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The ever informative Ron Zimmer is at it again. He gives us his unique perspectives, based on his years in the Industry and new research data from CABA.
 
CABA – the Continental Automated Buildings Association is the go to source for data driven competitive intelligence. They have the world’s largest research library, and help influence Industry trends.
 
We caught up with Ron at IBcon 2019. Ron shares his thoughts on the IBcon conference and how it relates to the research data from CABA.
 
Ron makes a very generous offer to our ControlTrends Community, if you want to make more money then watch this video and reach out to Ron.
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CABA Intelligent Buildings Webinar: “Wireless Power Enables Dynamic Digital Displays in Smart Retail” Wed, May 8, 12 Noon – 1:30 PM EST

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The CABA Board of Directors are pleased to announce an upcoming intelligent buildings webinar, This webinar is complimentary and all are welcome to attend. 

CLICK HERE to Register (required)

Intelligent Buildings Council (IBC) Webinar
Wednesday, May 8, 12 Noon – 1:30 PM ET  
Special 30 Minute Presentation 
“Wireless Power Enables Dynamic Digital Displays in Smart Retail” 

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Intelligent Buildings Council (IBC) Webinar
 
Special 30 Minute Presentation
 
Description: Smart Retail aims to replace the current paper or plastic product detail tabs with dynamic digital tabs. This would allow retailers to sync their on-shelf displays with their database of products’ name, price, discount, and stocking — enabling real-time updates and less manual logistics. With thousands of displays per building, standard wired power becomes unrealistic at scale and retailers are exploring the adoption of wireless power to enable these digital displays.
 
May 8, 2019 12:00 PM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Episode 270: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for Week Ending June 10, 2018

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Episode 270: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for week ending June 10, 2018, features an amazing capture of the 2018 Realcomm|IBcon Conference from Las Vegas with recaps of Day 1 and Day 2 and interviews from a host of industry experts: Stephen Johnson, McKenney’s Inc., Leroy Walden, Highrose Consultants; Ron Zimmer, CABA; Richard Campbell, Kele; Michael Garceau and David Witherspoon, Honeywell; Tom Shircliff, Intelligent Buildings; Leon Wurfel, BUENO; Courtenay Dill Glander, Lucid Design Group; Steven Guzelimian, Optergy; Josh Bradshaw, Built Alpha; Alper Üzmezler, BASSG and Anka Labs; Scott Meunch and Ryan Schlotfeldt, J2 Innovations; and Therese Sullivan, Building Context.

Steven Guzelimian Tells us about Optergy’s New VRF Application Document. Hi Guys, we just came out with a great new application data sheet for VRF and making those buildings smarter. Check it out, we elevate the VRF buildings and help consultants and contractors get more scope of work. Variable Refrigeration Flow (VRF) has become very prevalent in recent years as an efficient and effective HVAC technology. This technology dramatically changes the market for those accustomed to installing controllers on equipment like AHU, FCU, VAV, chiller and boiler plant and other traditional equipment requiring control.

Project Haystack Organization Publishes Spring 2018 Issue of Connections Magazine. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA – June 5, 2018 – The Project Haystack Organization (www.project-haystack.org), a collaborative community addressing the challenge of utilizing semantic modeling and tagging to streamline the interchange of data among different systems, devices, equipment and software applications, today announced they have published the fourth issue of their Connections Magazine.

Realcomm|IBcon Day 1 Begins with Realcomm Lifetime Achievement Awards — Bob Sulentic, President and CEO of CBRE Shares Views on Digital Transformation. Realcomm|IBcon set new records in both attendance and exhibitor participation as it celebrated its 20th Year Anniversary. As Jim Young, CEO and Co-founder remarked, its not a conference anymore, it’s a community event that is transforming the industry. Realcomm|IBcon began with a powerful message from keynote speaker Bob Sulentic, President and CEO of CBRE. Hype is not sustainable; technology must be embedded, commercial, and make important client impact. Realcomm Lifetime Achievement Awards followed recognizing the visionaries that have helped transform the Commercial, Corporate, and Institutional Real Estate industries. The daylong business tracks were followed by the Digie Awards.

Realcomm|IBcon Celebrates its 20th Anniversary at Las Vegas’ Cosmopolitan! Pre-Con Event Opens to over 2000 Attendees! Realcomm’s founder and CEO, Jim Young, opened 2018 Realcomm|IBcon’s PRE-CON Event to a crowd of over 2000 of the most creative, forward-thinking, and insightful commercial and corporate real estate professionals from around the world. The PRE-CON Events included the Commercial and Corporate Real Estate CyberSecurity Forum, the 15th Annual CIO Rountable, the COO|CFO|CAO Innovation Summit, the Intelligent Buildings Boot Camp, and the Smart Buildings Integrator Summit, the Higher Education Smart Campus Summit, and the Smart Building Leadership Forum.

Realcomm|IBcon Day 2 “The Age of Acceleration” Theme Continues — This Community is Changing the World! Forget the fire hose. Day 2 at the 2018 Realcomm|IBcon Conference was hourly eruptions (like the Mirage Casino 1/2 mile away) of technology and innovation tracks that included the latest smart business practices — to the most up-to-date information on cybersecurity. ControlTrends got to experience the entrepreneurial spirit of Conference Live firsthand as we hosted a portion of the “Launch Pad” that introduced and promoted products, applications, and solutions from all over the world.

Episode 257: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for Week Ending Mar 4, 2018

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Episode 257: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for week ending Mar 4, 2018, prefaces Ken Sinclair’s March edition of Automated Buildings, and features an Optergy update interview with Steve Guzelimian, President — followed by an informative round table discussion with CABA President & CEO, Ron Zimmer and HGA’s Associate Vice President and Director of Technology Services, Brad Kult, P.E. (MN), CTS. [Read more…]

Episode 254: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for Week Ending Feb 11, 2018

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Episode 254: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for week ending Feb 11, 2018 features two of our industry’s most prominent voices: Ken Sinclair, editor of Automated Buildings, who reviews his February edition, and Therese Sullivan, editor of Building Context, who provides detailed insight to KMC’s 2018 Genius Summit and several key AHR breakouts. Important update for the Niagara Summit 2018 in New Orleans; 2018 AHR Expo report — AHR posts [Read more…]

Intelligent Buildings Council (IBC) Webinar Tuesday, Feb 13, 12 Noon – 1:30 PM ET Special 30 Minute Presentation “Tax Incentives for Green Buildings”

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CABA Board member and IBC Chair, Trevor Nightingale (National Research Council), IBC Vice-Chair, Harsha Chandrashekar (Honeywell International Inc), IBC Vice-Chair, Robert Lane (Robert H. Lane & Associates Inc.) and IBC Vice-Chair, Bob Allan (The Siemon Company) are pleased to announce that the next CABA IBC meeting will be held [Read more…]

Episode 236: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings PodCast for Week Ending August 20, 2017

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Episode 236: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings PodCast for week ending August 20, 2017 features an enormously insightful interview with one of the most progressive and knowledgeable engineers in the HVAC and BAS industries, Newcomb & Boyd’s Donny Walker, PE, RCDD (Registered Communication Distributed Designer). Honeywell surges in the race to the small space with their LCBS Connect Cloud-Based Light Commercial Control, and introduces the T4 series thermostat; Altair announces its collaborations with CANDI Controls; Carrier Donates 500 Homes Comfort Systems; Don’t miss CABA’s great invite; and is a Universal Basic Income the inevitable impact of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

The Future of Smart Building Solutions Delivered: Altair’s Carriots Analytics™ Integrates with CANDI PowerTools. Altair announces its collaboration with CANDI Controls to offer a comprehensive smart building solution that operates with industry-leading commercial gateways. The new Altair-CANDI solution combines the strength of CANDI PowerTools, which handles the complex protocol and networking problems required to securely integrate and manage edge device communications, with Carriots Analytics’ comprehensive data analytics interface, offering advanced data analytics and visualization for all types of smart building data.

Introducing the New Standard for Simple — Meet Honeywell’s T4 TH4210 Pro Thermostat. Meet the newest thermostat in the T Series family. The T4 Pro non-connected thermostats are designed to simplify product selection, install and upsell. Are you ready to meet your new favorite thermostat. GET TO KNOW THE HONEYWELL T SERIES. Meet the new thermostats and discover all the ways the new T Series fits your business to a T. The Non-connected Solution – Designed with Contractors in Mind.

Ken Smyers and ControlTrends with Siemens Manager Control Products & Systems Ray Siu. Siemens has been a world leader in the thermostat market, particularly, in Europe and Asian markets. Siemens offers an extensive line of room and zone controllers is excited about their RDG160 series for fan coil units (3-speed or ECM fan) and heat pump applications. Stay tuned for more exciting thermostat news from Siemens.

The Impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) on Intelligent Buildings and Multi-Dwelling Unit Buildings. Our friends at CABA have an invitation for you! This forum will examine how two large collaborative research projects (each totalling $150,000) looked at the current state of connected technologies and IoT in the intelligent building and multi-dwelling unit sectors. Mr Greg Walker is an accomplished research and business operations professional with many years of experience in science research and strategic business planning for non-profit and Fortune 500 companies. His skill set includes biomedical science and building science research, project management, financial forecasting, sales and marketing, contract negotiations, and personnel management.

Honeywell’s LCBS Connect™ Cloud-Based Light Commercial Control. LCBS Connect™ Cloud-Based Light Commercial Control Improve service to your customers and grow your business with Honeywell’s LCBS Connect. Remote HVAC system monitoring and diagnostics help you better serve your customers while spending less time in your truck. Features include: Monitor and troubleshoot light commercial buildings from anywhere at anytime; Operate more efficiently by remotely diagnosing problems and providing preventive maintenance; Handle issues before your customers are even aware of them; Grow customer satisfaction and retain service contracts; When you do need to get in the truck, you’ll make one trip instead of several; The efficiencies let you service more buildings without adding staff; and it’s The ideal solution for all your light commercial customers.

Carrier Donates More Than 500 Air Conditioning and Heating Systems to Habitat for Humanity. his summer, homeowners across the United States will beat the heat with the help of Carrier ductless home comfort systems and Habitat for Humanity. Carrier has donated more than 500 systems to Habitat and they will be installed in homes throughout the country to provide cooling when it’s hot and heating when it’s cold. Carrier is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX).

ControlTalk NOW interview with Newcomb & Boyd’s Donny Walker, PE, RCDD (Registered Communication Distributed Designer) is one of the most informative interviews of 2017. Donny shares his extensive knowledge and experience of our industry, and some of the headwinds we are facing. Many of the disruptive forces making the most significant impacts to our industry are, in many cases, challenges offering the greatest opportunities. With engineers in Atlanta and Charleston, Newcomb & Boyd’s innovative engineering solutions have successfully met the needs of institutional, educational, government, military, and commercial clients for more than 90 years

ControlTrends , Richard Branson, Elon Musk align on jobs

Richard Branson, Elon Musk, Ken, and Eric on Work becoming Obsolete. Ken and I have talked a good bit about “technology eating itself and making work obsolete.” Technology and artificial intelligence are advancing at a blistering pace with 3D printing and robotics. We are increasing the supply of goods at lower and lower costs with less need for human input. How soon before we have unlimited supply and no one has money to buy because jobs have been replaced by technologies.

LIGHTFAIR 2017 PHILADELPHIA — PRE-CONFERENCE MAY 7-8, TRADE SHOW & CONFERENCE MAY 9-11

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Trade Show + Conference + Networking = See It All. LIGHTFAIR 2017. The world’s leading manufacturers will be showcasing their latest products in IoT (Internet of Things), intelligent lighting, LEDs, decorative lighting, daylighting, exterior lighting and more. Experts from around the world will be leading courses on the forward thinking topics in lighting design and technology. The global lighting community will converge at LIGHTFAIR providing unmatched networking opportunities.

Early Bird Rates End April 14 – Save up to $200

IoT & Smart Lighting Forum – Save up to $100

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CABA Intelligent Buildings & Digital Home Forum — April 26-28, 2017 in Silicon Valley

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Attend the CABA Forum — this April 26-28, 2017 in Silicon Valley, and learn about the latest research in our industry from the many research analysts and research firms attending. Industry thought leaders will be providing their insights during the many technical panel discussions and during the four (4) connected home and intelligent buildings research workshops. Register Here!

Delegates will receive numerous complimentary research reports like:
CABA “Intelligent Buildings: Design & Implementation” Executive Summary
CABA “Connected Consumer Roadmap” Executive Summary
CABA “Intelligent Buildings and the Impact of IoT” Executive Summary
CABA “Connected IoT Energy Roadmap” Executive Summary
CABA “Connected Multi-Dwelling Units and IoT” Executive Summary
CABA “Cybersecurity and the Connected Home” Executive Summary
CABA “Intelligent Buildings and Cybersecurity” Executive Summary
CABA “Intelligent Buildings and Big Data” Executive Summary
CABA “Monetization of the Connected Home” Executive Summary
CABA “Intelligent Buildings Market Sizing North America” Executive Summar
CABA “Convergence of Green and Intelligent Buildings” Research Report
CABA “Life Cycle Costing of Intelligent Buildings” Research Report
CABA “Zero Net Energy Buildings Controls” Research Report
ISA “IEC 62443 Standards and ISASECURE® Certification: Applicability to Building Control Systems” Research Report
OTA “Securing the Internet of Things, A Collaborative & Shared Responsibility” Research Report

“Intelligent Buildings: Design & Implementation” is a CABA Landmark Research Study. This topic will be discussed at the CABA Forum and also in a webinar hosted by CABA and Frost & Sullivan, Thursday, March 23, 12:00 noon – 1:00 PM ET. CLICK HERE for a free registration

CABA Forum Conference Rates

CABA Forum Registration
Pre-Conference
Rate Ends April 14, 2017
Biltmore Hotel & Suites
Discount Rate Ends
March 26, 2017
Member Rate – $750 US
Non Member Rate – $950 US
Standard Room – $239 US**
Tower Suite – $249 US
**(Standard Corporate Rate – $409 US)

Click here to see what’s happening at the CABA Forum!

CABA completes “Intelligent Buildings and the Impact of the Internet of Things” Research Project

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The Continental Automated Buildings Association is pleased to announce that it has completed its “Intelligent Buildings and the Impact of the Internet of Things” research project.

This landmark research study was a major initiative of the CABA Research Program, which offers a range of opt-in technical and advisory research services designed to provide industry stakeholders with collaborative research and R&D opportunities.

The CABA Intelligent Buildings Council, a core working council of CABA, commissioned the landmark research project to examine the impact of IoT related to intelligent buildings. The research report provides actionable data relevant to all segments of the intelligent building value chain, including, but not limited to: building owners, technology manufacturers, builders and developers, integrators and installers, service providers, insurance companies, industry associations and utility companies.

“CABA believes that it is critical that organizations in the building and IoT value chains have a solid understanding of the current state and future direction of the building IoT market,” said Ronald J. Zimmer, CABA President & CEO. “Consequently, we developed this research to provide a comprehensive examination of all the major aspects of IoT related to buildings, including the state of the market, building IoT trends, business opportunities, technical barriers and opportunities, future market direction, issues and industry recommendations. Organizations participating in this project have deemed it a success.”

The report finds that IoT is not a specific device or technology, but is a conceptual framework, driven by the idea of embedding connectivity and intelligence in a wide range of devices. The report projects that by the end of 2025, there will be approximately 70 billion IoT-connected devices and that annual shipments will have reached 18 billion devices per annum.

“The ‘Internet of Things’ is a great tool to improve the efficiency of building automation systems and to change the dynamics for building management,” said Debra Becker, at Honeywell Building Solutions. “We were happy to participate in CABA’s Intelligent Buildings and the Impact of IoT landmark research study. We expect to be able to use the findings to evaluate industry direction and identify new business opportunities.”

The “Intelligent Buildings and the Impact of the Internet of Things” research project was conducted by IHS Markit on behalf of CABA. IHS Markit provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in industries such as aerospace, defense and security; automotive; chemical; energy; maritime and trade; and technology.

CABA members that participated in CABA’s Intelligent Buildings and the Impact of the Internet of Things research project included: Cadillac Fairview Corporation, ComEd, Current, powered by GE, CSA Group, Distech Controls Inc., An Acuity Brands company, Electric Imp, Enlighted, Inc., Honeywell International, Inc., Hydro-Québec, InfoComm International, Intel Corporation, JLL, Johnson Controls, KMC Controls Inc., Lucid Design Group Inc., Inc., NexGen Group, OSRAM SYLANIA Inc., Philips, Panduit Corp, Public Services and Procurement Canada, Robert Bosch LLC, Schneider Electric, Siemens Industry, Inc. and TELUS.

For more information about this research project, please see www.caba.org/research. The report will be available for purchase the report after an embargo period.
About CABA
The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is a leading industry association that promotes advanced technologies in homes and buildings in North America. More information is available at http://www.caba.org/.

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