Eric interviews one of the great minds in building automation controls, Ed Merwin

Ken Smyers and Eric Stromquist break down the latest HVAC and Building Automation Control News. Weekly guests include the smatest minds in the Industry that makes buildings energy efficent and keeps people comfortable and productive.

Ken Smyers and Eric Stromquist break down the latest hVAC and Building Automation Control News. Weekly guests include the smatest minds in the Industry that makes buildings energy efficent and keeps people comfortable and productive.

Ken Smyers and Eric Stromquist break down the latest hVAC and Building Automation Control News. Weekly guests include the smatest minds in the Industry that makes buildings energy efficent and keeps people comfortable and productive.

Control Pros, Ken Smyers and Eric Stromquist break down the HVAC and Building Automation Controls News and Stories for the week ending Nov 10, 2013

Ken Smyers and Eric Stromquist break down the latest hVAC and Building Automation Control News. Weekly guests include the smatest minds in the Industry that makes buildings energy efficent and keeps people comfortable and productive.

Ken Smyers and Eric Stromquist break down the latest HVAC and Building Automation Control News. Weekly guests include the smartest minds in the Industry that makes buildings energy efficent and keeps people comfortable and productive.

You are here: Home / ControlTalk NOW / ControlTalk Now For The Week Ending September 22, 2013 ControlTalk Now For The Week Ending September 22, 2013 SEPTEMBER 23, 2013 BY KEN SMYERS 1 COMMENT ControlTrends thanks this week’s sponsor Mike Marston and EasyIO featuring the “Beast from the East.” The EasyIO FG-32 Controller is designed to support Cloud services directly out of the box, without the need of additional gateway devices. The FG-32 leverages Open Source technology to create an Open Environment in a field controller, enabling systems integrators to create their own services and solutions directly within the field controller. Free Cooling Map for North America (Compliments of the DOE & The Green Grid): Air-Side economizers bring outside air into a building and distributes it to the servers. Instead of being re-circulated and cooled, the exhaust air from the servers is simply directed outside. If the outside air is particularly cold, the economizer may mix it with the exhaust air so its temperature and humidity fall within the desired range for the equipment. The air-side economizer is integrated into a central air handling system with ducting for both intake and exhaust; its filters reduce the amount of particulate matter, or contaminants, that are brought into the data center. Johnson Controls Announces Discontinuation of FX-PCV1610, FX-PCV1620, and LP-FXVMA Series Controllers: September 16, 2013, Facility Explorer Product Management announces the discontinuation of FX-PCV1610, FX-PCV1620, and LP-FXVMA Series Controllers. Our first guest on ControlTalk NOW is Dan Flaherty, Johnson Controls Regional Product Distribution Manager, Southeast Systems, North America. Dan reviews the ABCS Conference at the Talking Stick Resort, in Scottsdale, AZ, October 6-9, 2013. There will be a new wrinkle to this ABCS conference — distributors will be joined by their contractor customers. Dan also gives attendees the heads-up on how to best prepare for the conference. Smart Grid Innovations Demand Interoperability to Accelerate Deployments: Join Smart Grid for an e-Meeting on Sep 26, 2013 at 1:00 PM EDT. Register now! This e-Meeting is offered at no charge and open to the public. Hear from leading experts on how Smart Grid research impacts future products and services and learn how research contributes to new solutions for interoperability for the Smart Grid ecosystem. This panel will be moderated by Steve Widergren, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and joined by Don Von Dollen, Electrical Power Research Institute; Michael Cohen, MITRE; and Dennis Ray, Power Systems Engineering Research Center. New Zone Builder Template From our friends at DGLogik (aka “the men in black”) are at it again. In striving to reduce engineering time while creating the best graphics and user experiences, they are constantly working on improving workflows. One example of these improved workflows is how zone overlays are created on floor plans within DGLux. The video below will demonstrate how you can very quickly create zones that are pre-linked to relevant points. All of this, done using the standard SCADA system functionality. Watch this video. ControlTalk NOW second guest is DGLogik’s Eugene Mazo. DGLogk is taking the visualization of the Internet of Things to the next standard with DGBox — the cost effective solution that enables creation and utilization of appliance applications consisting of Data Acquisition, Data Storage and Visualization. Utilizing DGBox, customers are able to take advantage of data point and visualization templates specific to the devices being monitored and/or controlled. The Appliance Platform drives repeatability and enables plug and play deployments for reduced engineering time and enhanced cost savings. Mark Jewell on Conveying Your Value Proposition: ControlTrends favorite, Mark Jewell, shows you the right way to convey your value proposition. This is critical in the today’s competitive business environment. Mark teaches building automation control professionals the right way to position a proposal at the Honeywell EEO training. Our third guest on ControlTrends NOW is Honeywell EEO’s Jack Connell who reviews the EEO program designed to help qualified ACI and BCS contractors identify and capitalize on new opportunities in energy sales. The EEO Program is more than a training course or another software tool. The EEO Program offers key insights and techniques for assessing potential energy projects and creating winning proposals that will help you grow your business. Thanks Jack! The Honeywell Talking Thermostat. Just when you thought you had seen everything, Mike Keller and his team of control ninjas at Honeywell, introduce a talking thermostat. Check this video out to see how it works. Our sources tell us the new talking thermostat will be shipping soon. Ken’s TOP 5 Information Pivot Points of Week 38: 1. America’s Power Plan: OVERVIEW: Rethinking Policy to Deliver a Clean Energy Future by Hal Harvey and Sonia Aggarwal, Energy Innovation. The electricity system in America, and in many other nations, is in the early days of a radical makeover that will drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase system flexibility, incorporate new technologies, and shake existing utility business models. Eric’s Favorite Video of The Week: If you have not heard of Guy Kawasaki now is a good time to check him out and hear what he has to say. This is a good place to start. Guy talks about his experiences working with Steve Jobs and the the 12 lessons he learned from him. 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.

Honeywell e-Learning LIVE: Join Honeywell’s WiFi Thermostat Training! Millions of homes today are equipped with Wi-Fi enabled devices, and while a consumer might not understand the technology, they certainly understand what it allows them to do on a daily basis. Learn about the features and benefits of Honeywell’s Wi-Fi thermostats. Nest (Secretariat), Honeywell (Man o’ War), EnTouch (Citation) Viconics (Manuro), and ecobee (Great Dancer) — And the Winner is? Now, after two quarters, five thermostat manufacturers are running one of the greatest product races of the last 50 years. At this point, they are almost running neck and neck, and strategic positioning in this third quarter will be critical for the final sprint to the finish line, and ultimately being voted as the 2013 ControlTrends’ Thermostat of the Year. Each contender must rally their communities for both nominations and votes! BMW not Included: Flashy Welcome to Thermokon Thanos and Modern Living. Are you ready for some European marketing and elegant engineering? Introducing THERMOKON AMERICAS, a well-known multi-national company founded in 1987, that specializes in the manufacturing of traditional sensors, peripherals and controls for Building Controls and HVAC industries. Keep in touch with the future with Thermokon. Now available from authorized distributors. Episode Three Mark’s Cool Tools: Shining a Light on Safety: Combo Flashlight and Taser. Mark presents another cool tool. August 22nd DOE’s Live Webinar on the Street and Parking Facility Lighting Retrofit Financial Analysis Tool: The webinar will show how property owners, utilities, energy-efficiency organizations, cities and other government entities can use the tool to compute annualized energy and energy-cost savings, maintenance savings, greenhouse gas reductions, net present value, and simple payback associated with potential lighting upgrades. The Easy Way To Configure a PID Loop in a Honeywell HC900: Thanks to our super hero friend John Rowe, from AC Controls, for showing us the easy way to program a PID loop in an HC900 Controller. Sky Foundry’s John Petze on ControlTalk 2.0: One of the best in the business discusses data analytics and where SkyFoundry can help users maximize the benefits of mining their data. James Johnson Instructs VYKONPro Training — September 30th Class Almost Full! Act Now! Learn the most from the best. 2012 ControlTrends Most Valuable Support Award winner. Open Energy Information (OpenEI): OpenEI provides a List of 525 Programmable Thermostats Incentives. OpenEI is a knowledge sharing online community dedicated to connecting people with the latest energy information and data. By providing access to energy-related information via geographic discovery, visualizations and apps, and topic-oriented gateways, OpenEI can help you find the answers you need to make better, more informed decisions. Contemporary Controls BASremote Master Receives Tridium’s Sedona Framework Certification: George Thomas and Contemporary Controls keep raising “the one cable solution” bar. Day One Honeywell EEO Training: A Word with Mark Jewell. One of the advantages of being a Honeywell Systems Distributor or Honeywell Systems Integrator is the ability to attend a Honeywell EEO ( Energy Efficiency Optimization) training course. One of the great parts of this course is spending a day being trained by Mark Jewell. So who is Mark Jewell? Ken’s TOP 5 Information Pivot Points of Week 34: 1. Data Visualization: InfoSphere BigInsights combines the power of Hadoop with enterprise-grade features including visualization & exploration, advanced analytics, and security & administration. InfoSphere BigInsights Quick Start Edition, the latest edition to the InfoSphere BigInsights family, is a free, downloadable, non-production version. With InfoSphere BigInsights Quick Start, you get access to hands-on learning through a set of tutorials designed to guide you through your Hadoop experience. Eric’s Favorite Video Of The Week: 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.

What Make The New Belimo Actuator Retrofit Kit Special? When Belimo’s Joe Carcare stopped in a couple of weeks ago, he showed us, the easy way to replace a valve actuator using Belimo’s new universal actuator retrofit linkages for globe valves. Here is Belimo’s video showing just how useful this product is when replacing a valve actuator Hanging Out With Scott Muench from J2Innovations. FIN Builder: Provides Cross Platform Support, Saves Time and Money, Visualizes Any Data Source, Creates Fantastic User Experiences, Promotes Company Standards and is Simple to Use. Fall into Stromquist Atlanta Classes: It’s that time again – school is back in session. These classes fill up quickly so get registered right away! The below classes will be held at Stromquist at 4620 Atlanta Rd, Smyrna, GA. Price includes training material, certificate, plus breakfast and lunch (the half day Controller class does not include lunch). Start time is 7:30 a.m. Email [email protected] for more information. ControlTrends Awards Thanks Engineered Systems for Their Media Sponsor Support: The ControlTrends Steering Committee thanks ES Engineered Systems’ Robert Beverly for his editor’s note and we look forward to ES’s continued coverage of our 2013 ControlTrends Awards at the BB King Blues Club, in NY Times Square, January 21, 2014. See Why The New Honeywell Prestige IAQ Could be a Nest Killer: Stromquist & Company’s, man from the counter, Seän Johnson, shows you how to install the new Honeywell Prestige IAQ thermostat. Mark’s Cool Tools Episode 2: A Tool to Read Hard to Get to Part Numbers. Stromquist & Company’s Mark Ramick shows you another cool tool that allows you to read part numebrs in hard to get to places and also pick up things you drop with a magnetic feature. This product runs between $20-$25. Honeywell T7079 Temperature Controllers No Longer Available: Honeywell announced today that the T7079 family of temperature controllers will no longer be available. Click here to see a list of possible replacements. You can check with your local Honeywell distributor, or one of the Controls Group North America members to see if they have any of these controllers still in stock. The Birth of Lynxspring: Lynxspring’s Terry Swope tells the story of how and why Lynxspring was created. Great stuff! Thanks Tery for Lynxspring’s Platinum sponsorship of the 2013 Controltrends Awards and sharing the Lynxspring story. Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED): Make Black and White out of Gray by Josh Millsapps: Important watch and straightstick summary! Though this is a primer for CPTED EXAM goers, this is solid guidance for better security everywhere — especially for the schools and universities, as well as municipalities, hospital, and retail markets. Differentiating between public and private space and displaying a vested interest are vital elements of deterrence. Ken’s TOP 5 Information Pivot Points of Week 33: 1. SmartGridNews: Sensus was selected earlier this week to provide the core communications technology to support one of the world’s largest smart metering projects: the UK government’s plan to put smart meters in millions of homes and small businesses by 2020. Sensus technology will support the rollout of electric and gas smart meters to ten million locations in the Northern region of Great Britain, subject to contract. Eric’s Favorite Video Of The Week: Marshall Thurber On Speaking With Good Purpose: Playing “above the line” has been perhaps the best thing. The first thing that happens when you make a mistake is that your mind wants to lay blame — on someone else! Marshall Thurber proposes a powerful solution to deal with that tendency that might just change your company’s corporate culture for the better using the “The Two Dollar Rule.” Watch a better way to deal with blame, justification, and shame in the modern corporate world. 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. Click here to listen to or download the Podcast version of ControlTalk Now.