Why Building Owners need an FIS over a BAS
Take5, a podcast series from Building Operating Management magazine and hosted by www.facilitiesnet.com, interviews John Miner, from Automated Logic Corporation.
There is a new generation of Building Automation Systems, or BAS, designed for greater flexibility, precision and convenience in minimizing energy usage while increasing comfort and improving system performance. Yesterday's BAS is today's FIS or Facilities Integration System. Automated Logic Corporation (ALC) designs and manufactures innovative control systems to fully integrate multiple heating, ventilation, air conditioning, lighting, and energy management systems. Take5's interview with John Miner highlights the changes in the industry and that which sets ALC apart from all the other Building Automation Systems providers.
(3/19/2009)
Just what is Geothermal anyway....
Geothermal systems when coupled with a standard HVAC heat pump can provide the lowest life cycle cost, a high degree of design flexibility, and can save 20% to 50% on a building's heating and cooling cost all while minimizing CO2 and carbon emissions.
Geo, which means "earth", and Thermal, which means "heat" are just two parts of the overall system that allow engineers to harness the earths heat in order to maximize efficiency when combined with a heat pump system. The earth is a natural energy storage device that absorbs 47% of the sun’s energy. Combine this with the constant upward flow of heat from the earth’s red hot interior, the result Lisa constant and reliable source called geothermal energy. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) , Department Of Energy (DOE) and the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA), geothermal (or geo-exhange) systems are the most energy efficient, environmentally clean and cost-effective space conditioning systems available.
(3/09/2009)
(LEED) Green Buildings report shows progress
The U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System shows evidence of whether commercial green buildings are giving rise to demonstrable environmental improvement.
LEED buildings are making a major impact in reducing the overall environmental footprint of individual structures, but more work is staging on the horizon to assist in reducing the environmental footprint of buildings worldwide. Currently LEED Certified projects represent more than 6% of new commercial construction. Non-residential construction, the focus of the report, represents about 40% of the environmental burden of buildings. In operational energy terms, LEED buildings consume approximately 25% less than comparable commercial buildings on average. More details as to how LEED buildings are changing the way we build can be found on U.S. Green Building Council's web site. The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation. Learn more about the U.S.G.B.C. and LEED from their web site.
(3/01/2009)
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