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CIMdata announces Architecture, Engineering and Construction technology survey

  • June 29, 2016
  • News

CIMdata is surveying AEC practitioners, along with manufacturers and technology solution providers serving this market, to collect their views on the opportunities and obstacles they have experienced in relation to the introduction of new technology and processes.

Heliatek integrates Heliafilm technology in Kandil Steel's new facility

  • June 23, 2016
  • Case Study

The project was funded and managed by Kandil Steel, a leading steel provider in Egypt. The company is working on new solutions for distributed energy generation because of rising energy prices and declining government subsidies

Three ASHRAE professional building certifications earn ANSI accreditation

  • June 17, 2016
  • News

Accreditation was approved May 23 for ASHRAE’s Building Energy Assessment Professional (BEAP), Building Energy Modeling Professional (BEMP) and Commissioning Process Management Professional (CPMP)

Think Outside the Box for Cranes and Hoists

  • June 14, 2016
  • Feature

By Tony Young, CP Automation Mainstream horizontal applications like conveyors cannot be shoehorned into the same category as cranes and hoists. This article explains the complexities of vertical lift applications.

OMEGA publishes application note on remote environmental monitoring of server rooms

  • June 13, 2016
  • News

Monitoring of temperature and relative humidity conditions in server rooms is essential to maintaining the operating efficiency of this critical infrastructure. Spikes in temperature or humidity can cause damage to equipment and lead to unexpected server downtime.

PcVue introduces Proximity-Based Contextual Mobility for SCADA

  • May 19, 2016
  • News

BTL listed PcVue Solutions are now providing a mobile offering for SCADA in intelligent buildings. Safety and dispatch tracking are natural functions of the Mobility Server which relies on position in order to create contextual HMI.

Emerson drives used to streamline port crane application

  • May 19, 2016
  • Case Study

Measuring over 100m wide and over 60m high and with a lifting capacity of 45t, the port crane was revamped by Apator Control, adding Emerson's Unidrive M AC and Mentor MP DC drives, controlled by the Simatic S7 Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).

Agidens announces expansion to The Netherlands

  • May 9, 2016
  • News

Agidens Infra BV has scored several large-scale infrastructure projects with a market that offers much more potential.

LOYTEC joins the Delta Electronics group

  • May 2, 2016
  • News

LOYTEC is a European provider of building management and control solutions integrating HVAC control, room automation, lighting control, sunblind control, and energy monitoring.

BIG-EU releases BACnet Reference Catalog 2016

  • May 2, 2016
  • News

In the catalog, the BIG-EU presents 199 projects whose building automation solutions have been realized on the basis of the open BACnet standard.