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Episode 349 ControlTalk NOW features the 2019 ControlTrends Award Winners and Show Highlights!

In this episode of ControlTalk NOW, we review the winners of the 2019 ControlTrends Awards, and recognize the people that make our HVAC and Building Automation industry so great.  Thanks again to all of our sponsors and the special people that helped to make the 8th annual ControlTrends Awards such an amazing success:

Opening Welcome Entertainment provided by Roger Rebennack

Marc Petock and Kim Brown, Co-Commissioners

Aaron Gorka and Brent Burrows, Officials

Stacie McCammon and Rita Smyers, Scorekeepers and Grounds Keepers

Vlad Chaloupka, Videographer

Keith Schoenfeld,  Photographer

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Episode 333 ControlTalk NOW: The Evolving Role of a Distributor — Two-Step Distribution Discussion with John Donahue of Control Consultants

Two-step distribution: Past. Present. Future. John Donahue shares his 40 plus years of industry experience and insight with ControlTalk NOW.

Our community lost one of its truly great members over the weekend. It is with a heavy heart that we report the passing of Mike Schwan. Mike passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, September 28, 2019.

 

Our Wireless Skin, when connected to the urban and global airways that collide with the world of mobility data from the smart city and our buildings, must be seamlessly not seemlessly ….smile, providing a friendly open transition with a robust wireless well connected airway to our building backbone of glass.”

Change is inevitable. The rate of change can vary. In my almost forty years in HVAC and Smart Building Controls I have managed and dealt with many different types of change, but never have I seen changes occur so rapidly. How does one manage this frequent and epic changes?

Functional Devices has released a new product to add to our ever-expanding line of EnOcean® Enabled Wireless Devices. As you might have guessed, it has a relay and it is in a box, but wait, there’s more! It also has a 0-10 Vdc output, and it is wireless! 

The Fall 2019 issue of Connections Magazine is in the final stages of development and will be published later this month. The Connections Magazine, published biannually, reports the news from the Project Haystack community around the world,

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Young Gun Aaron Gorka on Change Management

Change is inevitable. The rate of change can vary. In my almost forty years in HVAC and Smart Building Controls I have managed and dealt with many different types of change, but never have I seen changes occur so rapidly. How does one manage this frequent and epic changes?

Young Gun , Aaron Gorka offers some very useful insights in his talk on Change Management. Well done Aaron. 

 

Listen to "#13 Aaron Gorka on Change Management" on Spreaker.

Mechanical Systems and Control Systems How to Avoid The Blame Game

How many times have you been on the job, and the customer is not happy: the Mechanical Contractor and Controls Contractor are red-faced, pointing fingers at each other and it has the look and feel of an MMA Fight gone wrong?

It happens more than you think. So how can this scenorio  be avoided? 

Young Gun Aaron Gorka goes back to school (literally back to school) to find solutions to the age old awkward  dance of mechnical vs. controls.

Aaron goes to one of Canada’s top technical colleges, Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning. He sits down with Jim Bechard and John Loncar two of the brightest professors in the HVAC and Smart Buildings controls field.

On this episode of Next Generation Innovation, you will hear an insightful conversation about how the different systems in a building are supposed to work. You will also get practical tips on everything from managing expectations to evaluating performance.

Thanks to Aaron, Jim, and John for passing on such excellent knowledge.

Episode 8: The Next Generation Innovation Podcast

EPISODE 8  –  Special Thanks and Lessons Learned from Host, Aaron.

Recorded from a beach in Ixtapa, Mexico; Aaron introduces his wife, Charlotte … Covering Company Culture and sharing a couple of key lessons for Young Guns.  Also communicating some reflection lessons that are valuable to Young Guns as well as expecting our first-Education-Centred episode with Conestoga College in Cambridge, ON for a future episode.

NGI announces a new co-host: fellow Young Gun; Brent Burrows from Entek.  He started his first podcast with Eric on the ControlTalkNOW this week; we look forward to getting Brent rocking!

Finally, Aaron’s first-ever-recording of Next Generation Innovation (and first-ever podcast) … It’s an off-the-cuff,  Thank You to all the key industry people that have been a part of building the ANT Colony over the past three years (since 2015) … Pay close attention; many of you are likely to hear your names  : )    This one is a little embarrassing, but you can see where we were headed … Adam Gorka is featured on background guitar.

As the final Episode pre-new-co-host … This is a great closure to a brief solo chapter in Next Generation Innovation.

 

Episode 007 Next Generation Innovation:HVAC and Smart Buildings Perspectives From Young Leaders

In this episode, your host Aaron Gorka, interviews two of the smartest young kids in HVAC and Building controls and services. This weeks guests are First-up we have Bart James, Interim President & CEO @ ACCA, and Greg Brooks @ Brooks Landscaping / livelifenow365.com. Check it out and tell and HVAC friend to check it out too.

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Next Generation Innovation Episode 6: Let’s Talk HVAC Software Hacks Young Gun Style

On this podcast, I talk HVAC software and controls with the great young minds ( young guns) in the HVAC Industry.

Ok, I know what you industry veterans are probably thinking, why should I listen to a bunch of youngsters? What could they possibly teach me? Maybe nothing… but face it, like it or not , we are here to stay, and you are lucky we have chosen the HVAC profession.

If you are paying attention you know that finding good, young talent is hard. Between the labor shortage and the millennials who think HVAC is a four letter word and Tim Ferriss’s book The Four Hour Work Week is an unalienable right not a concept, it is a wonder we have so many hard working, young professionals at all. So listen up, take notes and learn how YOUNG GUNS ROLL. [Read more…]

Next Generation Innovation Episode 5: Teamwork For Better Performance

Episode 5 brings Teamwork and Performance to-the-table, for the Smart Buildings and HVAC community. We use a couple good metaphors in Sports and Music for each.

First-up is (recently Young Gun inducted) Brent Burrows and Chad Erwin from ENTEK. I performed Project Tracker Training with them and was fortunate to witness their exceptional Teamwork; we explore how they’ve become such a good Team and offer suggestions for you!

Next is my Brother, Adam Gorka and Myself! We had just finished our very-first-recording of NGI (including our rocking intro’s and a Thank You episode that’ll come-out later) and I wanted to hammer into something a little different. Among other things, we connect Musical performances with performance on a Job Site. We bounce-around-a-bit, but I think you’ll enjoy this interview; many more to come : ) [Read more…]

Celebrating Our 300th Episode of ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast

Episode 300: ControlTalk NOW — The Smart Building and HVAC controls Videocast and PodCast for week ending Jan 27, 2019 celebrates the 300th episode of ControlTalk NOW with our guests: Lynxspring’s Marc Petock, Jackson Control’s Roger Rebennack, and EasyIO’s Mike Marston, and Lim Hoon Chiat. A very special thanks to all the members of the ControlTrends Community that joined in on our celebration, particularly, the team at Jackson Control; Ken Sinclair, Automated Buildings; Howard Berger, Realcomm; Jim Hayman, CGNA; Aaron Gorka, ANT Technologies; and Stephen Johnson, McKenney’s. [Read more…]

Episode _004 Next Generation Innovation: Future Proof Your Business

In this episode of Next Generation Innovation, your host Aaron Gorka, from Ant Technologies, shares a talk he gave at the 2018 Honeywell Momentum smart buildings conference. The topic was How to Future-Proof Your Business. Listen to get great insights from the Young Gun perspective. As the business climate in HVAC and Smart Building Controls get’s even more competitive, this is a very timely talk. Great work Aaron.

Listen to “Episode 4 _ Future Proofing Your HVAC Business” on Spreaker.

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