Articles Tagged with ''Internet of Things (IoT)''

Nortek Agrees to Acquire Minority Stake in MiOS Limited

Investment will expand and accelerate Nortek’s solutions for the connected home

April 21, 2016

Nortek Inc. announced it has signed an agreement to acquire a 25 percent stake in MiOS Limited, a global technology company focused on developing and distributing advanced control and monitoring solutions for the home and small enterprise markets.

Johnson Controls Is Founding Building Automation Partner in Cisco Digital Ceiling

Partnership to enable buildings to become smarter, more efficient, and connected

April 19, 2016

Johnson Controls announced that it has joined the Cisco® Digital Ceiling community as a founding building automation partner. The Digital Ceiling framework provides a platform to deliver better user experiences through the convergence of the IT network and building technologies.

WeatherBug App Named Electronic House 2016 Product of the Year Winner

App delivers enhanced consumer energy efficiency, more intelligent demand response for utilities

April 5, 2016

Earth Networks® announced that its WeatherBug mobile app has been named by Electronic House as a 2016 Product of the Year Winner in the Energy Monitoring Devices & Services category.

New Control Networking Standard for the Industrial IoT to be Developed

LonTalk/IP standard provides for connectivity to larger enterprise networks and the Internet

March 28, 2016

LonMark International, with the cooperation of Echelon Corp., the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee TC-247, and LonMark Germany, announced plans to develop a new control-networking standard for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).

American Standard Heating & Air Conditioning Gold 824 Control

Intelligent New Products in Home Automation

A sampling of the latest home automation products to hit the market

Jen Anesi

March 21, 2016

In the HVAC industry, manufacturers are working to meet the growing demand for smart, connected devices homeowners can control from their computers, tablets, and smartphones. Here are a few of the latest products available on the market.

By offering smart thermostats residential HVAC contractors are capitalizing on a gateway into potential new customers' homes

It All Starts with Thermostats

Contractors earn customers by offering home automation services, including smart thermostats

Jen Anesi

March 21, 2016

HVAC contractors have taken notice of the growing Internet of Things market and stand ready to fulfill these demands, which often begin with the gateway into their customers’ homes: the smart thermostat.

The World According to Weil: Trending Now — the Internet of Things

The IoT is changing the traditional HVAC contractor’s business model

Mike Weil

March 14, 2016

Performance-based contracting is also changing the business model for the HVAC industry. Combined, they can be an unstoppable force. Don’t you want to be part of that?

HotSchedules and Cooper-Atkins to Bring Refrigeration IoT to Restaurants

New integration ensures food safety by transmitting real-time temperature alerts

March 11, 2016

HotSchedules® is partnering with Cooper-Atkins Corp. to ensure food safety and eliminate waste by transmitting real-time temperature alerts from the Cooper-Atkins Blue2 Bluetooth thermocouple instrument to HotSchedules Logbook via the HotSchedules IoT Platform.

Siemens and IBM team on Next-Generation Building Energy Management Solutions

Software from IBM is being integrated into Siemens Navigator platform

March 9, 2016

Siemens Building Technologies Division and IBM have announced cloud-based solutions that will leverage Siemens’ building expertise and IBM’s Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities to maximize the potential of connected buildings, helping corporate real estate owners drive business results and meet energy efficiency goals.

IoT Leader Secures $25 Million in Equity Financing

Company looks to grow and accelerate adoption of its decision-making data solutions

March 3, 2016

Enlighted Inc., a leading provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions for commercial buildings, announced that the company secured $25 million in Series D funding to accelerate its IoT app development and expand international distribution to France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

On Demand As AI workloads and high-density computing push traditional cooling methods to their limits, the data center industry is accelerating the adoption of next-generation HVAC technologies.

In this session, we will cover how to design VRF systems for the U.S. market using new A2L refrigerants. These systems provide an advanced zoning solution by using inverter technology to deliver precise heating and cooling control across multiple zones and spaces.