For many of us involved day to day with the design, installation, and operation of BAS, it often seems like there has been little in terms of new products and innovation. But, if we step back and look ...

Web services technology enables integration between automation and controls systems used in energy and environmental management, manufacturing, and industrial process control, with any corporate ...

The control systems we use in commercial buildings today have evolved over the last 30 years to provide systems that are cost effective, and provide good performance. Beginning in the 1980s, building ...

The advent of electromechanical controls in the 1970s, analog controls in the 1980s, direct digital control (DDC) in the 1990s, and complete building control integration in the 2000s has progressively ...

“If it’s not broke, don’t fix it” is an adage that may ring true for some things, but not when it comes to commercial real estate building control systems. That’s the message from Joey Ponton, ...

Security systems installed in a typical facility consists of cameras, access control, intrusion sensors and fire alarms. Typically, these devices are placed behind a firewall on a dedicated network.

The maturation of communications technologies and the expansion of industry standards relating to cabling systems and protocols have made facilities and IT managers hungry for a single cabling system ...

The State Department has awarded three small businesses positions on a potential $100 million contract to provide repair, replacement and maintenance support for heating, ventilation and air ...