Building Automation Systems

• Illinois hospital installs automatic door switches

  February 1, 2010
  For a new surgical suite at St. Margaret's Hospital, Spring Valley, Ill., the surgeons, administrators, and facility managers wanted to find an automatic door that would keep incoming germs to a minimum. Specifiers chose the U-WAV touchless sensor from Larco to activate the main access doors to the surgical area.  More

• Building controls help green Louisville campus

  December 1, 2009
  The University of Louisville is moving to achieve a more sustainable future for its Belknap Campus with the help of a $21.7 million energy and resource efficiency improvement project delivered by the Building Technologies Division of Siemens. Siemens specified a package of HVAC system upgrades, building automation and lighting control retrofits, and water conservation strategies.  More

• Johnson Controls announces program to help customers reduce chiller energy costs by up to 40%

  October 2, 2009
  Johnson Controls Inc., the global multi-industrial leader in providing energy efficiency solutions, is launching a new program to help owners of YORK® centrifugal chillers reduce chiller energy use by up to 40 percent.  The program encourages facility managers to install variable-speed drive (VSD) technologies and identifies rebates and other financial incentives to assist with the payback.  More

• SimplexGrinnell earns certified status in Microsoft Partner Program for 9th year in a row

  September 23, 2009
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• ASHRAE issues correction on changes to addendum r to ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2007 on ventilation for IAQ

  September 21, 2009
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• Building Systems commissioning and retro-commissioning training program: Chicago, September 23, 2009

  August 20, 2009
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• 29 Great Solutions for the AEC Industry

  August 18, 2009
  AEC firms are hotbeds of invention and innovation to meet client needs in today's highly competitive environment. The editors of Building Design+Construction are pleased to present 29 "Great Solutions" to some of the most complex problems and issues facing Building Teams today. Our solutions cover eight key areas: Design, BIM + IT, Collaboration, Healthcare, Products, Technology, Business Management, and Green Building.  More

• Great Solutions: Technology

  By Robert Cassidy, Editor-in-Chief; Jay W. Schneider, Senior Editor; Dave Barista, Managing Editor; and Jeff Yoders, Senior Associate Editor, August 1, 2009
  19. Hybrid Geothermal Technology The team at Stantec saved $800,000 in construction costs by embedding geothermal piping into the structural piles at the WestJet office complex in Calgary, Alb., rather than drilling boreholes adjacent to the building site, which is the standard approach. Regular geothermal installation would have required about 200 boreholes, each about four-inches in diameter ...  More

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