Managing Technology

Implementing high technology buildings is not without rewards or risk. As systems become more mainstream and follow standards it is important to properly manage the technology to keep current and safe.

• Hackers and viruses
• Planning for upgrades
• Training and updates
  
  
  

Sustainable Design

Building automation is a prime element in achieving efficient, sustainable buildings. This session looks at the trends toward high efficiency and even "zero energy" buildings and how systems can be used to deliver these projects.

• Intelligent buildings and LEED
• Zero energy buildings
• Integration for sustainability

Web Service Based Open Systems

New standards are now available that bring together building automation with IT systems. This session looks at several of these standards, how they have been applied and what the future brings.

• BACnet WS
• oBIX
• Applications
• Case studies
  
  

Master Planning

Over the last 20 years most owners have applied various building automation solutions. Where do you go with these systems? How do you make the move to higher efficiency and open standards? This session looks at the options and importance of proper planning and project design.

• Planning for the future
• Financial justification and project funding
• Case studies

New Technologies

New technologies offer great potential for delivering lower cost, higher performance projects. This session looks at several promising new technologies, including case studies and a view to what's coming out next.

• Wireless
• Active RFID
• Internet
  
  

Intelligent Building Tools

The delivery of Intelligent Buildings requires a number of tools. Suppliers and industry groups are working on the delivery of tools to help with evaluating solutions, design and ranking.

• Improving new and
  existing buildings
• Evaluating the cost of comfort
• Solutions
  

Zero Energy Building

Is is possible to have a building that is so efficient that at the end of the day it uses no energy at all? This radical concept is being advanced by several leading organizations. Learn about what may be possible and how this may apply to projects in place today.

• What is possible
• Industry efforts
• Impact and planning
  

Integrated Applications

As buildings become more highly integrated and intelligent new applications are becoming available allowing for better management of building information and knowledge resulting in improved efficiency and productivity.

Energy Response

Facilities are becoming increasingly connected to the electric utility. This includes the ability to deal with outages and real time rate structures. This session will look at how you can better plan for and deal with these changes.

• Demand response
• Emergency response
• Systems and planning
  

Integrated Applications - (continued)

Next Generation Lighting

Lighting accounts for around half of the energy consumed in commercial buildings. This session looks at new solutions to provide more efficient lighting and control.

• Personal lighting control
• Day lighting control
• New technologies
• Solid state lighting