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Controls Upgrades: Step 1: Survey the Existing Controls

Controls Upgrades: Step 2: Decide What You Want

Controls Upgrades: Step 3: Justify the Upgrade

Controls Upgrades: Step 4: Manage the Upgrade Project

Picking the Best BAS

The BAS and Making Multiple Changes

BAS Sensor Calibration and Documentation

BAS Strategies in New Construction vs. Existing Buildings

Cutting the Cord: Wireless Controls Bring Flexibility

Expansion Advantages of Wireless Controls

Focus on Ventilation and Scheduling Pays Energy Dividends

Energy Efficiency Can Flow from Attention to Pumps, Fans

Upgrading Or Replacing EMS System A Big Decision

Direct-Digital Controls Improve Equipment Monitoring

Direct-Digital Controls: Energy Management Lowers Utility Costs

Demand Response: Engineers Focus on HVAC, BAS

Direct-Digital Controls Improve Schools' Energy Efficiency

Common Problems for Aging Controls Systems

Determining and Stretching the Useful Life of Controls

Establishing the Need for New Controls

CMMS Capabilities

Energy Management Solutions Likely Already Housed In Facilities

Facilities Software Takes a Strategic Role in FM

Innovations in FM Software

FM Software Systems Explained

Building-Automation System Streamlines Preventive Maintenance

How to Squeeze More Savings From the EMS

Size of Automation Systems Should Be Proportionate to Building

Managers Can Maintain Building Service Levels While Saving Money With BAS

Water Consumption Can Be Controlled With Use of Submeters

Building-Automation System: Retrofit Starts with Metering

BAS: Direct-Digital Controls, HVAC Equipment Improve Energy Efficiency

BAS Upgrade Lowers University's Energy Bills 20 Percent

Building Automation Mobile Apps

Security and Reliability of Wireless BAS and Lighting Controls

Getting FM and IT to Cooperate

Health Care Facilities Utilize Wireless Inventory and Distributed Antenna Systems

Advances in Communications Infrastructure Support a Range of Building-Based Systems

Increased Levels of Collaboration Now Possible Between Intelligent Buildings and Fire and Life Safety Systems

Automating Operations: Hospital Upgrades Building-Automation System, CMMS

BAS And Enterprise Systems

Making BAS And Enterprise Systems Work Together: Frameworks And Middleware

Building-Automation System: Technician Training Key to Performance

Building-Automation System Upgrade Meets Energy-Efficiency Demands

Airport Upgrades to Wireless BAS

BAS Improves HVAC Control, Energy Efficiency

BAS Promotes Trending and Preventive Maintenance Practices

Retrocommissioning Can Cut Costs by Improving Controls Performance

Benefits of Retrocommissioning Quickly Pay for Costs

DDC Controls Make Retrocommissioning Easier, More Essential

Retrocommissioning Should Involve Operating Staff

The Growing Integration of Enterprise Systems and BAS

BACnet and Enterprise System Integration

Wireless BAS Networks Benefit from Mature Standards and Security Improvements

Wireless Devices Go Batteryless

Is It Time For a BAS Upgrade?

BAS Optimization Tips

Making the Case for a BAS Upgrade

BAS Integration: The Facility Manager's Role

Selling BAS Projects to the CFO

Key Tasks for a Facility Manager During Systems Integration Projects

Go Green: Avoid Competing System Interactions

Expand or Replace the BAS? Five Issues to Consider

Understanding BAS Functions

Wireless: Cutting the Ties

BACnet, LonMark and Modbus: How and Why They Work

A Measure of Building Intelligence

Putting Building Systems on Speaking Terms

Six Questions Can Aid in BAS Planning

Automation Roadmap

What’s Ailing the EMS?

Small Steps Can Lead to Big Automation Gains

How Smart Are Intelligent Buildings?

Energy Savings: Launching a Long-Term Program

EMS Upgrades Require Careful Planning to Prevent Cost Overruns

Planning for BAS Interoperability

Building Automation: Choosing the Right Technologies Reaps Energy Efficiency Rewards

Building Automation: Avoiding Systems Integration Pitfalls

Effective Implementation of Automated Facility Management Technology Demands Culture, Process Change

Industry Efforts to Increase Building Systems Interoperability Deliver New Information Sharing Capabilities

Building Controls: Types of Energy Management Systems

BAS/EMS

Closing the Automation Divide

Is Your EMS on Target For Energy Savings?

‘X’ Marks New Controls Hot Spot

Building Control Systems: The Next Generation

Discovering Value in CMMS System Integration

Stepping Up To BAS Success

With systems integration, words can get in the way

Commanding Web-Speak

Systems Integration

Soft Touch for Hardware

Web-based control: The next step toward interoperability

Building the BAS Team

Automation

Interoperability: 5 Ways It Pays

Integration, Step-by-step

Interoperability Scorecard