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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 comm...

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 Jac...

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....

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 HV...

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...

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 F...

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 i...

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...

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, i...

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. S...

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 drivin...

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...

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 di...

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...

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...

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 o...

How will Artificial Intelligence Change the Smart Buildings Industry? Dollar Driven Decision-Makers want Data into Insights, Insights into Action, and Action into Revenue. Will AI Deliver? CTN 305 Interviews: Show Notes Eric Stromquist: 00:00:00 Hi. Welcome to Control Talk Now, you're Smart. Buildings video cast and podcast for the weekend in March 3rd., 2019 . We give you all the Smart Building a...

On this podcast, I talk HVAC software and controls with the great young minds ( young guns) in the HVAC Industry. Ok, I know what you industry veterans are probably thinking, why should I listen to a bunch of youngsters ? What could they possibly teach me? Maybe nothing… but face it, like it or not , we are here to stay, and you are lucky we have chosen the HVAC profession. If you are paying atten...

This might be the Smart Building Controls Opportunity of a lifetime! Good morning ControlTrends Community, Eric here.  Ken is without power in Pittsburgh, so I am writing a quick summary of this week's show. Ken will update this post, so thanks for indulging my limited writing talents. Updated February 26th! So what is the opportunity.... Well, like I said, I have a limited ability with putting wo...

Episode 303: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for week ending Feb 17, 2019 provides summary coverage of the 2019 Siemens Talon Summit held in New Orleans, LA. Siemens is on the move! Project Haystack recognizes DLR Group for their outstanding contributions; Penn Controls celebrates their 100 Year Birthday; Autonomous Vehicle Summit in London; Realcomm Occupant Experience Web...

Episode 302: ControlTalk NOW — Smart Buildings Videocast and PodCast for week ending Feb 10, 2019 takes the future head on — with interviews with two amazing and accomplished experts with widely differing perspectives.  Our first guest is author and Future Technologist, Sudha Jamthe, from Silicon Valley, who explains business model creation along the yellow-bricked-digital-transformational-highway...