Building automation systems monitor and control a building's lighting and mechanical systems. They operate in roughly half of all buildings of over 100,000 square feet in the U.S. Those building automation systems are now being wired to talk to utilities, so the owners and occupants can participate in demand response and energy efficiency programs. Things are changing at light speed in the building automation space, as the links in this section attest.
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Some days you could spend all of what little reading time you have just getting through all the smart grid market studies, trend reports, forecasts and white papers. We've made the chore a little easier for you with a roundup of six recent releases that caught our eye on topics ranging from smart grid investments to building automation growth.
SGN's Jesse Berst attended the annual predictions Webinar hosted by IDC Energy Insights and walked away with nine that he believes in. Did you realize that utility mergers will accelerate? That munis and coops are now in the driver's seat for AMI deployments? That analytics is the Next Big Thing? Click to read the full list.
Why aren't smart buildings talking to the smart grid? The obstacles are not technical, says SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst. Instead, they are about convincing hearts, minds and wallets. A California company has just made two announcements that may overcome two of the most significant blockers - finding the right person to talk to and finding a way to pay for it. Click to read why this could be a watershed.
Why have we embedded sensors, monitors and digital intelligence into virtually every piece of the electricity value chain... except the load panel? SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst is trying to figure that one out. But in the meantime, his latest Discovery Showcase feature introduces an Israeli company that has what looks to be a promising solution. Learn all about it inside.
You would think from reading the news coverage (including ours) on energy efficiency opportunities in commercial buildings that most everyone gets it and is on board. SGN News Editor Doug Peeples recently found out that's not necessarily the case. The reasons why may surprise you.
As the technology for automated energy efficiency quickly advances, SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst has been impressed with what some of the young companies in the space are developing. But he also wonders how long they'll be around. Get a quick look at this market, inside.
We recently asked readers to tell us what they like about what we're doing – and to "slap us upside the head" if they disagree with our smart grid coverage. Reader Lindsay Audin, a leading energy expert, took exception to SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst's take on the relationship between building automation and utilities. Read about where they don't see eye to eye – and why.
Earlier this year Google and Microsoft abandoned the residential energy management space and now Cisco is backing away too. Is it a smart move for the networking giant? SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst has thoughts on that inside.
Jesse Berst's latest insider conversation helped him understand the three major barriers to connecting smart buildings to the smart grid. Those companies that get around these barriers first will win the prize that awaits. But only one of those barriers – the technology piece – is getting any airplay. Jump inside to read about all three.
We are on the cusp of a major upswing in grid-connected building automation and SGN Chief Analyst Jesse Berst believes this wave of change will either hurt or help utilities, depending on how they prepare. Click inside for more on this important topic and Jesse's recent discussions with executives at Johnson Controls, the $34 billion building automation giant now moving aggressively into demand response.
The building automation system product market will exceed $32 billion in revenue this year and is expected to hit $37 billion by 2016. While North America and Europe will account for most of that revenue, click inside to read why ABI Research says the Asia Pacific region will see the highest growth rate over the next few years.
The Department of Energy and American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers announced a new agreement to turn up the heat on building energy standards that reduce energy costs and carbon pollution.
A public-private partnership in Seattle has set its sights on being the country's first large-scale, high performance building district. To get there, the Seattle 2030 District lists some aggressive goals and has signed on as one of 14 initial partners in the Better Buildings Challenge that is part of President Obama's initiative to make America's commercial buildings 20 percent more efficient by 2020. See which other public and private entities have taken up the challenge.
The 22-story Wachovia Bank in Tampa, Florida had a building management system that had not kept pace with the today’s energy-intensive needs and complex indoor environmental concerns. This KMC Controls case study highlights the assessment and retrofit of the bank's existing computer-controlled building automation system.
American Medical Systems was honored for its installation of new, high efficiency solutions to help provide critical system reliability for round-the-clock temperature control. As this video details, the upgrades included a chilled water system and building automation controls to increase overall operational and energy efficiency as well as to improve building performance and day-to-day functionality.
This video showcases how Johnson Controls now combines the power of building automation systems with an intuitive interface to demand response market opportunities, enabling smart buildings to interface seamlessly into the smart grid.
This research project, commissioned by Danfoss, included interviews with a total of 30 owners, engineers and manufacturers in the non-residential buildings industry. The results should help all smart grid stakeholders understand how owners, and those who serve them, view benefits and barriers, and what would stimulate them to make investments or discourage them from doing so.
This ABB case study looks at automation systems as a key tool in the more efficient management of buildings, spotlighting specific technologies utilitized in an upgrade of the Regione Molise building in Italy and the savings incurred.
GE and German self-powered wireless technology company EnOcean are working together to combine technologies that will provide simpler, cheaper ways to make existing buildings intelligent. Click inside for more on this advance in smart buildings.
Siemens has gone on an aggressive recruiting and training campaign to keep up with accelerating U.S. sales and orders. While all of the multi-faceted global giant's business sectors are growing, most of it is concentrated in smart grid and IT, as well as building efficiency and industrial automation. Click inside for details.
Two new reports make it undeniably clear that the smart building systems market is pretty hot right now – and that presents considerable opportunities (and challenges) for electric utilities, building owners and, of course, technology vendors. Read more to get the big picture.
A large multi-national movie theater chain called upon its energy
management provider, Novar, to drive more energy savings and
reduce time-consuming work for theater managers. This case study details what was done and the results achieved.
The market for building energy management systems is taking off as building owners and managers look for ways to curb their energy expenses and environmental impact. The evidence? A new forecast says investments in the market should reach $10.1 billion by 2016.
This white paper from KMC Controls provides a summary of the general benefits of control systems and some specific strategies for achieving sustainability goals, such as higher energy efficiency and lower operating and maintenance costs.
Cisco, Duke Energy and Charlotte City Center Partners are joining forces to make commercial buildings in Charlotte's urban core area more energy efficient with a combination of digital smart grid and building automation technologies.
We're getting mixed signals about the vitality of the smart grid market. On the one hand, the recent DistribuTECH conference was one of the most successful ever. On the other, a well-known Wall Street analyst recently told his clients that the smart metering sector is "facing several headwinds," including weak regulatory support in the U.S. and delays in European adoption. Taking the pulse of the smart grid industry is this week's Tuesday Topic.
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