IntelligentBuildings® Arcticle in AutomatedBuildings.com For a number of years many industry leaders and manufactures have been advocating a converged and “intelligent” approach to procuring and managing building systems. The reasons are well documented and include the IT-state of most controls systems, ubiquity of the Internet Protocol (IP) and networks in general, reduction of capital and operating expenses, centralization of property management and the link between sustainability and IT. The latter is part of the more recent trend that Thomas Friedman says is ...
IntelligentBuildings® Projects Finalist for Digital Real Estate Awards *2009 Digie Award Finalists Announced* Each year at the Realcomm Conference, we recognize the individuals, companies, projects, and solutions that demonstrate the most innovative use of technology and automation in the commercial and corporate real estate industry. After reviewing over 100 impressive nominations, Realcomm is proud to announce the finalists for prestigious "Digie Awards." The Digie Awards are broken into four main categories:"Best Use Of Automation" (by a real estate related organization),"Most Extreme Real Estate" (office, ...
What does the future hold? One infrastructure across the enterprise Source: SecurityDirector New LAS VEGAS--Panduit Corp. outlined the benefits of leveraging a unified physical infrastructure across its enterprise during a session at the ISC West conference here. When the company embarked on building a new company headquarters, the decision was made to integrate design, construction, policies and governance, and consultants and suppliers to build a "connected" facility. Jeff Woodward, global safety and security manager for Panduit, said the move to a unified network infrastructure ...
Realcomm Advisory by IntelligentBuildings® Intelligent Buildings: Facts vs. Myths Author: Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison, Intelligent Buildings With all the information and misinformation about "intelligent" and "green" buildings, it's sometimes hard to understand what innovation really means in relation to your enterprise. If building systems are more IT-centric, how do we involve IT departments and IT vendors in evaluating building systems? If new technologies save energy and enable more efficient facility management, how does the Facilities Department influence design? If I merge the communications ...
Automated Buildings Interview of IntelligentBuildings® EMAIL INTERVIEW Tom Shircliff, Rob Murchison & Ken Sinclair IntelligentBuildings® is a Charlotte, NC based company co-founded by Tom Shircliff and Rob Murchison. IntelligentBuildings® provides strategic consulting and software services for real estate development and management in commercial, institutional and corporate environments. Convergence in Action Take action with convergence and intelligent buildings strategies, use technology for the right reasons and deal with the real roadblocks. Sinclair: Our theme for this month is Convergence in Action. How does your message support that? Shircliff ...
Buildings Magazine Article: The Realization of Intelligent Buildings By Jana J. Madsen 03/01/2008 Integrated building systems streamline operations, add long-term value to property, and enable better service delivery to end-users. Ten years ago, conversations about intelligent buildings included phrases like "what if" and "in the future." Today, the same excitement permeates, but talk of intelligent buildings is no longer about the potential - it's about the reality. Thanks to a few courageous building owners and developers in North America and overseas, the real estate industry is beginning ...
Cabarrus Regional Chamber of Commerce is going the extra mile to help area businesses and citizens benefit from the mammoth N.C. Research Campus going up downtown. A week from today, the chamber will host an information session for small businesses on "How to Connect to the North Carolina Research Campus." It will include opening remarks from Lynne Scott Safrit and a project update. It's easy to understand why someone would want to make that connection. During another session sponsored by the chamber last ...
GSA paves way for IT-based buildings By Drew Robb, Special to GCN In May, the General Services Administration issued an unusual statement, saying it was “working to integrate power controls into [information technology] operations.” By doing this, the agency expected big savings on energy consumption. One example cited is the Charles E. Bennett Federal Building in Jacksonville, Fla., which cut energy consumption by more than half. “We have just started to move in the direction of converging IT and facilities with our newer buildings,” said ...
The Changing Face of Infrastructure Monitoring By Drew Robb ServerWatch Donald Trump is rumored to be heavily involved in it. Cisco Systems is all over it via its Cisco Connected Real Estate (CCRE) initiative. Numerous power, cooling and building-automation systems (BAS) vendors are jumping on the bandwagon. What is it? It's the convergence of IP networks and BAS. Convergence that is enabling IT managers to keep track of everything in one building via a single console. "We are seeing an emerging market of security systems, HVAC and power ...
Optimists Back Charity for Teens The revitalized Ballantyne Optimist Club has some busy times planned. First, members are inviting the public to a free reception Friday at Ballantyne Village Theatre. It's all to kick off the club's support of the new Rise-N-Shine Inc., a Charlotte nonprofit that wants to sponsor more than 100 teenagers for a motivational program at the U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte. The teenagers, in groups of 10, would meet weekly at the whitewater center for 10 weeks. They would take ...
