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How Artificial Intelligence is Reshaping HVAC Efficiency

Traditionally, HVAC control within building automation systems has relied on rule-based systems and human programmed schedules.  These systems, while effective, leave significant room for further optimization.  The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) offers...

Commercial Buildings and the Smart Grid

For utilities, generating additional capacity is neither a quick nor a simple proposition. Strategies that help monitor and control power demand are essential to ensuring a robust power supply, and the Smart Grid represents the best opportunity to control the demand for additional capacity. The...

Net-Zero Energy Buildings

Due to the current government mandate and possibility of implementation success, the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is working with the New Buildings Institute in 2015 on a research project entitled “Net-Zero Energy Buildings: Building Intelligent Controls Driving Success”....
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Automation Standards 101

Understanding industrial and commercial automated systems

BY DONALD DUNN, International Society of Automation

To improve energy and operational efficiency, and leverage advances in smart technologies, electric power companies and other process industries are rapidly implementing automated systems.

The global industrial automation market is predicted to grow from $159.8 billion in 2012 to more than $200 billion by 2015, according to findings by IMS Research. The worldwide market for electric utility substation automation is expected to...

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