ControlTalk Now : Sales, Marketing, Products and Technical Tips for HVAC and Smart Building Controls Professionals

Bill Vargo: The RDS120-B, with its high-end look and feel, high level of energy efficiency and extended features, was conceived by taking into consideration the expectations of installers and end-users. It is strategically targeted for use in light commercial and managed residential, mixed use applications to include dormitories, multi-use space and small retail.

Ken Sinclair: "Our internet communication connections with everything are under metamorphic change. They are morphing before our eyes to glass and thin air, "Fiber" and "Wireless" from the traditional miles of copper wire." Also, Ken gives us a preview of the 12 learning sessions scheduled for the 2020 AHR EXPO. Read more!

Our guests this week are Marc Petock from Lynxsprimng and Phil Rogers, CEO, Albireo Energy. In addition to all the HVAC and Smart Building Controls News of the week, we discuss the new realities in building automation controls.

Thad Eidman from Acreto IO joins Ken and Eric on this weeks episode of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Controls Podcast. Acreto addresses the IoT security crisis driven by IoT platforms that are distributed, resource-challenged and consist of many diverse and unlike technologies. A new way to solve an old and ongoing problem.

Other guests include Roger Rebenneack and the team form Jackson Controls. Jackson is a distributor of HVAC and Smart Building Controls, like Stromquist & Company out of Atlanta. Roger tells us about his new location in Ohio and gives us an update on Active Shooter technology.

Ken and Eric make some very special announcements about the ControlTrends Awards and break down the HVAC and Smart Building Control News of the Week.

Automated Buildings Ken Sinclair is our guest this week on ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Video Cast. We break down all the Control New of the week for the week ending July 28, 2019. Topics include:

The Education Emergency

How the to profit from the Climate Crisis

Why this year ControlTrends Awards will be the best yet

How to touch a great white shark on the nose and not get bitten.

And much more fun and control news you can use.

With Ken Smyers out for this episode, Eric turns to two Industry favorites to help out.

The host's fo Next Generation Innovation, Aaron Gorka and Brent Burrows join Eric on this week's Episode of Control Talk Now.

Brent is a smart building controls tech at Entek in Atlanta. Aaron travels the world with his company Ant Technologies. Ant provides paperless, cloud-based, operational technology for HVAC & Control Contractors.

In this raucous and entertaining conversation, Aaron and Brent bring a younger perspective to the show.

Here are some things to listen for:

What attracted Brent and Aaron to the Industry and how you can use this to find younger talent.

Why selling Energy Savings Should be the last thing you should pitch to your Smart Building Prospects.

How to motivate your millennial employees.

How to establish a Company Culture that empowers teamwork

A proven technology that can solve the labor shortage for HVAC and Smart Building controls contractors.

This and much more on Episode 324 of ControlTalk Now.

On Episode 323 of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buiding Controls Podcast we give you all the HVAC and Smart Building Control News You Can use for the week ending July 14, 2019.

Our guests this week are Richard Campbell the CEO of Kele and Scott Cross the President of Temperature Controls based in Dallas, TX. The big news of the week is Kele's acquisition of Temperature Controls. Richard and Scott open up about why they joined forces and how it will affect the HVAC and Smart Buiding Controls Industry.

In addition, listen as we discuss:

• J2 Innovations is excited to announce the launch of FIN 5, for release this summer –
• The ever-informative Ron Zimmer is at it again. He gives us his unique perspectives, based on his years in the Industry and new research data from CABA — the world's largest research library, and help influence Industry trends.
• Belimo University offers training opportunities for you to learn more about HVAC fundamentals and Belimo products. Our training programs are available on-site or online.
• Congratulations once again to EasyIO for the highly successful and memorable World Conference Program held in Amsterdam, NE. Johan Schakenraad and Mike Marston and the entire team at EasyIO delivered a marvelous conference.
• Operations Technology (OT) teams need to provide employees, trusted third parties, and technicians secure remote access to on-site systems for OT installations, monitoring, and maintenance. Click here for more!
• We at ControlTrends know that providing your organization with adequate measures against Cyber Threats and Attacks can be a difficult program to get started and even more difficult to sustain. The National Cyber Awareness System, NIST Cyber Security Framework, and US-CERTare great sources of free information
• Bosch, working with Microsoft Azure, deploys their Digital Twin concept that connects all siloed subsystems of a building into a single user interface that creates the ultimate user experience.
• Great interview with KMC Controls' CEO, Richard Newberry, from ground zero at the 2019 Realcomm|IBcon Conference. KMC Controls is primed for the accelerated adoption of IT-Based Buildings Control Systems. With Open, Scalable, and Secure controllers and BAS options, KMC offers a ready solution for every type of building space.
• Implementing IoT in a new building or retrofitting old buildings with smart devices can be expensive. Complicated. Requiring large capital investments and specialized knowledge. Optigo Connect saves time and money without sacrificing security or long-term scalability.
• Many of our ControlTrends Community will remember Steve's enthusiasm from his review of Honeywell's new CIPer Controllers from the Honeywell Momentum in Orlando, FL. Steve's role is to get out in front of Honeywell's new technology and elucidate the engineering community and large end-users.

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On this Episode of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Buildings Controls Podcast, Ken and I discuss the amazing demonstation of what is possible in Smart Building Controls today and in the future. There has been lot's of discussions about what be be accomplished when Smart Buildings maximize the integration of HVAC, IOT, Lighting, Access and Security, Tenant services, and business systems, until Friday, ken and I had never witnessed a fully funictional smart building integration that combined all of these systems. As you will hear on the show it was inspiring. Congratulations to Jones Lange Lasalle, Acuity Brands, Distech Controls and all the other players who made this happen.

Steve Shaw, from Sierra Monitoring joined us and gave us quite the education on networking routers and systems that connect smart buildings and smart building control systems.

Our other guest, Ken Sinclair, the owner of automated buildings, helped us do a deep dive and unpacking of all that we saw and learned at the REALComm/ IBcon show in Nashville.

As you will hear, we have passed a significant tipping point in the evolution of Smart Buildings and Smart Building Controls.

How can you take advantage of this huge shift in the world of HVAC and Smart Building Controls?

Start by listening to and subscribing to this podcast, make sure to check out the controltrends.com website, and subscribe to the Controltrends Smart Buildings You Tube Channel. We are pumping out control news you can use every day.

As as my teacher always said, "Nothing is Obvious to the Uninformed"

Don't be put off by the robot voice that introduces this weeks show.

Live from Realcomm?IBcon in Nashville, Marc Petock fills in for Ken and Eric.

Listen as Marc and his very special guests: Steven Anson, VP Marketing, Anixter; Kendall Anderson, Marketing and Public Relationship Manager, FSG; and Pook-Ping Yao, CEO, Optigo Networks share their take-aways from this record setting event.

What Makes KMC Controls Such a Great Building Automation Control System?

On Episode 319 of ControlTalk Now The HVAC and Smart Building Controls Video Cast we find out:

*What Makes KMC Controls a great Choice for the HVAC Control Pro

* What is new in HVAC and Smart Building Controls News this week

* The Right Ways to Use Social Media to promote Your HVAC Company and much more!

Our guest this week is Doug Miller. Doug is Vice President of Sales with KMC Controls.

Doug shares his 38 years of HVAC Controls experience with us. Great information for the Control Pro on the Go.