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Whether it’s new construction commissioning or existing building retro-commissioning, “commissioning” is about entire systems and their performance.

Back in July 2007, I wrote in this column on how troubleshooting can be a niche business, and it certainly has been for me over the years.

Despite being led by a brainless, heartless, and gutless entourage, one may presume that Dorothy could have eventually stumbled her way to the Wizard of Oz’s doorstep with or without the assistance of the yellow brick road.

The International Society of Automation (ISA) announced the first founding members of its new Global Cybersecurity Alliance (GCA): Schneider Electric, Rockwell Automation, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Claroty, and Nozomi Networks.

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Old manufacturing facilities bite the dust every year in the U.S. Artificial intelligence (AI) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) have provided opportunities for newer “smart plants” to replace stodgy, old manufacturing systems that aren’t worth rebuilding.

Variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems are popular options in both residential and customer facilities.

In my May 2016 article, “The Radiant Roads to School Design,” I was in the middle of designing a building with a radiant heated and cooled slab with DOAS/openable windows for ventilation for the College of Continuing and Professional Education (CCPE) at CSU Long Beach (CSULB).

Kele Inc. has acquired Temperature Control Systems Inc.

"How can we specify technology when we don’t understand the technology that is being furnished by the owner?”