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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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Oct 17, 2016

When it comes to working in the building automation space no skill stands out more than HVAC. Having a solid understanding of HVAC fundamentals will get you far in the building automation space.

But, what do you need to know?

And how do you learn it?

 In today's episode I will cover:

  • What are HVAC systems?
  • How air side and water side systems work?
Oct 12, 2016

I discuss my thoughts on the 200th episode of ControlTalk Now.

Awesome job Eric and Kenny!

 In today's episode I will cover:

  • My thoughts on the 200th episode of ControlTalk Now
Oct 10, 2016

In episode 30 of the building automation Monthly podcast I will be talking you through how to create a sequence of operations for your systems integration projects. You don't want to miss this one!

In today's episode I will cover:

  • What is a sequence of operations
  • How to create a sequence of operations
  • How to implement the sequence of operations on your systems integration project
Oct 7, 2016
Data models and system requirements. Two of the most commonly misunderstood steps of the systems integration process. In this episode I am going to be teaching you my step-by-step processes for creating data models and system requirements.
 
If you have zero knowledge of data don't worry by the end of this podcast you will have a solid understanding of what data is.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What is data?
  • What is data normalization?
  • What is a data model and how do you create one?
  • What are system requirements and how do you define them?
Oct 5, 2016

Systems integration can be crazy. One moment you've got all your systems talking and next thing you know the whole building is shut down. There's a sort of voodoo magic to the systems integration process. Or at least that is what you've been lead to believe.

I know from experience that the systems integration process can be executed again and again with predictable results if you have a good process. In this episode I take you through my step-by-step process for performing complex systems integration.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What is integration map?
  • What is an integration map used for?
  • When and when not to use an integration map?
  • How do you create an integration map?
  • My six step process for creating an integration map
Sep 19, 2016

Systems integration can be crazy. One moment you've got all your systems talking and next thing you know the whole building is shut down. There's a sort of voodoo magic to the systems integration process. Or at least that is what you've been lead to believe.

I know from experience that the systems integration process can be executed again and again with predictable results if you have a good process. In this episode I take you through my step-by-step process for performing complex systems integration.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What are physical integration points?
  • What are logical integration points?
  • My three step process for laying out these integration points
Sep 16, 2016

Hey BAM Nation! I am so freakin excited about today's episode. Why you ask?

Because in today's episode I move into the second module of the learn series! The feedback I have gotten is amazing and I look forward to continuing to help you advance your career in the building automation space!

In today's episode I will be kicking off the BAS hardware module of the learn series and we will be discussing physical controller inputs!

In today's episode we will cover:

  • Technical Tip of the Week
  • The 4 types of inputs you absolutely need to know!
  • Career Tip of the Week
Sep 12, 2016

Hey BAM Nation! Another day, another podcast episode!

In this episode I continue my teaching on systems integration. The process I teach you today massively important and will save you hundreds of thousands of dollars if you implement it

In today's episode I will be teaching you how to perform a gap analysis as part of your systems integration process!

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What is a gap analysis
  • Why it is critical to perform the gap analysis on any of your integrations prior to purchasing any products or executing any work
  • How to perform a gap analysis
    • Step 1: Identify your use case requirements
    • Step 2: Identify your current capabilities
    • Step 3: Map out the present and missing requirements
    • Step 4: Identify a solution to close the gap
Sep 9, 2016

Hey BAM Nation! In today's episode I will be wrapping up the first module of the learn series, control modes! In this episode I will be discussing the fourth and final control mode, binary control.

On/off, open/shut, binary control is everywhere and in this episode we will discuss this critically important control mode!

In today's episode we will cover:

  • Technical Tip of the Week
  • What Binary Control is and How it works
  • Career Tip of the Week
Sep 5, 2016

Hey BAM Nation! In this episode I am going to be continuing my systems integration 101 series and will be taking you through my 3rd article in the series titled, "How to Identify your AS-IS systems".

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What are AS-IS systems
  • Why identifying your AS-IS systems is critically important
  • What the BDAT domains are and why you should care
  • The top questions you should ask for each domain
Sep 2, 2016

In this episode, I will be talking about the 3rd control mode in the learn series, Floating Control, in this episode you will learn what floating control is and why it is important to you.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • Technical Tip of the Week
  • Wrap up on how to Setup Sequencers
  • What Floating Control is and How it Works
  • Career Tip of the Week
Aug 29, 2016

In this episode, I will be taking you through the topic of use cases. Use cases are critical to executing a great systems integration project. The problem is most use cases are from useful and quite honestly a lot of them suck. That's why I recorded this episode for you.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What is a use case?
  • How can you identify the systems and people involved? 
  • My 3 step framework for developing useful use cases 100% of the time.
Aug 26, 2016

In this episode, I will be continuing the learn series and unpacking our next control mode, sequencers. Sequencers allow you to "stage" devices on and off.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • My technical tip of the week
  • How both physical and logical sequencers work
  • My career tip of the week
Aug 22, 2016

In this episode I discuss my new series systems integration 101 and I talk through what you can expect as part of the series. Over the next 8 weeks I will cover 8 lessons that discuss systems integration.

Also in this episode I will cover lesson #1 Systems Interfacing vs Systems Integration. In this lesson I will discuss the differences and what each approach is.

Aug 19, 2016

In this episode, I continue the discussion around PID loops and will be covering everyone's favorite task, tuning PID loops! Sooner or later in your BAS career you are going to have to learn how to tune PID loops.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • My weekly Technical Tip
  • How to tune your PID Loops (Deep Dive)
  • My weekly Career Tip
Aug 12, 2016

In this episode, I dive into one of my most requested topics and that is the topic of Proportional Integral Derivative (PID) Loops.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • My weekly Technical Tip
  • What PID Loops are
  • How PID Loops work
  • How you can tune PID Loops
  • My weekly Career Tip
Jul 29, 2016

In this episode, I open up and take you through my story of how I got to where I am in my career. I get personal and share what really motivates me to produce the content I produce and how you can develop a challenging career in the BAS world.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • My career path
  • My thoughts on what someone new to the BAS space needs to know
  • Why I run building automation monthly
  • And Much More
Jul 22, 2016

BAM Episode 016, in this episode I talk with Nick Dawson! Nick Dawson is a pipe-fitter turned controls technician. In this episode Nick discusses how he became a controls technician, how you can become a controls technician and how you can help others get into the exciting world of building automation.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • How people with non-BAS backgrounds can move into the BAS world
  • How to train and develop your staff to understand BAS systems
  • How to engage your management to invest in BAS
  • Creating an effective training program to develop BAS skills
Jul 15, 2016

BAM Episode 015, in this episode I talk with Joe Aamidor a smart buildings consultant and personal friend. Joe has a wealth of knowledge around smart buildings, product management, and as an added bonus he lives near silicon valley which exposes him to a number of Smart Building and IoT startups!

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What Smart Building Technologies (SBT) are having the greatest impact
  • How to procure, install and support multiple SBT
  • How IoT systems work with BAS systems
  • How to build out a technology road-map
  • What facility managers and other business leaders need to know about operating SBT
  • And Much More
Jul 8, 2016

BAM Episode 013, in this episode I talk with Derek Johnson from BuildingIQ. Derek brings his A game and gives us some of the best insight I have heard around Analytics in a long time!

In today's episode we will cover:

  • Why aren't we seeing wide spread adoption of analytics
  • How are analytics used differently in the BAS world
  • Why having a data strategy is required into today's world
  • What the biggest issue when it comes to implementing analytics
  • Applying analytics with old BAS architectures
  • Use cases for applying analytics to your building
  • And Much More
Jul 6, 2016

BAM Episode 012, in this episode I dive into my current post in the Evaluating Building Automation Systems Series. We are going to dive deep into the topic of trends, what they are, how they work and how you can evaluate them.

In today's episode we will cover:

  • What Trends are
  • How Trends work and how you can use them
  • Why trends are critical to your building automation system
  • 3 ways you can evaluate trends in your BAS proposals
Jul 1, 2016

BAM Episode 011, in this episode I talk with Joel Hutton from General Data Tech (GDT). Joel gives us a candid look at IoT and its place in the smart building space.

In today's episode we will cover:

An Overview of the Internet of Things (IoT)

How IoT differs from Sensor Networks

The main business drivers for IoT

What you can do to get ready for IoT

Resources for IoT learning

Jul 1, 2016

BAM Episode 011, in this episode I talk with Joel Hutton from General Data Tech (GDT). Joel gives us a candid look at IoT and its place in the smart building space.

In today's episode we will cover:

An Overview of the Internet of Things (IoT)

How IoT differs from Sensor Networks

The main business drivers for IoT

What you can do to get ready for IoT

Resources for IoT learning

Jun 29, 2016

BAM Episode 010, in this episode I dive into my current post in the Evaluating Building Automation Systems Series. You will learn my thoughts on how to quantitatively evaluate alarming!

In today's episode we will cover:

How to manage alarm prioritization

Why alarm sequencing is critical to your building

How alarm transmission can make or break your alarm responsiveness

Jun 24, 2016

In BAM Episode 009, I answer a question from a BAM subscriber around how to implement green rating programs.

In today's episode we will cover:

What a green rating program is

The difference between Energy Star, Green Globes and LEED

How to implement Energy Star, Green Globes and LEED

How to use energy star to set a energy baseline

How to use your energy baseline and target to create efficiency projects

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