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Episode 341 ControlTalk NOW — Honoring the 2019 HVAC and BAS Industry Superstars!

2019 is proving to be a Year of Unprecedented Innovation, Strategic Acquisitions, and Unending Disruption. See you in Orlando, FL, the first week in February, at the ControlTrends Awards, 2020 AHR EXPO, and the twelve 2020 Vision Education Sessions hosted by Automated Buildings' Ken Sinclair.

Ken Sinclair delivers another outstanding assessment of the BAS industry: Ken’s world according to wireless. “Prior to attending CoRE TECH I wrote this review Building Wireless Inside Out. Please give it a read. And one of my main reasons for going to the event in San Jose was to better understand what it was I was writing about wireless.  These presentations helped provide clarity. Thank you CoRE Tech.”

Niagara Summit 2020 Sponsorship & Exhibit Sales Now Open

Dear Niagara Community, the powerful forces driving the industry toward a unified strategy for controls from the edge to the cloud should also be driving you to Niagara Summit 2020. It is here that we are bringing together our full community of master systems integrators, building engineers, application developers, building owners and facility managers. 

“CIO Review Magazine recently named KMC Controls as one of the 50 Most Promising IoT Solution Providers.”

As cities continue to become more complex and densely populated, taking control of the spaces we inhabit—and making them more intelligent—is critical to conserving energy and resources, elevating living and working standards, and saving money. When it comes to exploring the reality of smart buildings, the reluctance to change, the risk of the unknown, and the lack of technical expertise in implementing IoT are barriers to unlocking new opportunities to drive real value and higher performance.

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Vendor Partners have the opportunity to build relationships and develop new business by learning Building Executives’ needs and sharing their respective products and solutions to meet these NEEDS!
 
Participating Building VIP Guest Executives are required to attend ALL activities on the Summit Agenda and engage with Vendor Partners throughout the entirety of the Summit.
 
Vendor Boardroom Presentations enable Vendors to meet with, then present their products, services and solutions to 10+ Building Industry Executives at a time. Highly interactive and carefully focused, these boardroom presentations connect Vendors with top Building Industry Executives to exchange valuable insights.

AHR EXPO 2020 Economic + Industry Report (Register for the AHR EXPO 2020, FEB 3-5, Orlando, NOW!)

Each year the AHR Expo surveys members of the HVACR community to gauge prospects for business heading into the new year. Questions address current business trends, the previous year’s performance and prospects for new business heading into 2020. Respondents are asked to indicate areas of growth and markets with the expected highest performance. For more information, please visit ahrexpo.com.

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AHR EXPO 2020 Economic + Industry Report (Register for the AHR EXPO 2020, FEB 3-5, Orlando, NOW!)

The Annual Economic Outlook Survey of HVACR manufacturers and attendees is compiled by AHR Expo, the world’s largest HVACR event, and ASHRAE Journal.

Each year the AHR Expo surveys members of the HVACR community to gauge prospects for business heading into the new year. Questions address current business trends, the previous year’s performance and prospects for new business heading into 2020. Respondents are asked to indicate areas of growth and markets with the expected highest performance.

Additionally, respondents are asked to write in potential opportunities, threats and challenges to be considered for the near future. This year, for the first time, the report also includes a check-in with many of our industry endorsing organizations. The purpose of this inclusion is to add perspective from the varying sectors of the industry that make up HVACR regarding discussions happening in their areas of expertise.

We encourage you to review the included results of the survey, as well as the input from industry associations, and carry this knowledge with you onto the Show Floor at the 2020 AHR Expo, to be held in Orlando, Florida, February 3-5th.

For more information, please visit ahrexpo.com.

CABA Smart Buildings Summit: Register Now and Get 20% Discount

Present to 100+ Buildings Executives
Vendor Partners have the opportunity to build relationships and develop new business by learning Building Executives’ needs and sharing their respective products and solutions to meet these NEEDS!
Participating Building VIP Guest Executives are required to attend ALL activities on the Summit Agenda and engage with Vendor Partners throughout the entirety of the Summit.
Vendor Boardroom Presentations enable Vendors to meet with, then present their products, services and solutions to 10+ Building Industry Executives at a time. Highly interactive and carefully focused, these boardroom presentations connect Vendors with top Building Industry Executives to exchange valuable insights.
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KMC Controls: Leveraging IoT for Smarter Facilities

“CIO Review Magazine recently named KMC Controls as one of the 50 Most Promising IoT Solution Providers.”

As cities continue to become more complex and densely populated, taking control of the spaces we inhabit—and making them more intelligent—is critical to conserving energy and resources, elevating living and working standards, and saving money. When it comes to exploring the reality of smart buildings, the reluctance to change, the risk of the unknown, and the lack of technical expertise in implementing IoT are barriers to unlocking new opportunities to drive real value and higher performance. This is precisely what KMC Controls intends to solve. On a mission to achieve higher levels of energy efficiency and indoor environmental quality, KMC Controls acts as a trailblazer in digitizing facilities and building systems with its innovative and intuitive solutions.

“Today, the majorities of buildings are very inefficient and are using 15 to 30 percent more energy than they should be. In this scenario, smart buildings are the low hanging fruit of IoT. 2019 is going to be a significant year for real estate as buildings will be more efficient and result in strong ROIs,” begins Richard Newberry, CEO at KMC Controls. With more than 30 years of executive and general management experience in energy, oil and gas, technology manufacturing, and building automation segments, Newberry brings an in-depth understanding of what’s slowing down IoT adoption and a total solution view to address the challenges. “The key ingredient in the successful implementation of IoT for a smart building is simplicity—eliminating over-analysis of data and starting with a simple opportunity backed by a well-thought execution plan,” he adds.

Designed specifically for owners and facilities managers, KMC Controls’ powerful building automation platform, KMC Commander, allows customers to execute their energy efficiency strategy incrementally. An end to end solution, KMC Commander addresses challenges in commercial real estate using sensors and IoT. The solution connects sensors, building systems, and devices to the cloud, making it simple to transfer data. Built on the Dell Gateway, the solution uses the Haystack tagging methodology coupled with BACnet, Modbus or SNMP protocols to discover the devices and populate the dashboards. The devices stream critical data on energy usage and ambient conditions in real-time through the solution, which publishes information on dashboards and cards. The easy-to-install KMC Commander manages the data through a database whereby a user can determine who has access to what data and allows technicians to monitor and control KPIs with a holistic view of the information.

Backed by advanced analytics, KMC Commander demonstrates true implementation of predictive and preventive solutions/equipment, ensuring more efficiency. KMC Commander can effortlessly scale to meet growing business demands.

But to establish its credibility among the customers, Newberry lists four crucial features of the platform that help increase technology adoption. First off, as an open solution, KMC Commander ensures that the clients own their data and can partner with anyone of their choice. Secondly, from the cybersecurity perspective, KMC Controls has partnered with leading tech companies such as Intel and Dell to develop the highly secure KMC Commander software. Thirdly, the highly scalable software meets the changing demands of the building owners, assisting them in making not just a smarter building, but a ‘genius’ building. Lastly, KMC Commander allows clients to look at their overall plan; or pick one issue and solve it, with the option of tackling more problems later, as their budget permits.

Advancing with their innovative platform, KMC Controls has marked their presence in the K12 marketplace. The company is helping a private school look after the maintenance of the building by connecting KMC Commander to the HVAC, lighting, backup generator, refrigerated areas, and floors. These sensors help the administrators to detect and screen erosion. “What is unique about our platform is that it allows students to leverage the data to write codes using our open API. The platform aids the marriage of education with operations, and involves students’ participation in the operations, enabling them to understand the nuances of a building and how people can make the building smarter over time,” says Newberry.

Currently, KMC Controls is focused on partnering with various analytics software companies to open up the data from KMC Commander through an open API. These partnerships promise to add value to their joint customers to increase the efficiency of the building, reduce the energy usage, make it more comfortable for occupants, and create more space to increase the value for real estate. On the device end of the equation, KMC Controls is partnering with several device manufacturers since the more devices KMC Commander can automatically discover, the more valuable it becomes. “Companies are developing additional SaaS solutions on KMC Commander, enabling our integrators to make more improvements and realize greater savings,” mentions Newberry. Moving ahead, KMC Controls will expand its legacy to South America and Europe in 2019 and revolutionize IoT in real estate sectors in the years to come.

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Niagara Summit 2020 Sponsorship & Exhibit Sales Now Open

Dear Niagara Community,

The powerful forces driving the industry toward a unified strategy for controls from the edge to the cloud should also be driving you to Niagara Summit 2020. It is here that we are bringing together our full community of master systems integrators, building engineers, application developers, building owners and facility managers. Nowhere else will you find such a powerful mix of people ready to discuss how we are going to make our commercial buildings, data centers and industrial plants more intelligent, cyber secure and energy efficient as well as safe and healthy for the people inside.

Niagara Summit 2020 at a glance:
  • Event dates: April 19-21, 2020 | Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego
  • Developer Bootcamp: a day’s worth of content geared specifically to those developing on the Niagara Framework®
  • Trade show designed to facilitate optimal one-on-one conversations among exhibitors and attendees
  • Educational tracks with specialized breakout sessions: featuring presentations from industry thought leaders, with seasoned members of the Niagara Community
  • Social and networking opportunities to foster collaboration and sharing of best practices
Niagara Summit 2020 sponsorship packages include Gold, Silver and Bronze levels. We’re introducing some new sponsorship opportunities geared toward delivering a customized marketing plan for brands. Sponsorships offer trade show booths, valuable show services, and excellent pre-event and on-site marketing opportunities for increasing brand recognition and visibility to attendees.

You can find out more about sponsoring and exhibiting at the conference by clicking to download the Niagara Summit 2020 Prospectus.

To apply for event sponsorships that spotlight your brand, simply complete the Sponsor/Exhibitor Application in the prospectus and email to niagarasummit@tridium.com. We will review your application and confirm with you as soon as the application review process is complete.

KEY DATES

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Timeline
Application submission for sponsorship /
trade show booth space

December 2, 2019 – March 30, 2020

Booth space selection by
Niagara Summit 2018 exhibitors

December 2, 2019 – January 3, 2020

Booth space selection by all other exhibitors

January 5, 2020 – March 30, 2020

We hope to see you in San Diego in April! Registration for the event will open soon. Get ready for an amazing event!

Ken Sinclair’s December Edition of Automated Buildings “Building Wireless Inside Out”

"Wireless connectivity - We cannot see it, feel it, hear it, smell it, touch it, but when it is not available, we are not available and our productivity is immobilized, we will move toward a source of better connectivity."

Ken Sinclair delivers another outstanding assessment of the BAS industry: Ken’s world according to wireless. “Prior to attending CoRE TECH I wrote this review Building Wireless Inside Out please give it a read and one of my main reasons for going to the event in San Jose was to better understand what it was I was writing about wireless.  These presentations helped provide clarity. Thank you CoRE Tech.”

More Great December Articles:

The Evolution of the Building Platform
Marc Petock, Lynxspring, Inc.  Editor

The Productivity Paradox
Chris Irwin, J2 Innovations

Data Analytics Is About More than FDD
John Petze, SkyFoundry

All I Want for Christmas…
Scott Cochrane, Cochrane Supply Editor

 KNX as the future standard for the USA
Philip R. Juneau, ATC

Can BMS Save the World?
Oleksandr Zdir, Global Control 5

How Estimating is Like a Relay Race
Hector Hernandez, Cube-USA

Challenging The Status Quo
Prabhu Ramachandran, Facilio Inc.

The Living, Breathing, Thinking, Learning
James McHale, Memoori

From iPhone to iBuilding
Nicolas Waern, The Building Whisperer Editor

B2C and B2B Marketing are Converging
Kim Salzer, Chief Outsiders

Digital-first Real Estate
Nicolas Waern, The Building Whisperer Editor

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Happy Thanksgiving ControlTrends Community!

Thanksgiving is believed to have been celebrated first in 1621 when the Plymouth settlers enjoyed a fall feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest with the local Wampanoag Indians.

We wish everyone a wonderful, relaxing, and peaceful Thanksgiving Holiday. For those that must work or serve through the Holidays, we greatly appreciate your faithful service.

The history of Thanksgiving Day from Reference.Com: Thanksgiving is celebrated in the United States as a national holiday dedicated to being with family and friends to give thanks for all of the blessings received throughout the previous year.

The holiday is believed to have been celebrated first in 1621 when the Plymouth settlers enjoyed a fall feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest with the local Wampanoag Indians.

Prior to the event that is believed to be the first Thanksgiving, harvest feasts were practiced in New England, though they did not catch on as a yearly event. According to most historians, the tradition of having these harvest feasts came over to America with the Puritan and Pilgrim settlers from England. During this first feast, the attendees dined on pumpkin, turkey, goose, corn and other items that are now common at Thanksgiving dinners.

As per most historians, the settlers did not intend for this to be a yearly feast when they began it. The tradition of a yearly Thanksgiving feast did not become official until President George Washington declared that the nation would celebrate with a day of Thanksgiving on November 26, 1789. President Abraham Lincoln wrote a proclamation declaring that all states in the union would celebrate the day in 1863. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a resolution from Congress on December 26, 1941 that moved the official date of Thanksgiving from the last Thursday in November to the fourth.

“After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one’s own relations.” ― Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance

Episode 340 ControlTalk NOW Previews Ken Sinclair’s Automated Buildings December Edition: “Building Wireless Inside Out!”

Ken Sinclair tells us that origin for his December Automated Buildings theme, "Building Wireless Inside Out," actually began at the 2019 Realcomm Show in Nashville earlier this year. Whether it's Wifi 6, 5G, DAS, CB Radio, 802, EnOcean, Zigbee, or Bluetooth, better get your building Smart Ready!

ControlTrends’ Queen and King of Silicon Valley Therese Sullivan and Josh Bradshaw live from CoRe Tech Realcomm 2019

Two ControlTrends favorites report in from CoReTech Realcomm 2019. Tridium’s Therese Sullivan and Visa’s Josh Bradshaw give us a quick, but important update from Silicon Valley. What is the 2000, 200, 20 Camera Metric? Better watch!

CoRE Tech 2019 Hits 10th Anniversary Milestone – Conference Highlights

The conference featured over 60 speakers; a very carefully curated Vendor Expo; an interactive Best Practice Case Study Showcase featuring projects from Intel, United Therapeutics, Warner Media, Coca Cola, McDonald’s and more; an AR/VR Demo Lab; a Flex Space Business Lounge prototype; and eight onsite RE Tech Innovation Tours to some of Silicon Valley’s most interesting and innovative corporate facilities.

Johnson Controls acquires EasyIO Building and Energy Management System

MILWAUKEE – (November 21, 2019) – Johnson Controls announced today that it closed an agreement to purchase the EasyIO Building and Energy Management System (BEMS) product line. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, EasyIO has operations in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.

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Johnson Controls acquires EasyIO Building and Energy Management System

Acquisition will allow Johnson Controls to expand its reach in building automation, HVAC and refrigeration markets.

MILWAUKEE – (November 21, 2019) – Johnson Controls announced today that it closed an agreement to purchase the EasyIO Building and Energy Management System (BEMS) product line. Based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, EasyIO has operations in Asia, Australia, Europe and North America.

The acquisition will create significant growth opportunities as Johnson Controls leverages the EasyIO products and team in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and APAC building automation markets, as well as the global HVAC and refrigeration markets.

“EasyIO provides a valuable addition to our already robust building automation system portfolio, which includes brands such as Metasys, Facility Explorer, Verasys and BCPro,” said James Burke, VP & GM BAS at Johnson Controls. “We look forward to bringing our collective customers new building automation products and services that create sustainable solutions.”

“EasyIO provides a valuable addition to our already robust building automation system portfolio, which includes brands such as Metasys, Facility Explorer, Verasys and BCPro.” – James Burke, VP & GM BAS at Johnson Controls

“This is an exciting move for us,” said Mike Marston, Co-Owner, EasyIO. “With access to Johnson Controls resources, EasyIO will continue to bring to market even more new, innovative products.”

Johnson Controls has more than 30 years of industry-leading expertise in building automation systems and has driven HVAC controls innovation for more than 130 years. The company provides building automation solutions for complex and light-commercial buildings.

EasyIO’s product line includes IP-based and network-ready controllers, HMI products, peripherals, gateways, and modems. The company serves the facility management market, including office buildings, utilities, industrial facilities, hotels, healthcare facilities, retail stores, residences and educational facilities.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

For more information about Johnson Controls, visit https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/building-automation-and-controls. For more information about EasyIO, visit https://www.easyio.pro/about easyio.html or https://www.easyio.pro/becomeapartner.html.

About Johnson Controls
At Johnson Controls, we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort, we drive the outcomes that matter most. We deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare, education, data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 105,000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation, we are the power behind our customers’ mission. Our leading portfolio of building technology and solutions includes some of the most trusted names in the industry, such as Tyco®, York®, Metasys®, Ruskin®, Titus®, Frick®, Penn®, Sabroe®, Simplex®, Ansul® and Grinnell®. For more information, visit www.johnsoncontrols.com or follow us @johnsoncontrols on Twitter.

About EasyIO
EasyIO provides flexible, innovative products for Building and Energy Management Systems (BEMS) that are used in huge infrastructure projects and are perfect for all types of buildings, from very large to smaller types of buildings or estates of buildings. EasyIO’s controllers significantly lower the software costs of BEMS because they can combine multiple protocols like Sox, BACnet, Modbus, EnOcean and Web API. For more information, visit https://www.easyio.com.

CoRE Tech 2019 Hits 10th Anniversary Milestone – Conference Highlights

The conference featured over 60 speakers; a very carefully curated Vendor Expo; an interactive Best Practice Case Study Showcase featuring projects from Intel, United Therapeutics, Warner Media, Coca Cola, McDonald’s and more; an AR/VR Demo Lab; a Flex Space Business Lounge prototype; and eight onsite RE Tech Innovation Tours to some of Silicon Valley’s most interesting and innovative corporate facilities.

CoRE Tech was created ten years ago for a very specific purpose: to bring senior level Corporate Real Estate and Facilities professionals together to talk about technology, automation and innovation in a condensed, comprehensive and interrelated way. The three primary categories focused on were: 1) information management, 2) smart, connected buildings and 3) next generation space.

While seemingly independent topics, each and every year, the importance of integration, interoperability and the need for a strategic plan brings these three categories closer together.

The following is a summary of the many takeaways from CoRE Tech 2019!

 

  • DIGITAL EXPERIENCES are at the Forefront of Transformational Smart Campus Projects of the Future – Ford and Microsoft are Leading the Way

  • From a Centralized Operations Center to CRE Tech Innovation Lab – GOOGLE is One of the Leaders of Innovation in the Corporate Real Estate Industry

  • The SMART BUILDING JOURNEY Continues – Real Case Studies are Increasing and Demonstrate Innovation at Scale

  • VALUE ENGINEERING Continues to Impede Smart Building Projects – SMART READY Depends on Our Rethinking the Design-Build Process

  • PROJECT LEADERSHIP CHURN is Disrupting Digital Transformation – Change of Leadership Impacts the Ability to Execute Consistently

  • The TECH SKILLS SHORTAGE is Constraining Smart Campus Innovation – Although Modern, Amenity-Rich Workplaces Often Serve as a Value Proposition for ATTRACTING TALENT

  • Digital Workplace Experience Enabled by a Tap on the Phone – With Professional and Personal Lives Increasingly Blending, the Appetite for WORKPLACE APPS Grows

  • From Private Tech-Enabled Privacy Pods that Create Additional Meeting Areas in the Lobby or Any Other Open Space to Leasing Coworking Space for Remote Employees – FLEXSPACE Continues to Play a Major Role in a Corporate Real Estate Strategy

  • ADVANCED GENERAL TECHNOLOGIES are Enjoying Wider Adoption in the Corporate Real Estate Industry – AI, AR/VR and Autonomous Case Studies are Emerging

  • Visual Immersive Experiences Designed to Educate, Inform and Inspire – LED VIDEO WALLS are Transforming Interiors and Exteriors

  • Indoor Maps Get an Upgrade – MOBILE ENABLED SMART ROUTING to Navigate Buildings and Real-Time Location Tracking Including Applications Such as Efficient Worker Management and Connecting Workers Based on Proximity are Entering the Campus

  • Making Sense, Comprehend, Act and Learn – The Potential of AI and Its Ability to Interpret Information will Transform Corporate Real Estate and Facility Management Processes

  • The Contextual Model of an Entire Smart Building Environment is Emerging – DIGITAL TWINS Visualize How People and Processes Interact in the Built Environment

  • Next Generation Wireless is On the Horizon – 5G, CBRS, WI-FI 6 and BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) Will Revolutionize How We Use IoT Devices and In-Building Communications

  • CHINA’S TECHNOLOGY PROWESS – Conversations Regarding Potential Ramifications and Implications are Starting to Emerge

  • Convenience & Efficiency vs. Surveillance – Facial Recognition and Tracking Sensors in Highly Connected Buildings are Raising PRIVACY Concerns

  • CYBERSECURITY Concerns are Impacting the Smart Building Conversation – To Stay Ahead of Cybersecurity Threats, All Stakeholders Need to Engage in a Continuous Dialogue

  • The PROPTECH LANDSCAPE Remains Confusing – Too Many PropTech Companies Have Entered the Marketplace, Often with Limited Understanding of the Industry and Its Complicated Processes

  • Experiencing Tech Innovation First-Hand – CoRE Tech’s Silicon Valley Next-Gen CRE and Facility TOURS Took Attendees “Behind the Scenes” of Some of the Most Innovative Campuses and Served as an Exciting Learning Adjunct

  • Featuring Leading Edge Technology, Integration and Connectivity – CoRE Tech’s SMART BUILDING SHOWCASE of the Most Innovative Corporate Buildings and Campuses Emphasized the Importance of Fully Utilizing a Company-Wide Strategy, Big Data and an Ecosystem of Partners

  • Asking the Right Questions to Address Corporate Real Estate Pain Points – The CoRE Tech VENDOR COMMUNITY IS ENGAGING with the Industry to Learn About Issues and Provide Relevant Solutions

  • Leveraging the Community’s Experience and Knowledge – CoRE Tech’s DEDICATED CORPORATE REAL ESTATE EXECUTIVES Share Successes and Failures with Peers to Advance the Industry

 

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