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Scott Cochrane, president and CEO of Cochrane Supply, (left), and Jim Young, founder and CEO, Realcomm (right).

Controls-Con Tackles Digital Technology and Building Automation

The building industry is integrating more and more smart technology

May 21, 2021

Controls-Con, presented by Cochrane Supply on May 5-7, 2021, discussed the impact of smart controls on the building industry.

Armstrong Fluid Technology Zeros in on Living Performance

Herb Woerpel

January 31, 2017

Armstrong Fluid Technology discussed several new products and a desire to enter the building performance management sector during an evening press conference that brought the first day of the 2017 AHR Expo to a close.

South Carolina Building Performance Association Set to Launch in January

The association will represent home performance contractors, building performance contractors, and more

November 25, 2016

The South Carolina Building Performance Association (SCBPA) is a new 501(c)(6) not-for-profit trade association being formed to represent the companies and professionals working in South Carolina’s home and building performance industry.

GSA, DOE Seek Innovative Building Technologies

Looking to improve performance of federal and commercial buildings

October 4, 2016

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a joint request for information (RFI) for next-generation building technologies in support of their respective Green Proving Ground (GPG) and High Impact Technology (HIT) Catalyst programs.

Standard for Energy Performance Rating Open for Comment

Proposed standard is open for public comment until Sept. 19, 2016

August 24, 2016

Several changes to a proposed standard to address building energy performance in rating programs are open for public comment. ASHRAE Standard 214P will provide a standardized approach for determining and expressing building energy performance in a rating program.

Building Performance Analysis Is Focus of ASHRAE Specialty Conference

Formerly known as the ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference

August 11, 2016

The need for practical building modeling applications along with the need to transform the design approach to a collaborative process from a sequential process will be explored in an upcoming specialty conference organized by ASHRAE.

Technical Program Set for Building Performance Modeling Conference

Will present practical applications of tools and case studies and papers on simulation, research, and more

July 27, 2016

The technical program has been set for the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016: Building Performance Modeling Conference. The conference takes place Aug. 10-12 in Salt Lake City.

Beware the BMS Bandits

Building management system security is an important issue

May 23, 2016

The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Building Performance Conference and Exhibition was dominated by talks on building management system (BMS) security and the influence of occupant behavior on building performance.

QA Graphics Introduces Updated Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard

The EEED is a web application that educates occupants about building performance

April 12, 2016

QA Graphics announced that it has launched an updated version of its Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard™ (EEED). In response to an industry shift away from plug-in applications, the new version uses HTML5 to build design features that allow for a better user experience with reduced security risks.

ASHRAE Proposes Standard to Serve as ‘Backbone’ of Building Rating Systems

Aim is to standardize building energy rating programs

September 11, 2015

While many building rating programs exist, there is not anything in the industry that standardizes the contents of those programs, ensuring users are knowledgeable about what impacts their ratings. A proposed standard from ASHRAE, now open for public comment, would serve as the “backbone” of such rating systems.