Items Tagged with 'control systems'

Buildings can't take advantage of modern AI and automation tools because their data is locked inside proprietary systems. Liberating that data into a centralized, structured layer is the foundation for smarter facilities.

Airoverse and Lowder Brothers partnered to bring scalable, accessible building automation to Fort Smith School District, helping the district manage HVAC across 33 campuses and roughly 100 buildings.

As commercial buildings face escalating costs, aging equipment, and a shrinking labor pool, the HVAC industry is being pushed to abandon old-school, reactive maintenance in favor of smarter, data-driven strategies.

By swapping complexity for simplicity, turnkey electrode boilers are helping industries electrify fast – no hard hats or headaches required.

An overlooked control logic detail in hospital air handling units led to recurring freezestat trips and heating instability during the winter, illustrating how small automation choices can have big operational impacts.

Commissioning Columnist Miles Ryan shows how a programming oversight caused unexpected humidity control failures during system transitions.

The new company is now setting up its customer service, engineering, and internal sales department to begin shipping custom and semi-custom commercial air handling products in the third quarter of 2026 from its newly acquired Phoenix, Arizona headquarters. 

Harnessing Trane’s systems knowledge and expertise, the chiller plant controller converts complex programming into a simplified, efficient solution that can be customized to meet unique needs, a press release from the company said.

Airzone is expanding its sales networkby forming partnerships with six top HVACR manufacturers.

ES NEWS Columnist Miles Ryan writes this article not just for the commissioning providers out there, but for the controls techs and TAB providers who are consistently set up for failure.