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ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending May 25, 2014

Welcome to this week’s ControlTalk NOW, which features several new product releases, valuable technical information, new web-site info, video interviews with industry leaders, previews of upcoming calendar events, a host of industry updates and more on Cyber Security from Marc Petock.


newhwwebsiteHoneywell’s New Website and 10 New Product Innovations: A Lot is New with Us! Did you know we launched over 10 new products since last fall and built a new website? There are also some new guidelines for the ACI/BCS/BCA program that you need to be aware of among other exciting news. Visit Honeywell’s Solution Center to get the latest ideas on how to increase the efficiency, comfort, and security of your building projects.

Belimo-Energy-Valve11The Belimo Energy Valve Video Training Class:The Belimo Energy Valve, in addition to winning the 2012 ControlTrends Awards Commercial product of The Year, is a unique product that measures, controls, and improves performance of HVAC equipment. The Belimo Energy Valve combines five functions in one valve and that includes energy monitoring. In this video (nice job, Belimo) you can see that the Belimo Energy Valve measures, controls, balances, and shuts off — all in one valve body, while serving up all the point data.

JCI+Dampers-700x400Johnson Controls Leading Provider of Air Control Products, HVAC Dampers & Louvers:Johnson Controls, 2013 ControlTrends Awards Commercial HVAC Controls Vendor of the Year is one of the few manufacturers that offers a complete line of HVAC controls! Whether it’s Actuators, Air Control Products, Control Panels, Control Sensors, Current Sensors & Transducers, Thermostats, Valves, or Variable Speed Drives, look to Johnson Controls for your solution. Since 1905, Johnson Controls has manufactured industry-leading temperature control dampers!

smv_3000Increase Plant Efficiency with the SMV Transmitter:Effective control and monitoring of a process requires accurate and consistent measurement of different process variables. Honeywell’s SMV 3000 Smart Multivariable Flow Transmitter measures the flow of virtually any liquid, gas or slurry for which a primary flow element exists to provide a differential measurement. This transmitter combines integrated sensor and microprocessor technologies, as well as dynamic flow compensation, to produce the most accurate and consistent flow measurement possible.

asco 8214ASCO Gas Shut Off Valves:ASCO’s 8214 Series valves are internal pilot operated shutoff valves providing on-off control of fuel gas. Features include: Unique double disc design with overtravel provides redundant sealing for leak tight shutoff; Visual indication of open and shut position (Suffix “VI” & “C”)asco 8214; Proof of closure switch 1 amp (Suffix “C”); Silicon free construction (Suffix “SF”) available; Zero differential piloted diaphragm; For on-off control of fuel gas in commercial and industrial gas burners; Valves provided with 1/8″ NPT upstream and downstream pipe taps with plugs for routine testing; and Optional flange adapters for ease of installation and service.

Ron ZimmerControlTrends Talks with CABA’s Ron Zimmer:Ken and I got to catch up with Ron Zimmer at the 2014 Niagara Summit. Ron makes things happen at CABA, an international not-for-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and intelligent building technologies. CABA is supported by an international membership of nearly 400 companies involved in the design, manufacture, installation and retailing of products relating to home automation and building automation. Public organizations, including utilities and government are also members.

CTA_Museum1ControlTrends Museum: The design and development wheels continue to turn and we are excited to share with the ControlTrends Community, the progress we are making with ControlTrends Museum. We thank the support that we gave received from Eugene Mazo and his team at DGLogik and Ken Sinclair/AutomatedBuildings.com. We will be releasing phase one of the Museum in the next 30-35 days and we look forward to working with key industry leaders in the near future for their additional ideas and support.

BelimoWhy The Belimo Energy Valve Will Make Your Life Easier:Are the heating and cooling coils on your upper floors not controlling properly? Can’t get your system balanced? Are you being asked to find ways to reduce energy consumption? Is your control world already too complicated and you need a simple solution that just works? Then, my HVAC friends, Belimo has a solution for you!

Darrell SmithMicrosoft’s Darrell Smith On How To Make Your Building Smarter:We had a chance to talk with Darrell Smith last year at the IBCON Show. Darrell is the Director of Facilities & Energy at Microsoft and was one of the highlights of IBCON 2013. Darrell’s compelling presentation featured mega-sized results in a mega-sized application that now collects 500,000,000 data transactions every 24 hours from 125 buildings that occupy 15 million square feet and house 57,000 people. All the data is in the cloud and secure.

IBCON_2014Where Do People Go to Discuss Smart Buildings, Energy Efficiency & Innovative Real Estate Operations? This June, people from all over the world will be coming to Las Vegas to meet at the intersection of Commercial & Corporate Real Estate, Technology, Automation and Innovation. IBcon will focus on the most current case studies and issues pertaining to smart, connected, high-performance, energy efficient, hyper-operational, financially optimized and sustainable buildings, portfolios, campuses and cities. Realcomm will continue to explore innovative, efficiency driven operations and present topics such as cloud, big data, mobility, social and integrated business solutions delivered by world class speakers.

smartgridNIST Smart Grid e-Newsletter: Updates & World Metrology Day — Signed in 1875!:May 20 was World Metrology Day, celebrated annually by more than 80 countries, honors the signing of the Treaty of the Meter on May 20, 1875. This international treaty established a collaborative global framework for the advancement of measurement science. For all of us involved in the smart grid industry, the celebration theme “Measurements and the Global Energy Challenge” was especially apt.

ACI_AWARDACI Wins Yet Another Trophy: 2014 Wisconsin Family Business Award! Amongst some intense competition, ACI prevailed winning the grand prize for the 2014 Wisconsin Family Business Award for a medium-sized company. “To be nominated alongside some of Wisconsin’s most historic and successful family-owned businesses was truly humbling, and served as a manifestation of the culture we have worked so hard to create.”

FatherofLEEDsRob Watson, Father of LEED, to Co-Chair IBcon Sustainability Executive Smart Building Symposium: Realcomm | IBcon is pleased to announce that Rob Watson, the “Father of LEED”, will join Dave Pogue of CBRE as Co-Chair of the Sustainability Executive Smart Building Symposium. Rob will add his extraordinary knowledge and experience from the last 30 years as a visionary in sustainability to the Smart Building Symposium.

KMC_CONew KMC Controls Carbon Monoxide Detectors Can Save Lives!Exposure to excessive CO (carbon monoxide) is responsible for an estimated 15,000 emergency room visits and 500 deaths in the United States each year. Most such tragedies caused by the deadly odorless gas are preventable by having working CO detectors installed. All CO sensors have a finite life, and they must be replaced periodically to ensure reliable operation in detecting conditions that are potentially hazardous to human health and safety.

cybersecurity_imageBMS/EMS Cyber Security – A Top Priority, Realcomm Advisory with Marc Petock: Realcomm Advisory: Author: Marc Petock, Vice President, Marketing, Lynxspring & Connexx Energy. Security is no longer a technical challenge; it is a core business issue. Our modern systems consist of many connected, integrated, interoperable systems and devices and intertwined business applications — all are critical for the building to run and perform at maximum efficiency and financial optimization. A security breach or an outage to a business application or an entire network has a direct impact on a company’s bottom line.

ControlTalk NOW will continue to provide a weekly episode featuring the people, products, and the News of the Week shaping our world of controls, building automation, and the HVAC industry.

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NIST Smart Grid e-Newsletter: Updates & World Metrology Day — Signed in 1875!

TheSmartGridMay 20 was World Metrology Day, celebrated annually by more than 80 countries, honors the signing of the Treaty of the Meter on May 20, 1875. This international treaty established a collaborative global framework for the advancement of measurement science. For all of us involved in the smart grid industry, the theme of this year’s celebration—“Measurements and the Global Energy Challenge”—is especially apt. Here’s what two news organizations had to say about the subject this week:

Take a tour of NIST’s Net Zero Energy House in this video, “Nothing Lost is Everyone’s Gain.” From an article in Tech Beat, NIST’s newsletter: “Standards for the Smart Grid, energy-efficient lighting, photovoltaics, net-zero-energy buildings, and software for ‘smart’ building are but a few of the many areas where NIST measurement research is having an impact.” From the press release from the World Metrology Day organization: “Better power quality measurements will help improve the stability of transmission grids, which nowadays must also cope with variable inputs from wind turbines and photovoltaic cells, etc. More complex electrical power metering is needed to ensure the energy we buy, or even perhaps sell, is correct.” Happy World Metrology Day!

NIST Seeks Public Comment—by May 30—on Draft Framework 3.0: An updated roadmap for the smart grid, NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 3.0, is available through May 30 for public comment. The draft Framework 3.0 document—published in April 15’s Federal Register—updates and expands earlier Releases 1.0 and 2.0 (January 2010 and February 2012), outlining plans for modernizing and transforming the nation’s aging electric power system into an interoperable smart grid.

Important new elements in this revision are an updated reference model of the smart grid, revised guidelines for cybersecurity, advances in testing and certification frameworks, international smart grid activities, and discussion of smart grid research and development needs.

NIST staff hosted a public webinar on May 2 to highlight important elements of the updated framework. A recorded version of the webinar, as well as a PDF version of the slide presentation, are now available online.

A PDF version of the 255-page document (8 MB) is available online at http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/framework3.cfm. The link also provides instructions for any individual or organization wishing to comment. Comments must be received on or before 5:00 p.m. EDT on May 30, 2014. NIST will address comments, make appropriate revisions, and publish a final version of Framework 3.0 later this year.

May 22 Webinar to Focus on the Role of Testing and Certification in Achieving Smart Grid Interoperability: The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) is hosting a public webinar on Thursday, May 22, 1-2 p.m. EDT. This interactive live session—moderated by SGIP’s Smart Grid Testing and Certification Committee Chair Dean Prochaska, NIST—will provide insight into the challenges of achieving interoperability and will highlight standards and tools available to help attendees be more sophisticated buyers and users of products that meet the interoperability criteria.

Topics to be discussed include the following: A case study of Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s (SMUD) early experience with Home Area Network (HAN) device deployments; The relationships between interoperability, standards, and testing programs; Interoperability problems and how to use standards and testing to avoid them; HAN testing challenges for utilities to overcome; A successful utility HAN testing model.

Utilities and manufacturers are invited to have representatives from their organization participate in this webinar. This SGIP webinar is offered at no charge and is open to the public. More details, including registration information, are available on the SGIP website.

Smart Grid Advisory Committee to Meet on June 3-4 at NIST-Gaithersburg: The Smart Grid Advisory Committee will meet in open session on Tuesday, June 3, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT, and on Wednesday, June 4, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT. The committee, established as a Federal Advisory Committee, provides input to NIST on smart grid standards, priorities, and gaps, as well as the overall direction, status, and health of the smart grid implementation by the smart grid industry. Background information on the committee is available at http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/committee.cfm.

Individuals and representatives of organizations who would like to offer comments related to the committee’s affairs and/or attend the meeting should consult the Federal Register notice published on Friday, May 16, 2014.

SmartAmerica Summit Planned for June 11 in Washington, DC: The SmartAmerica Challenge is bringing together organizations with Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) technology, programs, and testbeds to demonstrate the potential to improve safety, sustainability, efficiency, mobility, and overall quality of life. Cyber-Physical Systems—what some have called an Internet of Things—involve connecting devices and systems in diverse sectors like transportation, energy, manufacturing, and healthcare in fundamentally new ways. The SmartAmerica Challenge aims to accelerate advances in the field by providing a venue for innovators to present concepts for interconnected CPS technology, programs, and testbeds.

Two Presidential Innovation Fellows hosted by NIST, Geoff Mulligan and Sokwoo Rhee, have been leading the SmartAmerica effort for the past year. The culmination of this program is the SmartAmerica Summit, to be held on June 11, when 24 teams with over 100 organizations will come together at the Washington, DC Convention Center for a demonstration. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., there will be ongoing demonstrations and speakers covering healthcare, smart energy, transportation, and disaster response.

Admission is free, and registration information is available online at www.smartamerica.org.

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