Articles & News on Building Automation

Apollo Safety forms Environmental Health & Safety Division

  • January 13, 2015
  • News

The division will feature offerings that pertain to gas detection equipment, maintenance and monitoring and compliance.

LSI Industries appoints John Bagwell President

  • January 9, 2015
  • News

Prior to joining the company he was President of TacTouch and previous employers include Acuity Brands Lighting, Automated Logic Corporation and TRIATEK.

Village Worker uses Barix Building Management Systems

  • January 8, 2015
  • Case Study

Using Barix Barionet IP solutions, Village Worker builds end-to-end control and automation architectures that trigger actions based on data readings from a variety of connected devices.

B-Scada Software Manages Luxury Hotel in Algeria

  • December 17, 2014
  • Case Study

Mas Ingenieros selected Status Enterprise as a facility management solution for a 5-star luxury hotel in Algeria.

Farsens’s RFID sensor tags monitor data center conditions

  • October 30, 2014
  • Case Study

RFID sensor tags do not require batteries to monitor temperature, pressure and humidity of equipment remotely.

Barcelona Airport Takes Off with Integrated Command and Control System

  • October 27, 2014
  • Case Study

Wonderware software integrated all their existing disparate systems, achieved reliable and cost-efficient control, enabled safe operations and created scalability for future growth.

DOE accepts ASHRAE standard for Commercial Buildings

  • October 3, 2014
  • News

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a ruling that establishes the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013 as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes.

Datapaq measures floodlight temperatures

  • September 18, 2014
  • Case Study

When the sun comes out on a rainy Wimbledon match day, the roof over Centre Court can be retracted, but only after the floodlights have cooled down sufficiently. Datapaq measured how long it takes.

ASHRAE softens rules for Existing Buildings in IAQ Standard

  • September 5, 2014
  • News

Recognizing that the ventilation rate procedure in its indoor air quality standard may be difficult to apply in existing buildings, ASHRAE is proposing an alternate compliance path.

NexRev delivers 25,000th DrivePak VFD retrofit

  • August 22, 2014
  • News

The 25,000th DrivePak installation took place at Toys“R”Us/Babies“R”Us in Iselin, NJ.