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Bill Vargo: The RDS120-B, with its high-end look and feel, high level of energy efficiency and extended features, was conceived by taking into consideration the expectations of installers and end-users. It is strategically targeted for use in light commercial and managed residential, mixed use applications to include dormitories, multi-use space and small retail.   Ken Sinclair: “Our internet communication connections with everything are under metamorphic change. They are morphing before our eyes to glass and thin air, “Fiber” and “Wireless” from the traditional miles of copper wire.” Also, Ken gives us a preview of the 12 learning sessions scheduled for the 2020 AHR EXPO. Read more!

Our guests this week are Marc Petock from Lynxsprimng and Phil Rogers, CEO, Albireo Energy. In addition to all the HVAC and Smart Building Controls News of the week, we discuss the new realities in building automation controls.

Thad Eidman from Acreto IO joins Ken and Eric on this weeks episode of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Controls Podcast. Acreto addresses the IoT security crisis driven by IoT platforms that are distributed, resource-challenged and consist of many diverse and unlike technologies. A new way to solve an old and ongoing problem. Other guests include Roger Rebenneack and the team form Jackson Controls. Jackson is a distributor of HVAC and Smart Building Controls, like Stromquist & Company out of Atlanta. Roger tells us about his new location in Ohio and gives us an update on Active Shooter technology. Ken and Eric make some very special announcements about the ControlTrends Awards and break down the HVAC and Smart Building Control News of the Week.      

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair is our guest this week on ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Video Cast. We break down all the Control New of the week for the week ending July 28, 2019. Topics include: The Education Emergency How the to profit from the Climate Crisis Why this year ControlTrends Awards will be the best yet How to touch a great white shark on the nose and not get bitten. And much more fun and control news you can use.

With Ken Smyers out for this episode, Eric turns to two Industry favorites to help out. The host's fo Next Generation Innovation, Aaron Gorka and Brent Burrows join Eric on this week's Episode of Control Talk Now. Brent is a smart building controls tech at Entek in Atlanta. Aaron travels the world with his company Ant Technologies. Ant provides paperless, cloud-based, operational technology for HVAC & Control Contractors. In this raucous and entertaining conversation, Aaron and Brent bring a younger perspective to the show. Here are some things to listen for: What attracted Brent and Aaron to the Industry and how you can use this to find younger talent. Why selling Energy Savings Should be the last thing you should pitch to your Smart Building Prospects. How to motivate your millennial employees. How to establish a Company Culture that empowers teamwork A proven technology that can solve the labor shortage for HVAC and Smart Building controls contractors. This and much more on Episode 324 of ControlTalk N

On Episode 323 of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buiding Controls Podcast we give you all the HVAC and Smart Building Control News You Can use for the week ending July 14, 2019. Our guests this week are Richard Campbell the CEO of Kele and Scott Cross the President of Temperature Controls based in Dallas, TX.  The big news of the week is Kele's acquisition of Temperature Controls. Richard and Scott open up about why they joined forces and how it will affect the HVAC and Smart Buiding Controls Industry. In addition, listen as we discuss: J2 Innovations is excited to announce the launch of FIN 5, for release this summer – 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 — the world’s largest research library, and help influence Industry trends. Belimo University offers training opportunities for you to learn more about HVAC fundamentals and Belimo products. Our training programs are available on-site or o

On this Episode of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Controls Podcast, Ken and I discuss the amazing demonstation of what is possible in Smart Building Controls today and in the future. There has been lot's of discussions about what be be accomplished when Smart Buildings maximize the integration of HVAC, IOT, Lighting, Access and Security, Tenant services, and business systems, until Friday, ken and I had never witnessed a fully funictional smart building integration that combined all of these systems. As you will hear on the show it was inspiring. Congratulations to Jones Lange Lasalle, Acuity Brands, Distech Controls and all the other players who made this happen. Steve Shaw, from Sierra Monitoring joined us and gave us quite the education on networking routers and systems that connect smart buildings and smart building control systems. Our other guest, Ken Sinclair, the owner of automated buildings, helped us do a deep dive and unpacking of all that we saw and learned at the REALComm/ IBcon sho

Don't be put off by the robot voice that introduces this weeks show. Live from Realcomm?IBcon in Nashville, Marc Petock fills in for Ken and Eric.  Listen as Marc and his very special guests:  Steven Anson, VP Marketing, Anixter; Kendall Anderson, Marketing and Public Relationship Manager, FSG; and Pook-Ping Yao, CEO, Optigo Networks  share their take-aways from this record setting event.

What Makes KMC Controls Such a Great Building Automation Control System? On Episode 319 of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Building Controls Video Cast we find out: *What Makes KMC Controls a great Choice for the HVAC Control Pro * What is new in HVAC and Smart Building Controls News this week * The Right Ways to Use Social Media to promote Your HVAC Company and much more! Our guest this week is Doug Miller. Doug is Vice President of Sales with KMC Controls. Doug shares his 38 years of HVAC Controls experience with us. Great information for the Control Pro on the Go.

Episode 318: Eight Women Who are Rocking HVAC and Smart Building Controls   Our Industry is growing and older control pros are retiring. It is hard to find good talent. Women are stepping up to the plate and helping fill this gap.   We discuss the problem of finding good people with Ken Sinclair. Ken is the owner-editor of automatedbuildings.com.   The June issue features Eight of the top women in HVAC and Smart Building Controls.   Our eight superstars are:   Dannah Hagerty (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dannah-hagerty-7069b76), Vice President of Sales, ENTEK; Buford, GA (www.entek-inc.com)   Casey Crown (https://www.linkedin.com/in/casey-crown-7b7b35132), Project Engineer, Sunbelt Controls; Anaheim, CA (www.sunbeltcontrols.com)   Dianne Fretz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianne-fretz-0b173790), Vice President and General Manager, Trinity Automated Solutions; Bridgeville, PA (www.trinityas.com)   Irma Kemp (https://www.linkedin.com/in/irma-kemp-3197b86), Project Manager, Sunbel

Episode 315 of ControlTalk NOW The Smart Buildings Podcast features our video interview with Realcomm’s Founder and CEO, Jim Young. As you will soon see, a paradigm shift is underway in Smart Connected Building Space.  ControlTrends looks forward to coverage of two important industry events taking place in the next few days: 2019 Haystack Connect in San Diego, and EasyIO’s 2019 World Conference, in Amsterdam. Young Gun champions, Aaron Gorka and Brent Burrows lead on with Next Generation Innovation Episode 10, and much more News of the Wee

Ken and I spent last week at Controls Con in Detroit. Controls Con, hoisted by Scott Cochrane and the team at Cochrane Supply is a gathering of the top players in HVAC and Smart Building Controls. On this episode of ControlTalk Now we discuss what we learned and ho wit can benefit the HVAC and Smart Buildings Controls integrator. WE also discuss how IT and oT are intersecting in Smart Buildings. So much to cover and so little time, but we do our best to give you the things you need to know and the HVAC and Controls news of the week.

How Haystack Tagging will Change Smart Building Controls Forever Episode 312 ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Buildings Podcast gives you the HVAC and Smart Building Control News of the Week for the week ending April 21, 2019. Our guests this week are two of the smartest people in Smart Building Controls, Lynxspring's Marc Petock, and Sky Foundry's John Petze. Marc and John are two of the driving forces behind one of the most exciting developments in HVAC and Smart Building Controls, Project Haystack. Project Haystack at its core is a tagging convention that allows data to be extracted and used in the most cost-effective way possible. THis is huge!!! In this episode of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Podcast, John and Marc do a deep dive into Project Haystack Here is what to listen for: What Haystack Tagging is and why it is such a game changer How Haystack tags work How Project Haystack can help you differentiate your HVAC and Smart buildings control business How to get started with Haystack

Where in The World is Ken Smyers? With your co host and mine, the man, the myth, the legend, the one and only Kenny Smyers away on a special assignment, I am left to my own devices and will do the best I can to give you HVAC and Smart Building Control News You can use.On Episode 311 of Controltalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Control Video Cast and Podcast we take a deep look at what Siemens is doing with their Smart Building Controls Product Portfolio. In addition to tweaking their already formidable Talon line of DDC controls, Siemens is rounding out their Smart Building Controls offering with lighting controls, analytics, and other key acquisitions that will allow their customer's seamless synergies and better building experience. To help us understand all these changes we talk with Siemens Sr. Sales Manager, Josh Felperin. Josh is a friend of the show and a great guest. I think you are going to be impressed with what he has to say. Our next guest is Bill Spohn. Bill is the President and CEO of TRuTech

ControlTalk Now The Smart Buildings Podcast: What Makes Distech Controls So Special? On Episode 310 of ControlTalk Now we dive deep into Distech Controls and what makes Distech so good, we talk to someone who knows, Martin Villeneuve, the president of Distech Controls. In an engaging and candid conversation, Martin reveals 3 things that he and the team at Distech Controls focus on that might be different than you would expect.   Distech Controls is making an impact in the Smart Building Controls world. They are one of the Smart Building controls vendors that have added IP controllers to their portfolio of havoc and smart building controllers. They all so have linked BAS and lighting controls including shade control for windows.    Do you use Distech Controls?   If so reach out in comments and let us know your thoughts about Distech Controls, Martin, and anything else we talked about on this weeks HVAC and Smart Buildings show.   Be sure to check out next weeks ControlTalk Now, HVAC and Smart Buildings Po

This week's ControlTalk NOW features Ken Sinclair, who takes us on a deep dive through the murky waters of Cybersecurity.  The April edition of Automated Buildings is a must read -- as leading industry experts weigh in with critical insights and comprehensive advice on how to eliminate as many of your vulnerabilities as possible. There is a great framework from NIST. Click Here to Subscribe to our YOU TUBE Channel  Cochrane Supply's Controls-Con, May 2-4, 2019 Detroit's MotorCity Casino ControlTrends 10% Discount Code Available 2019 Haystack Connect, May 13-15, 2019, San Diego, CA EasyIO World Conference, May 19-21, 2019, Amsterdam, Netherlands Our AI transcriber is not smarter than a six year old, so I apologize in advance for any typos and miss spelled words. The following is a presentation and the ControlTrends, Podcasting Network,you're listening to ControlTalk Now. The HVAC and Smart Building Controls , podcast., with the man the myth, the legend Ken Smyres and Eric Stromquist. ControlTalk Now about

CTN 308: ControlTalk NOW -- Smart Buildings VideoCast and PodCast for week ending Mar 24, 2019 features Young Gun Brent Burrows, a Systems Integrator with ENTEK, who explains Alarm Fatigue, and much more,  ENTEK provides HVAC, Building Automation and Energy Services  in the Atlanta, GA, area and throughout the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii and Guam. Are You ready? Is Your AI Device Smarter than a six year old? Our transcription service, as you will see is not! I tried to correct as many errors as possible in the transcript of Episode 308, but could not get them all, so be kind as you read this: Episode 308 ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Podcast Eric Stromquist: Do you suffer from alarm fatigue? Well four out of five facilities managers iand HVAC controls professionals do. So what exactly is this insidious disease and how can you cure it? Hi, I'm Eric Stromquist from controltrends.com and stromquist.com. And on this week's episode we're going to dive deep and into alarm f

The 2019 ControlTrends Awards will be held at the BB King's Blues Club in Orlando, FL -- Followed by a Super Bowl Tailgate Party Extravaganza! Make Your Plans for February 2nd Now! Show Notes Eric Stromquist: Eric Stromquist here with the man, the myth, the legend, Kenny Smyers. Kenny, we’re not in Kansas anymore. Tell our community where we are. We’re in Orlando, Florida. We’re sending in front of the BB King Blues Club and we have found ourselves a location for the 2018 ControlTrends Awards we have. And in case you don’t know that Sunday night is Super Bowl Sunday. So if you want to come to the biggest Super bowl party in Orlando, reach out to your sponsors and say, “hey, we want to be there with Ken and Eric ” We’ve got the BB King space booked and we will have The Controltrends Awards starting about two hours earlier,. so after the Awards you can just chill out and watch the game with all your rowdy friends. Ken Smyers: Here’s our favorite team and w