By now, we all know the basics of the Internet of Things (IoT). Everything will be connected to every other thing using the internet. The “things” that will be connected are embedded computing devices with special purpose programming for a single application (heart monitoring implants, biochip transponders on animals, smart thermostat systems etc.), systems and … Continue reading “Standardizing the Internet of Things” by Jim Sinopoli
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New Era of IoT-Enabled Retail Launched
The Smart Mall, as realized by Taubman Properties under the technical direction of CIO/CTO Michael Osment, is a particularly advanced variety of the Intelligent Building. “Connectivity is not an afterthought in the design of a Smart Mall. It is the driver,” explained Osment when interviewed by Realcomm’s Jim Young today. Taubman's new $315M mall in Sarasota was … Continue reading New Era of IoT-Enabled Retail Launched
Realcomm Considers 2015/2016 Innovation Landscape
CoRE Tech 2014, the annual corporate real estate gathering organized by Realcomm happens November 10th and 11th. There, on the Sprint Campus in Overland Park, Kansas, the industry will have opportunity to learn about and compare notes on the torrent of new technologies aimed at automating property management and building operations. “How many … Continue reading Realcomm Considers 2015/2016 Innovation Landscape
Buildings and Big Data – The Book
This just-published book is an expertly-selected sample of the collaborative building science work that has happened to date. It provides a foundational text for accelerated forward motion now. Authors Barney L. Capehart, PhD, CEM Professor Emeritus, University of Florida, and Michael R. Brambley, Staff Scientist in Energy Technology Development at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) brought the A-team together … Continue reading Buildings and Big Data – The Book
Four New Ways to Scan Your Whole Building for Energy Waste
Looking at any system from a high-level and as a whole is usually the best way to get to know its key drivers. Individual buildings and portfolios of buildings are no different. While the idea of a quick and remote data analysis to assess energy performance of whole buildings is alluring, actually extracting information for business … Continue reading Four New Ways to Scan Your Whole Building for Energy Waste
Model-Based Building Performance Analysis
The Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) recently invited speakers from PG&E, Autodesk and First Fuel among others to address continuous learners on the topic of software analytics tools that attempt to remotely assess whole-building energy performance. This session was captured and is available with slides and audio here. Based on this information, plus additional … Continue reading Model-Based Building Performance Analysis
Meter/Sensor-Based Remote Building Energy Performance Analytics
First Fuel presented on the topic of how the company uses meter data, mapping tools, weather data and occupancy data to model a commercial building's energy performance as part of the Association of Energy Services Professionals (AESP) recent brown-bag continuous learning series. Venture-funded First Fuel provides energy auditing services to commercial building owners that is typically packaged and delivered … Continue reading Meter/Sensor-Based Remote Building Energy Performance Analytics
Diagnosing Energy Performance Up and Down the Building System Hierarchy
The team at KGS Buildings makes a compelling case for a modeling approach to whole-building energy assessment that also supports a continuous and connected process as you move up and down through a building system hierarchy. Diagnosing a detected anomaly, for example, can require examining operational efficiency of the HVAC system as a whole, then a … Continue reading Diagnosing Energy Performance Up and Down the Building System Hierarchy
For Energy Analytics, Skip Big Data. Start With Right Data
Altura Pioneers Building Performance Commissioning Guided by Operational-Data-Based Diagnostics The Connected Building Commissioning (CBCx) process of Energy Engineering services firm, Altura Associates, exemplifies yet another approach to whole-building/whole-portfolio energy assessment. This involves on-site connection to the building management system (BMS) to extract realtime data from thousands of measured HVAC, water and lighting points and feeding … Continue reading For Energy Analytics, Skip Big Data. Start With Right Data
How Cal openBAS Project is Realizing Buildings IoT: VIDEO
The local news team at KTVU interviewed Therese Peffer of the California Institute for Energy and Environment, University of California, on the Cal openBAS project. The video does a great job of explaining the challenge of getting devices — lights, sensors and HVAC-tied thermostats — to work together. There is $1.5 million in grant money from the U.S. Department … Continue reading How Cal openBAS Project is Realizing Buildings IoT: VIDEO
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