Controltalk Now The Smart Buildings Podacst

Our guest this week is one of the worlds best smart buildings master systems integrators. Hear what Stephen Johnson from McKennys has to say about the current state of have and smart building controls.

Covid 19 is creating new business opportunities for the savvy HVAC and Smart Buildings Control Pro. Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair is our guest this week and shares his unique insights on how to profit in times of crisis

Mahesh Nair is excited about Siemens’ new resilient seat butterfly valve design that offers life cycles of 300,000 repositions, 30, 000 strokes, and commercial actuators with 1.5 million repositions. Siemens has solved the three greatest butterfly valve pain points: high temperature performance, bubble-tight shutoff for 0% leakage, and on-time deliveries. Watch, and learn more!

ntelligent Buildings Fred Gordy the Director of Cyber Security and Rob Goss from Intelligent Buildings join us on Episode 367 of Controltalk Now the Smartt Buildings Video Cast. COVID 19 has not slowed down the need for improving building cybersecurity. Fred and Rob update you on what you need to do to make your buildings safe and cyber secure.

Ken Sinclair form Automated Buildings is our guest om Episode 366 of Controltallk Now the HVAC and Smart Buildings Video Cast and Podcast. ken offers his unique perspective on COVId 19 and how the informed HVAC Control Pro can profit by being part of the solution.

KMC Controls Tim Vogel joins us on Episode 365 of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Podcast. Tim shows us how the KMC Commander can help make buildings safer from COVID 19. The KMC Commander is a very easy and cost effective way to connect buildings, implement air flow strategies that help with COVID 19, and gather data that owners can use to protect themselves from COVID 19 related law suits. 

In regards to the COVID-19 challenges, we have so much great technology that has not been deployed." Ron Zimmer, CABA President & CEO. Don't miss this fascinating interview with thought leader, industry expert, and ControlTrends Hall of Famer.​

On this week's episode of Control talk now, we talk with Scott Cochrane and Aaron Gorka. Scott is the president of Cochrane supply and engineering. Aaron is the chief innovation officer at aunt technologies. We discuss how using building airflow and airflow pressure can help reduce the spread of viruses like COVID 19.

See how using Bluepoint and life safety sensors can protect lives in buildings.

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair is our guest this week. We discuss how HVAC and Smart Buildings will be changed from the Covid 19 Virus.

Andy McMahon and Omar Tabba are veteran experts in the AI world. “When it comes to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, BrainBox AI checks off all of the boxes, and really works.” In 6-8 weeks, Brainbox AI can deliver a closed-loop, Dynamic Predictive Control to your buildings.  This is a great opportunity for Niagara Community Partners. Our second guest, Ruben George, from Siemens shows us the Building Operator. The Building Operator is easy and intuitive to set up.  The X300 Industrial Gateway talks BACnet IP and Modbus to discover BACnet Devices and provisions them on the cloud.  The Building Operator is ideally suited for the small to mid-size buildings; however, the solution is scalable larger buildings. Notifications, Dashboards, Trend Analysis, and FDD are functionalities soon to come.

Lynxspring’s Marc Petock provides insight to the immediate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the Building Automation Industry and leads a frank discussion about the new facet of “safe occupancy” confronting the Real Estate Industry.  There are many important opportunities in the challenging times ahead.  

On Episode 358 of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Buildings Video Cast and Podcast we learn about a new product and process that makes Cybersecurity easier in Building automation Controls. Our guest is Steve Fey the CEO and Principal Partner at Totem. Totem is a commercial real estate (CRE) SaaS solution that automates the oversight of the #1 cause of cybersecurity events in building control systems: human behavior. Steve makes a very generous offer to our community so be sure to check it out.

"Are our existing wired networked solutions at risk in the near future? Can wireless ways greatly enhance wired networks? The answer (to both questions) is "yes." Wireless network ways provide a future-proofed, AI-driven self-discovery schema with off-site ease of update for operating systems, collection devices, and sensors." Ken Sinclair, Editor, Automated Buildings. Join Ken Sinclair. Kenny and me as we explore the new wireless revolution in Smart Buildings.

On this weeks ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Podcast we introduce you to two brilliant CEO's and their equally brilliant smart building controls solutions. First, we discuss Facilio’s CRE3.0 and its agnostic platform that takes data-driven building operations to a new level of performance.  Now headquartered in NYC, Facilio offers Connected Building Portfolios, featuring coherent end-to-end  views on workflows and processes that optimize the  Tenant experience, Energy management, and Data-driven operations. PassiveLogic has separated itself from the crowd of flagship controls vendors by combining empathetic design with rarefied technology. PassiveLogic has created a guided digital work site where all of the networking is self-contained.  Watch, as Troy Harvey takes us on a guided tour of PassiveLogic’s Innovation Controller — a BAS iPad that is extremely formidable in the hands of an expert; yet, equally powerful and promising to a young HVAC technician.

Chris brings the ControlTrends Community up-to-date with how Delta Controls uses technology to meet the expectations of multiple stakeholders within a building; how a smart building must adapt more rapidly to the effective utilization of the building; the 03 Sensor Hub and sensor fusion delivers a lot of connection points and their data to a Building Automation Systems.

Ed Merwin, Tridium’s Director of Strategic Business, has been a leading  force in the Building Automation Industry for over twenty years. Ed’s enthusiasm and excitement about the opportunistic state that our industry is in at the moment — is compelling. As Tridium prepares itself for the Niagara Summit 2020 in San Diego, next month, listen in and hear why Ed thinks this will the best and most diverse Summit event yet: Chip level AI, Cyber Security technologies, MQTT — the BACnet of the Cloud, and much more awaits NS2020 attendees.

Listen as Terry Swope, the founder of Lynxspring, and Marc Petock, VP of sales at Lynxspring and Cyber security expert discuss the current economy and it's effect  on  the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Industry. Marc and Terry give you their unique perspectives on digital transformation and how the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Pro can profit from these new realities.

On Episode 351 of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Building Controls V.Cast we explore how to attract and improve talent in your HVAC or Smart Buildings Organization. Melissa Boutwell, the president of ASP ( Automation, Strategy, and Performance share her formidable knowledge about developing talent and improving performance in our Industry. Melissa.is brilliant and we are grateful for the insights she dropped on the show.