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Episode 316 of ControlTalk NOW The Smart Buildings Podcast — Features CityZenith’s CEO, Michael Jansen. 2019 EASYIO World Conference Begins!

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EASYIO WORLD CONFERENCE 2019 PROGRAM

Sunday May 19 —
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Informal Pre-event gathering in a nice typical Amsterdam pub with an Old Style. 

Monday May 20 —
09:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Conference in Johan Cruijff ArenA in Amsterdam. 
With presentations, workshops, famous guest speaker, tour, Award show, food and drinks. 

Download our program flyer, here.

07:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Amsterdam tour including dinner.

Tuesday May 21 —
09:00 AM – 4:00 PM | CPT training and Advanced Sessions 1 & 2. Find more information here.

Overview guest speakers (Monday)

Adrian Forget
Director Phase 2 – MEP @ Battersea  | Topic: “How a good idea fails in Property Development”.

Tom Randall
Head of Building Optimisation Services @ Verco | Topic: “Outcomes expected of 21st Century buildings”. 
 
Richard Reid
Smart Buildings Leader @ Arup | Topic: “Building Smart Enablement”

Tommy Hagenes
Smart Building Advisor @ Energy Control AS | Topic: “The reality of IoT and it’s impacts on the built environment.”

Daan Quakernaat
Inspirational speaker from Holland | Topic: “Building Cathedrals!” – Solve challenges and problems.

Severine Demaude
Student at Heriot-Watt University – MEng Architectural Engineering course | Topic: “The Biological Passivhaus – The Building of the Future.”

Interview with Smart City Visionary, Michael Jansen

ControlTalk NOW Interview with Smart City Visionary, Michael Jansen Michael Jansen is the founder CEO of Cityzenith and an impassioned architect, urbanist, and … [Read More…]

CityZenith’s Michael Jansen, Chairman & CEO talks about The World’s Most Advanced Digital Twin Solution for Buildings and Cities

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Click Here to watch CTN 316 Interview with Smart City Visionary, Michael Jansen

Michael Jansen is the founder CEO of Cityzenith and an impassioned architect, urbanist, and entrepreneur, and a Smart City industry leader with numerous awards and accolades to his credit. 

He has been featured on CNN, CNBC, and myriads of business, technology, and government innovation publications worldwide, including Forbes, Business Week, Smart Cities, Cities Today, Government Technology, FutureGov Asia, and Business Week.

With offices in Chicago, London, and Singapore, Cityzenith is a market leading Smart Enterprise software company that enables cities to convert their massive amounts of data into monetizable assets, consolidating public (Open Data), commercial (M2M), and citizen (Social Media) data sources providing a wide cross-section of stakeholders unprecedented access to information through the company’s 5D SMART City platform.

CityZenith Current Projects Index

Amaravati Smart City, India
(Foster + Partners)
A marquee greenfield Smart City in India that will be home to 3.5 million residents

Cushman Wakefield, Chicago
(The world’s 3rd largest global property management firm)
Global partnership to co-develop and co-sell Digital Twins solutions around the world

East West Rail Alliance, UK
U.K. (W.S. Atkins)A 102 km rail and real estate development mega-project connecting Oxford and Cambridge

Euston Station, London
(Lendlease)
Asset management project for multiple commercial buildings

Elephant & Castle, London
(Lendlease)With Southwark Council to deliver a GBP£2.3 billion regeneration programme on 28 acres in the centre of Elephant & Castle

King Abdullah Financial District, Riyadh
(JLL)
3D BAM Baseline Asset Modeling for 48 buildings

Prologis, San Francisco
($79 billion in total assets under management)
3D BAM Baseline Asset Modeling for 4 major industrial facilities

Quantum Computing Center, Rhode Island
(Entanglement Research Institute)
A state-of-the-art quantum computing campus on 5.2 acres

Rudin Management Inc., New York City
(New York City’s largest privately-held building owner)
36 large commercial buildings in New York City corporate campus

Silk City, Kuwait
(Perkins & Will)
A new greenfield city on 60,000 acres near Kuwait City

Waterfront Tampa
SPP Properties (The 2nd largest real estate project in North America)
A $3.5 billion, 53-acre new Smart City campus/mega real estate development in southeast Tampa Bay

EasyIO World Conference begins in Amsterdam. IT-Based Building Automation Portfolio delivers Control and Data

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AGENDA

Sunday May 19
8:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Informal pre-event gathering in a traditional Amsterdam pub. 

Monday May 20
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM | Conference at Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam featured presentations, workshops, famous guest speaker, stadium tour, awards show, food and drinks. 

7:00 PM – 11:00 PM | Amsterdam tour with dinner.

Tuesday May 21
08:00 AM – 04:00 PM | CPT training and Advanced Sessions 1 & 2.

Leading North America Distributors: Broudy Precision, Control Consultants Inc, Stromquist Company, Relevant Solutions, and DMS Controls Group attend

Episode 315 of ControlTalk NOW The Smart Buildings Podcast — Realcomm’s Jim Young Video Interview: Paradigm Shift is Underway in Intelligent Buildings

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Episode 315 of ControlTalk NOW The Smart Buildings Podcast features our video interview with Realcomm’s Founder and CEO, Jim Young. As you will soon see, a paradigm shift is underway in Smart Connected Building Space.  ControlTrends looks forward to coverage of two important industry events taking place in the next few days: 2019 Haystack Connect in San Diego, and EasyIO’s 2019 World Conference, in Amsterdam. Young Gun champions, Aaron Gorka and Brent Burrows lead on with Next Generation Innovation Episode 10, and much more News of the Week!

Click here to get the podcast.

What do Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Laurent Vernerey have in Common?

Steve and Bill predicted the future of technology before they created it. Laurent seems to be doing the same. I had the pleasure of hearing Laurent Vemerey, the President of Acuity Brands, speak at 2019 Controls-Con held recently at the Detroit MotorCity Casino.  I believe that he has a clear picture of what the  future of smart building controls looks like.  I think we should listen to him. He might be the Smart Buildings Controls’ Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.  I was really impressed. Let me know what you think in comments.

Episode 10:  Next Generation Innovation

Next Generation Innovation HVAC Controls Young Gun StyleI am so excited to be sharing Episode 10 of Next Generation Innovation with you.  The Next Generation Innovation is a podcast and video-cast for the younger HVAC Control Pros.  Aaron introduces his new co-host Brent Burrows.  Brent is Building Automation Specialist at  Entek in Atlanta. Entek is one of the premier systems integrators in Georgia and Brent is a big part of their success. Brent knows his stuff! He works in the field everyday with HVAC and building automation controls and brings this knowledge to the Next Generation Podcast and to ControlTrends with his Tech Tip series. Your hosts Aaron Gorka and Brent Burrows bring a fresh perspective to all things HVAC and Smart Building Controls. In this episode they give you their thoughts on Controls Con. Often Irreverent but never boring… check out Aaron and Brent in Episode 10 of Next Generation Innovation.

John Petze: HAYSTACK 4.0 IS COMING! What it is and Why it Matters…

The understanding of the need for semantic modeling of device and equipment data has matured significantly in the last decade and the requirements and techniques for applying semantic modeling to equipment data are advancing rapidly. As we have learned, semantic modeling is critical for humans to work with and understand the ever-increasing amount of data coming from their systems, but the process of manually applying that semantic model is not scalable. We need our tools to simplify and automate how the semantic model is applied.

ACI’s latest Tech Tips Video: Saving Controller Inputs by Averaging Room or Zone Temperatures

Did you know? Multiple Temperature Sensors can be wired to provide one average output signal. Instead of using separate inputs for two, three or four rooms, average those temperatures and run one signal back to a single input on your BMS controller. There are two methods used to provide an average output from your sensors. The method you use will depend on the type of sensors, resistive or analog, in your application. Watch as ACI’s Tech Support Manager, Matt Buchholz, demonstrates the wiring of both methods.

Optergy New Enterprise v 2.4.5 has been Released!

Optergy Enterprise v 2.4.5 includes some important features and critical security updates (Please do not delay updating your sites!) This new version includes: SSL-Encrypted Web browsing using SSL (Secure Socket Layer or https). Read more about securing Optergy best practices; This feature has been further refined to allow for wildcard SSL certificates (used by large multi-site enterprises), as well as the ability to generate CSR (certificate signing request); CyberSecurity improvements (various)-Optergy working in conjunction with cybersecurity experts Applied Risk (https://applied-risk.com) has enhanced its protection against unwanted intrusion into Optergy software; and much more!

You are Invited to the Launch of A Step IN STEM, Automation Skills, Training, Education and Promotion in STEM

To be held at Georgia Piedmont Technical College, 495 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA 30021, Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 6pm – 9pm.  A Step in STEM is a national initiative to build awareness about BAS and STEM career Pathways. Please contact Mpho Bratton, mpho@acprofessionals.org, 678-790-9717, www.acp21.org, to register and for more information.

Having Trouble Discovering BACnet Points on Your Trane Voyager System?

Having Trouble Discovering BACnet Points on your Trane Voyager System? Watch this video: In the field with HVAC Control Pro Brent Burrows. A special thanks to HVAC Pro, ControlTrends affiliate, Master Systems Integrator, Young Gun, and all around cool dude, Brent Burrows — as he takes us with him on a service call. The Problem: BACnet points from a Trane Voyager system are unable to be discovered. The Solution: Watch as one of Entek’s finest HVAC and Smartt Building Control Techs, diagnoses and fixes the problem.

We will be live streaming from Haystack, Easy IO and Realcomm, so if you can’t make these Events here is the next best thing.

Subscribe to the ControlTrends You Tube Channel, and follow us on Instagram. Just click the links and watch the shows.

 

You are Invited to the Launch of A Step IN STEM, Automation Skills, Training, Education and Promotion in STEM

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  • Georgia Piedmont Technical College, 495 North Indian Creek Drive, Clarkston, GA 30021
  • Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 6pm - 9pm
  • Mpho Bratton, mpho@acprofessionals.org, 678-790-9717, www.acp21.org

Optergy New Enterprise v 2.4.5 has been Released!

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Optergy Enterprise v 2.4.5 includes some important features and critical security updates (Please do not delay updating your sites!)

This new version includes:

SSL-Encrypted Web browsing using SSL (Secure Socket Layer or https). Read more about securing Optergy best practices

This feature has been further refined to allow for wildcard SSL certificates (used by large multi-site enterprises), as well as the ability to generate CSR (certificate signing request)

CyberSecurity improvements (various)-Optergy working in conjunction with cybersecurity experts Applied Risk (https://applied-risk.com) has enhanced its protection against unwanted intrusion into Optergy software. 

VPN improvement-OpenVPN installation files are now included in the base installation for easier installation

New Weather API-Optergy now provides free weather data from online source (Weather Company by IBM), gone are the API keys and the need for a paid service to retrieve and use weather data

Improved Device Scanning-Users can now scan by network or port to limit the items to just the network that is of interest saving time

New BACnet Client-Adds the ability to Read and Write to BACnet device properties as well as Read Property Multiple

New Mobile App v 1.17-The mobile app has been re-architected to be more supportable and conform to IOS and Android standards

Click the button below to download this new release

Note: All users must update to v 2.4.0 prior to updating to 2.4.5

 

Sincerely,

Steven Guzelimian

ACI’s latest Tech Tips Video: Saving Controller Inputs by Averaging Room or Zone Temperatures

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  • Did you know? Multiple Temperature Sensors can be wired to provide one average output signal.
  • Instead of using separate inputs for two, three or four rooms, average those temperatures and run one signal back to a single input on your BMS controller.

There are two methods used to provide an average output from your sensors. The method you use will depend on the type of sensors, resistive or analog, in your application. Watch as ACI’s Tech Support Manager, Matt Buchholz, demonstrates the wiring of both methods.

View the 6N-1ISO here: https://www.workaci.com/content/6n1-iso

John Petze: HAYSTACK 4.0 IS COMING! What it is and Why it Matters…

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The understanding of the need for semantic modeling of device and equipment data has matured significantly in the last decade and the requirements and techniques for applying semantic modeling to equipment data are advancing rapidly. As we have learned, semantic modeling is critical for humans to work with and understand the ever-increasing amount of data coming from their systems, but the process of manually applying that semantic model is not scalable. We need our tools to simplify and automate how the semantic model is applied.
 
Haystack 4 builds on the 8 years of experience in applying Haystack across thousands of buildings worldwide, the input from practitioners in the community throughout that time, as well the collaborators that have participated in the activities of Haystack Working Group 551 over the past year. The way you configure tags today using Haystack will not change, but as you will see, the way the tags get modeled within Haystack systems will enable the tools you use to become smarter so you spend less time manually configuring tags and more time getting value out of the raw data coming from your IoT devices.
 
Extensive documentation will be available on this work and it will be a key focus of the Haystack Connect 2019 event, with a full day track dedicated to a detailed review of Haystack 4. Our goal with this document is to offer a high-level preview of the major advances that Haystack 4 brings to the challenge of semantic modelling of the devices and equipment systems that permeate the built environment.
 

There's only 1 week left before Haystack Connect - make it a priority to attend.

REGISTER NOW

Episode 314 of ControlTalk NOW The Smart Buildings Podcast — The IT Train is Leaving the Station, Do You Have a Ticket to Ride?

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ControlTrends Coverage of Controls-Con 2019. Video interviews with Mike Mitchell and Kim Brown and much more on Episode 314 of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Buildings Controls Video Cast and Podcast!

It was a busy week for the ControlTrends Team! Ken returned from his undisclosed location and mission and immediately hustled up to Detroit to meet me and help cover the first big event of the Spring: Controls Con.

Controls Con, hosted by Cochrane Supply & Engineering,  was a fast-paced, education-packed event that brought together hundreds of integrators and end users from throughout the United States and Canada to explore the latest technologies and possibilities of Building Controls and the Internet of Things (IoT) in commercial and industrial buildings.

And did it ever deliver!

We shot a ton of videos, took  lots of notes, and did our best on this episode of ControlTalk Now to share some of the key take ways from this smart building controls informational waterfall.

Somethings to listen for in this episode:

  * The new tune that IT and OT are dancing to and how you can benefit.

 * The concept of Kaizen and how you can use it to keep from getting overwhelmed with all the new information and changes around Smart Building Controls

*Cybersecurity is not going away, what you need to know now

*why it is more about who you know in this new networked smart buildings community than what you know

and much much more.

And the biggest news of the week happens at the end of the show when we reveal the answer to the question out control trends community has been asking. “Where in the World is Ken Smyers?”

Get your Niagara Updates done! Register for TridiumTalk and CABA Intelligent Bldgs Webinars, May 8th.  2019 Controls-Con Video interviews are awesome!

  • 2019 Haystack Connect May 13-15, San Diego
  • 2019 EasyIO World Conference May 19-21, Amsterdam, NE
  • 2019 Realcomm|IBcon June 11-14, Nashville, TN

Things you might have missed

Kim Brown (with a Kristina Reid Cameo) adds more Highlights from Controls-Con 2019

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Cochrane Supply and Engineering’s Technical Services Manager, Kim Brown, tells us good things are happening in Detroit, MI, the new Silicon Valley of the Midwest — and about the pre-Controls-Con tours to a Bedrock  Facility and the Little Caesars Arena. Once again, hats off to Kim Brown, Kristina Reid, Marketing Manager (pictured below with Automated Buildings’, Ken Sinclair), and the whole Cochrane team for a job well done and another successful Controls-Con event.

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