ControlTalk Now The Smart Buildings Podcast

After steeping away for two years Eric Stromquist. from ControlTrends is back with the next episode of ControlTalk Now The Smart Buildings Podcast. Eric's first guest is Automated Buildings Controls Founder Ken Sinclair, who joins Eric to discuss the educational breakout sessions at this year's AHR Show. Tune in to find out what Eric and Ken have to say about the future of smart building technology! Eric shares some of the new and exciting things viewers can expect on the new Controltrends website.

Join in as we celebrate episode 400 with one of the top executives in the industry, Martin Villeneuve, who spearheaded Distech’s triple-digit growth. Distech continues to lead the way with powerful innovations for its Systems Integrators and End-Users, and its commitment to develop the Community with education and recruitment initiatives. ControlTrends thanks all the great people, organizations, companies, and vendors that have allowed us to reach our 400 episodes milestone and 3 million-plus views — from over 40 countries. It has been a fabulous and rewarding adventure thus far!

Bueno Systems CEO, Leon Wurfel joins us this week on Episode 399 of Controltalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Video Cast. Leon helps us understand how having the right front-end Smart Building Controls interface can make buildings more efficient and profitable. Are you having a hard time finding qualified people to run and manage tour facilities? Leon will explain how having the right interface and the proper use of data can eliminate the need for more costly personal.

Ken Sinclair helps me break down the Smart Building and HVAC control news of the week.

In Episode 397 of Controltalk Now the Smart Building Controls Videocast we dive deep into cybersecurity and today's smart buildings Cybersecurity pros Marc Peatock, Fred Gordy, and Derek Harp share the things the smart building control pro needs to know to make smart connected buildings safe from cyber attacks..

In Episode 396 of ControlTalk Now The Smart Buildings V. Cast we explore proven marketing concepts that can help the Smart Building Controls Community gain a strategic advantage. Our guest this week is Ken Christensen. Ken is the marketing professional's go-to resource. Ken is a disciple of Ted Turner and for over thirty years has helped clients like the Ritz-Carlton and Wells Real Estate Funds maximize opportunities through better marketing. This episode is a must for those who are looking to break away from their competitors.

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair joins us on this week's episode to discuss the April issue of Automated Buildings and how we must adapt to the changes in smart buildings and smart building controls. With over 50 years of success in the business, Ken Sinclair tells us that "agility with the ability to go around unmovable objects quickly proved to be a good life skill, and 'Adaptation' is our survival superpower."

Gina Elliott and Rachel Kennedy show how the Switch Automation platform can lower your building's carbon footprint, create benchmarking that works, and improve your brand. Crypto and blockchain coming to smart buildings? When? How? why?

On Episode 393 of Controltalk Now The Smart Building Controls Podcast we celebrate and discuss the great women in HVAC and Smart Building Controls.

ControlTalk NOW TAKE OVER — Marc Petock, John Petze, and Brian Frank take over Episode 392! Over the last 10 Years, community-driven Project Haystack has evolved, adding richer, more advanced data modeling that continues to merge the worlds of data scientists, deep domain experts, systems integrators, and contractors into a growing global ontology. The rewards are brilliant.  

In the age of the COvid Panic, the only way to get people back into buildings is to make them safe and prove they are safe.  The proof is in the monitoring of key variables including temperature, humidity, airflow, occupancy, and in-door air quality.  Micael Hadt from RLE Technologies joins us on this week's show to talk about using wifi and wireless as the most cost-effective way to monitor these critical data points.

Ken and I break down the HVAC and Smart Building Control news of the week and trends we are tracking.

Ken Sinclair form Automated Buildings joins is to discuss 2021 smart Building Control Trends.

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair joins us this week on Controltalk Now as we discuss the Smart building Controls News of the Week. 

Lynxspring's Marc Petock joins us this week to discuss the trends in Smart Buildings

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair joins us this week to help break down all the Smart Building and HVAC Control News of the week.

Intelligent Buildings' Fred Gordy, Director of Cyber Security, and Osman Saleen, Senior Consultant, share some of their secret sauce on how their team delivers the ultimate Smart and Cyber Secure Building. "Start with postulating the end state and reason backwards."        

Navigating Never, Never: “Our Transformation is deep inside where we said we would never, never, go; we all need more information and discussion to successfully navigate our new never. ‘You are Never coming back once you transform.'” Ken Sinclair, editor, Automated Buildings

Great interview with Distech's Joël Désiré and Laura-Jane Miginiac. Lots of good reasons why ECLYPSE Building Intelligence keeps getting better (Hint: AI Inside). Plus, more about my Personify Workplace, Healthy Dashboards, Infection Control, and Distech's enhanced Developer's Portal.  

Two great guests on this weeks show! Warning! Do not miss our interview with Fred Gordy, Director of Cyber Security,  Intelligent Buildings. In the most informative discussion yet, Fred identifies four primary reasons why we have such an enormous cyber security problem: 35 years of complacency, the convenience- cost-savings combo, conversations sans the IT department, and vendor non-compliance.  Because of the great visuals Fred is showing, you might want to go to controltrends.com and watch the video of this episode. Angie Jarvis, veteran Sales Manager, Northeast US  & Canada for Functional Devices love her job! And, that’s why Angie is so successful at making Functional Devices one of the most respected and favorite vendors in the BAS business.  Listen in, as Angie introduces more of the Functional Devices team, and what’s next on the product road map.

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair joins us this week to discuss all the latest HVAC and Smart Building control news and trends.

Sensors that can sense when air is not safe is our topic on this weeks Episode of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Podcast. Conner Meloy and Barry Gordon from ACI introduce us to 4 new sensors that can make your building safer and help protect tenants   from COVID 19.

Digital Buildings' Mission: Support Google's urgent need to operate its very large, very heterogeneous portfolio in a scalable way. Brian Turner, CEO, Buildings IOT, and Ken Sinclair, Editor, Automated Buildings lead a brilliant discussion on what's next in the world of ontology, and the pressing need for a "semantically-expressive, easy-to-use configuration language -- complete with validation tools."

Cyber Commissioning and Cyber Hygiene are explained by Intelligent Buildings' Dynamic Cyber Security Duo, Fred Gordy, and Michael Magee. Understand why Early Engagement, Trusted Partners, and Transparency are so CRITICAL! This our second interview with Intelligent Buildings’ Fred Gordy and Michael Magee. For the first cybersecurity segment,  Click here. 

Alper Üzmezler, Managing Director, BASSG, and Founder, Anka Labs, Inc., shares his journey and successes in the BAS industry from his early exploits -- to his most current passion, SandStar.

Jamie Lee from Siemens joins us on the show this week. Jamie shows us how Siemens's new Desigo Software can make your buildings safer, smarter, and more efficient. See how to save energy, time, and money with the Siemens Desigo.

Sam Sharma from Distech Controls and Ken Sinclair the owner editor of automatedbuildings.com join us this week to discuss smart building controls in the time of COVID 19

Learn about a great, scalable small building controls solution, and hear from two industry cybersecurity experts on how to make your buildings safer.

Tridium's Therese Sullivan joins us this week and updates us on what Tridum is doing in the time of COVID 19. In addition, Therese offers her unique perspective on how the savvy smart building control pros can profit while helping mitigate the COVID 19 pandemic. As usual, great stuff from Therese!

Our guest this week is one of the worlds best smart buildings master systems integrators. Hear what Stephen Johnson from McKennys has to say about the current state of have and smart building controls.

Covid 19 is creating new business opportunities for the savvy HVAC and Smart Buildings Control Pro. Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair is our guest this week and shares his unique insights on how to profit in times of crisis

Mahesh Nair is excited about Siemens’ new resilient seat butterfly valve design that offers life cycles of 300,000 repositions, 30, 000 strokes, and commercial actuators with 1.5 million repositions. Siemens has solved the three greatest butterfly valve pain points: high temperature performance, bubble-tight shutoff for 0% leakage, and on-time deliveries. Watch, and learn more!

ntelligent Buildings Fred Gordy the Director of Cyber Security and Rob Goss from Intelligent Buildings join us on Episode 367 of Controltalk Now the Smartt Buildings Video Cast. COVID 19 has not slowed down the need for improving building cybersecurity. Fred and Rob update you on what you need to do to make your buildings safe and cyber secure.

Ken Sinclair form Automated Buildings is our guest om Episode 366 of Controltallk Now the HVAC and Smart Buildings Video Cast and Podcast. ken offers his unique perspective on COVId 19 and how the informed HVAC Control Pro can profit by being part of the solution.

KMC Controls Tim Vogel joins us on Episode 365 of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Podcast. Tim shows us how the KMC Commander can help make buildings safer from COVID 19. The KMC Commander is a very easy and cost effective way to connect buildings, implement air flow strategies that help with COVID 19, and gather data that owners can use to protect themselves from COVID 19 related law suits. 

In regards to the COVID-19 challenges, we have so much great technology that has not been deployed." Ron Zimmer, CABA President & CEO. Don't miss this fascinating interview with thought leader, industry expert, and ControlTrends Hall of Famer.​

On this week's episode of Control talk now, we talk with Scott Cochrane and Aaron Gorka. Scott is the president of Cochrane supply and engineering. Aaron is the chief innovation officer at aunt technologies. We discuss how using building airflow and airflow pressure can help reduce the spread of viruses like COVID 19.

See how using Bluepoint and life safety sensors can protect lives in buildings.

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair is our guest this week. We discuss how HVAC and Smart Buildings will be changed from the Covid 19 Virus.

Andy McMahon and Omar Tabba are veteran experts in the AI world. “When it comes to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, BrainBox AI checks off all of the boxes, and really works.” In 6-8 weeks, Brainbox AI can deliver a closed-loop, Dynamic Predictive Control to your buildings.  This is a great opportunity for Niagara Community Partners. Our second guest, Ruben George, from Siemens shows us the Building Operator. The Building Operator is easy and intuitive to set up.  The X300 Industrial Gateway talks BACnet IP and Modbus to discover BACnet Devices and provisions them on the cloud.  The Building Operator is ideally suited for the small to mid-size buildings; however, the solution is scalable larger buildings. Notifications, Dashboards, Trend Analysis, and FDD are functionalities soon to come.

Lynxspring’s Marc Petock provides insight to the immediate impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the Building Automation Industry and leads a frank discussion about the new facet of “safe occupancy” confronting the Real Estate Industry.  There are many important opportunities in the challenging times ahead.  

On Episode 358 of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Buildings Video Cast and Podcast we learn about a new product and process that makes Cybersecurity easier in Building automation Controls. Our guest is Steve Fey the CEO and Principal Partner at Totem. Totem is a commercial real estate (CRE) SaaS solution that automates the oversight of the #1 cause of cybersecurity events in building control systems: human behavior. Steve makes a very generous offer to our community so be sure to check it out.

"Are our existing wired networked solutions at risk in the near future? Can wireless ways greatly enhance wired networks? The answer (to both questions) is "yes." Wireless network ways provide a future-proofed, AI-driven self-discovery schema with off-site ease of update for operating systems, collection devices, and sensors." Ken Sinclair, Editor, Automated Buildings. Join Ken Sinclair. Kenny and me as we explore the new wireless revolution in Smart Buildings.

On this weeks ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Podcast we introduce you to two brilliant CEO's and their equally brilliant smart building controls solutions. First, we discuss Facilio’s CRE3.0 and its agnostic platform that takes data-driven building operations to a new level of performance.  Now headquartered in NYC, Facilio offers Connected Building Portfolios, featuring coherent end-to-end  views on workflows and processes that optimize the  Tenant experience, Energy management, and Data-driven operations. PassiveLogic has separated itself from the crowd of flagship controls vendors by combining empathetic design with rarefied technology. PassiveLogic has created a guided digital work site where all of the networking is self-contained.  Watch, as Troy Harvey takes us on a guided tour of PassiveLogic’s Innovation Controller — a BAS iPad that is extremely formidable in the hands of an expert; yet, equally powerful and promising to a young HVAC technician.

Chris brings the ControlTrends Community up-to-date with how Delta Controls uses technology to meet the expectations of multiple stakeholders within a building; how a smart building must adapt more rapidly to the effective utilization of the building; the 03 Sensor Hub and sensor fusion delivers a lot of connection points and their data to a Building Automation Systems.

Ed Merwin, Tridium’s Director of Strategic Business, has been a leading  force in the Building Automation Industry for over twenty years. Ed’s enthusiasm and excitement about the opportunistic state that our industry is in at the moment — is compelling. As Tridium prepares itself for the Niagara Summit 2020 in San Diego, next month, listen in and hear why Ed thinks this will the best and most diverse Summit event yet: Chip level AI, Cyber Security technologies, MQTT — the BACnet of the Cloud, and much more awaits NS2020 attendees.

Listen as Terry Swope, the founder of Lynxspring, and Marc Petock, VP of sales at Lynxspring and Cyber security expert discuss the current economy and it's effect  on  the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Industry. Marc and Terry give you their unique perspectives on digital transformation and how the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Pro can profit from these new realities.

On Episode 351 of ControlTalk Now the HVAC and Smart Building Controls V.Cast we explore how to attract and improve talent in your HVAC or Smart Buildings Organization. Melissa Boutwell, the president of ASP ( Automation, Strategy, and Performance share her formidable knowledge about developing talent and improving performance in our Industry. Melissa.is brilliant and we are grateful for the insights she dropped on the show.  

Automated Buildings, Ken Sinclair joins us this week to discuss new trends in HVAC, BAS, and Smart Building Controls. What will 2020 and beyond offer in the way of challenges and opportunities for the HVAC and Smart Building Controls Pro? Listen to this episode and find out! 

On. this Episode of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Building Podcast Ken and I break down and discuss the winners of this year ControlTrends Awards Winners held last Sunday night in Orlando. Find out who is the best in HVAC and Smart Building Controls on this week's show.