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The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology

The weekly podcast where Phil Zito discusses topics related to building automation and provides useful tips and action packed examples to help you better understand building automation.
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May 11, 2020

How do you ensure that you have enough fresh air for your building?

Post COVID-19 building operators are being asked to provide better ventilation control to their buildings. 

But how?

In this episode, we discuss IAQ, airflow, and the strategies and standards related to their control.

We also discuss the changes related to IAQ that are coming post COVID-19.

 

Apr 20, 2020

In this week's episode, we look at our five-phase framework for controlling your building's HVAC and Building Automation Systems post-Coronavirus.

Apr 13, 2020

How do networks work?

What do you as a smart building professional need to know about them? 

In this week's episode we discuss:

  • How networks work
  • The bottom 4 layers of the OSI Model
  • How to configure networks
  • What you need to know to talk to IT about networks
  • How IP addressing works
  • Common ports and their use in BAS
Apr 6, 2020

Coronavirus will eventually clear up enough for the economy to reopen but what do you do after that?

In this episode of The Building Automation Monthly Podcast, we discuss how to prepare your career for after Coronavirus. You will learn:

  • How to inventory your current skillset
  • How to bridge your current income gap
  • How to seek out consulting/contracting work in today's economy
  • Our near-free training solution
  • How to network with potential companies
  • And more!
Mar 30, 2020

Today's buildings are largely disconnected from the outside world. This was fine until recently. With the growth in stay at home orders, people find themselves unable to remotely support their buildings. 

In this episode you will learn:

  • How remote access works
  • How to setup remote access
  • Why you must create an access policy
  • How to work with IT
  • Which remote access technology will work for you
  • And more
Mar 23, 2020

In this week's podcast, we tackle the topic of shutting down your building.

The reality is many people have never shutdown their buildings.

So where do you begin?

What steps do you take?

In this episode you will learn:

  • What settings to adjust and how to adjust them
  • How to manage staging HVAC systems for critical zones
  • How to remotely monitor your building
  • And more!
Mar 16, 2020

Everything is shutting down. The economy is nose-diving. How do you keep your building automation business afloat?

In this episode The Building Automation Monthly Podcast we talk about several win-win services that you can sell to help your customers deal with the Coronavirus's effect on their business.

We also talk about strategies to cover the cost of your employees and how to maintain your business.

Mar 9, 2020

You need to control the moisture content of your airstreams but how?

In this week's episode of The Building Automation Monthly Podcast, we explore the concept of psychrometrics and how it affects the comfort and controllability of your building systems.

In this episode you will learn:

  • What Psychrometrics are
  • How you can control the moisture and temperature of your airstream
  • Why relative humidity is not always the best measure of moisture content
  • And more
Mar 2, 2020

In this episode, we discuss how PID loops work and how to tune PID loops.

This episode covers:

  • What a PID Loop is
  • How to calculate your settings for a loop
  • The reason our loops shouldn't use derivative
  • My number 1 trick for quickly tuning loops
  • The effect of I on loops
  • When to use direct or reverse loops
  • Why you should avoid biasing your loop
Feb 24, 2020

In this episode, we discuss how to build out a use case library to increase your ability to sell and execute smart building projects. 

This episode covers: 

  • What a use case is?
  • Why a use case library?
  • Where to get started?
  • How to structure a use case?
  • The integral pieces of a use case library
Feb 17, 2020

This week we have Curt Bramel the North and South America channel sales leader for Tridium. In this episode Curt and I discuss:

  • The highest margin activity in the market right now
  • The biggest challenges to growth that integrators are facing
  • How integrators are dealing with the labor shortage in the market right now
  • The potential opportunities that integrators could miss in the next few years
  • Growth ideas that you think integrators should capitalize on but aren’t
  • Curt's  thoughts on the rise of IP controls and flat architecture
  • The upcoming Niagara Summit and how it would benefit you to attend
Feb 10, 2020

In this episode of The Building Automation Monthly Podcast we interview cybersecurity expert Fred Gordy. 

Fred has a broad background in cybersecurity. Fred has a wealth of experience during his rise from working at a major mechanical contractor to leading the cybersecurity practice at Intelligent Buildings.

We discuss:

  • What cybersecurity is
  • The major risks to a BAS
  • How to mitigate risks
  • The legal responsibility of integrators
  • How to use cybersecurity as a compelling selling point
  • The major attack vectors of a BAS
  • And much more
Feb 3, 2020

Why do analytics projects fail? What makes them successful? 

What is the secret to effectively implementing analytics? 

In this week's episode of The Building Automation Monthly Podcast we discuss:

  1. What analytics are
  2. How analytics work
  3. My experience implementing analytics
  4. My six-step process for effectively implementing analytics
Jan 27, 2020

OT networks are becoming increasingly common in building automation projects. But what is an OT network and what do you need to know about OT networks to succeed in your BAS career?

In this episode we discuss:

  • How OT networks work
  • Why OT networks are used
  • How OT networks are different than IT networks
  • How to implement OT networks
  • How to connect OT networks to IT networks and much more!
Jan 20, 2020

This week we are talking with 75F's CEO Deepinder Singh. I really enjoyed this interview as Deepinder is very technical and his story for why he started 75F is really unique. 

In this interview we look at:

  • What is 75F?
  • Why another controls solution?
  • Why 75F is a full-stack solution and what that means
  • 75F's interesting way of negating cybersecurity concerns
  • What problem does 75F solve?
  • What makes the 75F solution unique?
  • Who is the solution meant for?
  • And much more

We get into the weeds and discuss API's, system architectures, ASHRAE G36, and much more.

Jan 13, 2020

Have you ever wondered how your BAS user interface works? 

What happens exactly when you change your setpoints?

In this week's episode, we are going to look at how a BAS communicates from the GUI to the field controller and from the field controller to the GUI.

Jan 6, 2020

How do you troubleshoot IT systems? Where do you begin? In this episode, we will look at how you can troubleshoot even the most complex building automation system. 

 

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