo Thornton Releases free Water Calculator App  
The application enables water specialists to perform water calculations and unit conversions using an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, or Android-compatible smart phone or mobile device.

Free Library of Power Quality and Energy Monitoring Articles  
Draenetz offers more than 55 downloadable technical white papers, articles and marketing documents covering a broad range of power quality and energy monitoring topics.

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Siemens saves money at BAE building  
BAE Systems expects the $2 million upgrade to save more than $305,000 annually in equivalent energy and operational expenses

Northwire Cable bails out casino's underwater entertainment  
At no cost, Northwire engineered several designs, tested and developed, and rapidly prototyped custom cable solutions in five days—enabling the multimillion dollar production to resume.

An Overlap of Interests  
Industrial Networking, May 2011
By Jim Montague
Bayer Health Care in Berkeley, CA, connects its local DCS devices, a highly automated HVAC system for cleanrooms, and a central utilities system via a network that piggybacks on Bayer's corporate IT network, but is physically separated from it.

Direct-Digital Controls Improve Equipment Monitoring  
Building Operating Management, May 2011
By Dan Hounsell
Upgrading a building-automation system (BAS) can be an immense undertaking, given the complexity of the technology and the need to dovetail it to fit a facility's existing systems and operations. But for UNLV, such projects have become nearly routine, thanks to DDC.

Trion supplies ventilation system for chip shop  
Building Talk, April 2011
Chips Inc in Worthing, West Sussex was ordered to prevent the smell of their cooking process from escaping outside. However, the shop's location made it difficult to install an air handling system, because the building is a terraced row of shops with privately owned homes above.

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Pushing alarms beyond the building walls with Exele TopView  
Automation.com, July 2011
By Dane Overfield, Exele Information Systems
White paper addresses the benefits of adding a monitoring, alarm, and notification system on top of building automation systems.

Post-Stuxnet Industrial Security  
By Frank Dickman, Innonimate
After Stuxnet, the threats from malware and insufficient IT security in automation networks can no longer be ignored. The real danger looming out there, however, is not from Stuxnet itself, but rather from mutations likely to be created by imitators.

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Tridium promotes John Sublett to Chief Technology Officer  
Prior to Sublett's appointment as CTO he was Tridium's Chief Architect and Director of Software Development for the Niagara Framework.

Kitchener commissions 500 kW solar installation  
The project is one of the largest solar roof-top installations in Canada.

U.S. Commits Support For Landmark Solar Roof Project  
EERE News, June 2011
The U.S. has made a conditional commitment to provide a partial guarantee for a $1.4 billion loan to support Project Amp. The project features the installation of solar panels on industrial buildings across the country, with the electricity generated from those panels contributing directly to the electrical grid, as opposed to powering the buildings where they are installed.

Solar Market Set To Double Its Growth In 2011  
Forbes, June 2011
By Ucilia Wang
About 1.8 gigawatts of photovoltaic (PV) systems will rise from the rooftop or the ground across the country in 2011, up from the 887 megawatts added in 2010, said the report by the Solar Energy Industries Association and GTM Research.

EnOcean Alliance Grows to 200 Member Companies  
Collectively, Alliance members support 750 interoperable products deployed in over 200,000 buildings that use energy harvesting wireless technology designed for building automation systems.

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Tridium to supply Niagara Framework to 3e Technologies  
3eTI has integrated the Niagara Framework into its EnergyGuard energy management system.

eSight Energy to manage energy for Cascade Energy's clients  
Cascade Energy, an industrial energy-efficiency consulting firm, will use the eSight energy analysis suite to manage energy data for their industrial and utility clients.

ABB to ventilate world’s largest tunnel  
ABB will supply switchgear, electrical equipment, 800xA control systems, sensors and other digital field devices to measure air flow and temperature, drive systems and other automation equipment.

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eSight Energy "Kick Off Your Energy Savings" Summit
August 24, 2011
Location: Chicago, IL, United States
Attend the eSight Energy Annual Summit at Soldier Field, to learn how your organization can win the war of energy saving & cost reduction. The summit will take a look at how eSight is uniquely positioned in the market to provide aggregation of data from virtually any energy source!

OPC Rescue Webinar
September 14, 2011
Various Times
This webinar will provide insight into the functionality and benefits of OPC Rescue®. OPC Rescue® is a groundbreaking tool for anyone in automation. The easy to use interface walks users through a wizard that quickly and effortlessly diagnoses and repairs communication, configuration and security.

OPC & DCOM Diagnostics
September 20, 2011 - September 21, 2011
Location: Mumbai, India
Students learn the fundamental concepts and vision of OPC. Students compare traditional connectivity methods to OPC and discuss the strength each method offers. All the OPC specifications are briefly discussed and the class delves into OPC Data Access (OPC DA) for real-time data access.

OPC Security
September 22, 2011 - September 23, 2011
Location: Mumbai, India
Students apply security measures that comply with IT policies, industrial best practices, and government (SOX) regulations for cybersecurity. Students learn how to configure the Windows Firewall, and the minimal set of users and groups that are necessary to include in the System Access Control Lists.

Meggitt releases online industrial vibration training videos  
Videos explain vibration monitoring to beginner and intermediate users and help them understand how to derive the benefits of vibration analysis.

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High Performance Buildings Conference  
Engineered Systems and Building Intelligence Group
September 13 – 14, 2011
In this accessible and interactive forum, building professionals learn about the latest technologies and practices to deliver high performance and energy efficiency. The conference addresses the full spectrum of mechanical and electrical buildings systems for both new construction and existing buildings.

ISA Automation Week 2011
October 17, 2011 - October 20, 2011
Location: Mobile, AL, USA
This world-class conference will cover seven technical tracks in depth and will be designed with information critical to several identified automation and control career paths. ISA Automation Week provides you with the opportunity to get the best unbiased knowledge available to help you in your jobs and your future.

Buildings under Control Symposium
October 19, 2011 - October 20, 2011
Location: Vienna, Austria
Industry experts for intelligent, energy efficient automation and compatible control solutions for buildings will converge at the symposium.

Automation Fair 2011
November 16, 2011 - November 17, 2011
Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Join us in Chicago as we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Automation Fair. A great opportunity to explore a wide variety of smart, safe, sustainable manufacturing solutions geared toward improving your business profitability. And, best of all, it's FREE.

ASHRAE’s 2012 Winter Conference Seeks Papers  
Papers addressing advances in high performance buildings, integrated design and numerous high-intensity HVAC applications are being sought for ASHRAE’s 2012 Winter Conference in Chicago, Ill., Jan. 21-25.

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