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Articles & News on Building Automation

ASHRAE/IES Publishes Standard 90.1 User’s Manual

  • June 30, 2014
  • News

Manual has Guidance on how to incorporate changes regarding building envelope, lighting, mechanical and the energy cost budget in the 2013 energy standard.

EnTouch energy management system cuts costs at Community Center

  • June 25, 2014
  • Case Study

Lower energy rates from Houston-based Entelrgy and an energy management solution donated by EnTouch Controls keeps cooling costs down at the West Houston Community Center.

Eaton Offers circuit protection products for HVAC/R Applications

  • June 20, 2014
  • News

The compact overcurrent and overvoltage products are for use in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) equipment.

Test Equipment Leverages Smart Phones & Cloud Computing

  • June 20, 2014
  • Feature

By Bill Lydon, Editor Fluke recently introduced Fluke Connect, a system which allows maintenance technicians to wirelessly transmit measurement data from their test tools to their smart phones. There is a lot of hype about the Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud computing. To date, from what I have seen on the market, Fluke Connect is the most useful, productivity-increasing industry solution based on these technologies.

ASHRAE publishes Guideline on Specifying Building Automation Systems

  • June 17, 2014
  • News

ASHRAE Guideline 13-2014, Specifying Building Automation Systems, provide designers of building automation systems (BAS) with background information, recommendations for good practice, project considerations, and detailed discussion of options with respect to the design of a BAS system.

Eaton releases Solar Circuit Protection Solutions

  • June 17, 2014
  • News

Fuses, circuit breakers, power distribution blocks and surge protective devices (SPDs) for commercial, utility and residential solar segments reduce installation costs, maintain reliable operations, help enhance safety and maximize energy harvested.

Reducing Barriers and Opening Doors for Building Automation Products in the Industrial Internet of

  • June 12, 2014
  • Feature

By Bob Dolin, Echelon The emerging Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) represents the next generation of control networks for building automation. But unlike the consumer Internet of Things, the IIoT isn’t starting from scratch.

The Evolution of Building Automation Systems (BAS)

  • May 30, 2014
  • Feature

By Kevin Callahan, Alerton BAS are getting more powerful and easy to use all the time. Key features and benefits to look for this year include BAS software, control modules and wall sensors.

New processing prowess finding its way into building automation systems

  • May 29, 2014
  • Feature

By Punya Prakash, Texas Instruments Building automation systems are striving to keep up with a renaissance in processing prowess by incorporating hierarchical and distributed architectures, low-power processing and control capabilities, advanced sensors and many other exciting new technologies. In fact, sometimes the most pressing challenge is how to make sense of it all.

KGS installs Clockworks building diagnostics at MIT

  • May 20, 2014
  • Case Study

Clockworks performance management platform is installed on 60 buildings at MIT, monitoring and providing analytics on over 7,000 pieces of equipment using over 14,000,000 data points per day.