Articles & News on Building Automation

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.

BIM Hub and CADENAS release joint mobile app for construction engineers

  • April 22, 2016
  • News

The BIMcatalogs.net add-on delivers access to intelligent 3D BIM CAD component data to engineers, designer and constructors worldwide from any computer or mobile device which can then be imported into their respective CAD systems.

Qorvo to acquire GreenPeak Technologies

  • April 18, 2016
  • News

GreenPeak is a developer of wireless technologies for consumer electronics and Smart Home applications.

CAS DataLoggers installs wireless environmental monitoring system

  • March 7, 2016
  • Case Study

Power Construction is using the environmental monitoring system to collect and transmit temperature and humidity data in a 27-story hospital in Chicago.

Moxa controls lighting on world's longest floating bridge

  • January 13, 2016
  • News

Seattle's new SR520 bridge replacement spans two miles, requires control of 7000 lights.