Building Automation Systems Obsolescence: The Reality, the Options

Intelligent Services

One of the greatest challenges for any facility operating a sophisticated Building Automation System (BAS) is the high cost and sometimes confusing multitude of options available to modernize the system once the platform has reached end-of-life. Shelf life for most...

Staying Current: Software Maintenance Agreements for Building Automation

Intelligent Services

Nearly all control systems have now moved to web enabled systems that end users can interface with from any PC using their web browser of choice. It’s a lot more convenient than previous technology. Here’s the potential problem:  these newer controllers...

Don’t like your controls provider? Consider all your options.

Brady News, Intelligent Services

Do any of these common issues sound familiar?  The system is not intuitive. The controls vendor never responds fast enough. It costs too much every time they come to work on the system. Alarms are not set properly but we don’t understand how the system operates,...

The Benefits of Radar Directed Video Surveillance

Integrated Security

For many facilities, it is often not possible or cost effective for someone to watch a video surveillance system 24 hours a day. Facility managers need a way to monitor their building without watching video screens all day, every day. This is where an emerging...

Five Ways Building Automation Can Save You Money

Intelligent Services

Building Automation Systems (BAS) bring together multiple systems within your facility (HVAC, lighting, motors, building envelope, etc.) and controls them so they function properly. Because every building is unique, every BAS is also unique. Depending on how the BAS...