Welcome to the newest edition of the Cornerstones enewsletter. The BACnet International community benefits from information and education shared through Cornerstones, the organization's monthly electronic publication. This publication is disseminated to members of the BACnet community, connecting corporate, integrator, site, student and individual end users.
Cornerstones is a unique publication because it speaks not only to the engineer and contractor communities, but also to facility professionals, building managers and owners, and other personnel.
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This is where you come in. We need you to connect! If there is a best practice, company news, product news or BACnet Success Story you want to share, please send them to us. And don't leave out the photos!
All submissions should be sent to
Kathleen Magee
, BACnet International's Marketing Manager.
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New Testing Services Manager
BACnet International welcomes a new member to the team!
Rich Ruel
will be taking on the responsibilities of the newly created position of Testing Service Manager. He will be responsible for all aspects of the testing services offered through BACnet International at the BTL Lab (formerly SoftDEL, now Protocol Testing Lab).
Rich has over 25 years of experience in all aspects of Building Automation and Energy Management Systems. He began his career in Building Automation Systems and Direct Digital Control as a Technical Service Engineer. Rich went on to serve as Teletrol’s Director of Technical Services where he was responsible for product revisions and application engineering. Rich most recently was business lead and responsible for the Teletrol EMS product line for Philips Lighting.
Rich has traveled throughout Europe and Asia to support and provide training for BAS/DDC/EMS systems. His credentials include member of AEE and past president of ASHRAE - Granite State Chapter.
Emily Hayes will be stepping away from the role as BTL Coordinator and turning over these responsibilities to Rich. Emily will be moving to the BTL Manager role, supported by a Technical Advisor, to be named in early 2019.
The emails associated with these roles are as follows:
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Testing services at BTL Lab
BACTOR, TEVIA processes
BTL Certification
BTL Working Group,
Clarification Requests
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Rich Ruel
Emily Hayes
Emily Hayes
Emily Hayes
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Andy McMillan, President and Managing Director of BACnet International: “A key objective of this evolution of the BTL leadership team is to increase our focus on test and certification process improvement.”
Welcome Rich!
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Greenbuild Expo Recap
BACnet International exhibited at Greenbuild in Chicago November 14th & 15th in support of nine corporate members.
Indoor air quality was a recurring theme at the show, and one that many of the 550+ exhibitors shared with the 18,000+ attendees at the show.
We look forward to exhibiting at Greenbuild next year, November 20-22, 2019 in Atlanta, GA.
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BACnet International's President Speaking at GLOBALCON
Andy McMillan, BACnet International President and Managing Director, will be presenting
at the 2019 GLOBALCON Conference and Expo being held at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, MA on March 20-21, 2019.
Andy's presentation, titled
Alexa Has Left the Building – Because IoT is So Much More
, will explain the role of IoT in the building automation industry and highlight how the application of this technology differs from the consumer market.
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BACnet Paves the Way to CO
2
Neutrality
Airport conference showcased smart building and BACnet applications
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The first BACnet Airport Conference, hosted by the BACnet Interest Group Europe (BIG-EU), was held at the Frankfurt Airport, September. 27 - 28, 2018. More than 130 representatives of European airports, planners and experts for BACnet applications took part in lively discussions and learned about system integration in airport buildings.
The participants were amazed by the Information Security Hub (ISH) at Munich Airport, by the functional BACnet diversity in the future Terminal 3 of Frankfurt Airport, and by the exemplary BACnet solutions at the airports in Rome, Paris and Manchester.
The essential role of BACnet for current and future Fraport construction projects was presented by Dr. Ulrich Kipper, who heads Fraport AG's central Infrastructure Management.
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Dr. Ulrich Kipper, Head of Infrastructure Management at Fraport AG, described the benefits of BACnet from a user perspective at the BACnet Airport Conference 2018
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Add the AHR Expo to Your Calendar!
January 14th-16th - Atlanta, GA
There are two 'must dos' when you attend the AHR Expo:
#1. Visit the BACnet International Booth
Come catch up on the latest information from the BACnet Testing Laboratories, The BACnet Institute, and BACnet International membership at
Booth C5147!
This will be our largest booth in many years. Don’t forget to also visit our 60 exhibiting member companies at the show!
Monday, Jan. 14, 10 am – 6 pm
Tuesday, Jan. 15, 10 am – 6 pm
Wednesday, Jan. 16, 10 am – 4 pm
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, GA 30313
#2. Attend a BACnet International Educational Session (Room B314)
We have an incredible Educational track this year, ranging from BACnet basics to BIoT. For a list of the full program,
visit the Educational Events page
on the BACnet International website.
And again, if you are unable to attend, the BACnet International education sessions will be captured and shared on
The BACnet Institute
educational site.
Come early to secure your seat!!
2019 AHR BACnet INTERNATIONAL SESSION SPOTLIGHT:
Ask the Expert: Have Your BACnet Questions Answered!
Have a burning question about the BACnet protocol that you need answered?! If so, we are excited to announce we have scheduled a Q&A panel session on Monday, January 14, 2019, at 4:00pm (Room B314). This panel consists of individuals who are deeply involved with the development of the BACnet protocol.
Panel Members:
Scott Ziegenfus, Hubbell Lighting
Coleman Brumley, Setra Systems
Steve Karg, Legrand
Mike Newman, Cornell University, retired - The Father of BACnet!!!!
The panel is accepting questions prior to the session. If you would like to submit a question, please click
here
to access the submission form.
Hope to see you in Atlanta for the 2019 AHR Expo!!
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ASHRAE SSPC 135 (BACnet Committee) Session
As part of the 2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference, SSPC 135 members will be hosting a session titled
Securing BACnet Networks: Present and Future, on Tuesday, January 15, 8:00 am - 9:30 am.
This session is part of the HVAC&R Fundamentals and Applications Smart Building Systems educational track and will include Mike Osborne, Reliable Controls and current SSPC Chair; Bernhard Isler, Siemens; and Dave Robin, Automated Logic.
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PlugFest 2019 Dates Announced
Interoperability Workshop will be celebrating its 20th year!
PlugFest 2019 will be held next September 24 - 26, 2019 at the
InterOperability Lab at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, NH.
As you develop your BACnet Implementation, plan to join us at next year's event!
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The 19th Annual PlugFest Interoperability Event took place October 9 - 11, 2018. Eighty attendees from 7 different countries had many opportunities to test their products with other BACnet vendors, and worked together to improve their BACnet implementation and testing methods.
2018 Participants
ABB, ACI, Alerton, Armstrong Monitor Corp., Automated Logic, Carel, Carrier, Chipkin Automation Systems, Cimetrics, Cree, Daikin Comfort North America, Honeywell, Hubbell, IDEC Corp., Intesis, Johnson Controls, Lenze, Neptronic, ODIN Automation Systems, ONICON, PolarSoft, Potter Electric Signal Company, Price Industries, Real Time Automation, Reliable Controls, Rheem, The S4 Group, SAUTER, Schneider Electric, Setra Systems, Siemens, SoftDEL Systems, Trane, Tridium, WindowMaster, and Yaskawa America, Inc.
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LinkedIn
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Automated Logic Wins 2018 AHR Expo Innovation Award
Automated Logic announced that its new OptiFlex™ virtual integrator won the AHR Expo Innovation award in the building automation category from ASHRAE. ALC will receive the award during the 2019 AHR Expo in Atlanta, Georgia. The OptiFlex will also be in the running for “Product of the Year,” which will be announced during the awards ceremony.
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ICONICS Announces v10.96 of its Automation Software Suite
ICONICS recently announced the release of version 10.96 of its automation software suites, including GENESIS64™ HMI/SCADA and building automation, AnalytiX® data analysis, Hyper Historian™ rapid data historian, and MobileHMI™ data mobility solutions.
ICONICS 10.96 will include multiple new features spread throughout the entire product suite, providing benefits in areas such as back-end services, front-end visualization, and analytics solutions.
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