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Guest Blogger, David Gottfried: A ‘Henry Ford’ Moment for Green June 22nd 2011

Cypress Envirosystems is a founding Member of the Regenerative Network, the consortium of leading green building providers that I started to push the More >

Wireless Communications Standard January 26th 2011

Building managers that have been around long enough are likely very familiar with the evolution of communications standards. BACnet was touted as the More >

Pneumatics don't have to be a pain in the neck January 22nd 2011

Pneumatics leak, air gets dirty and oily, and compressors need to be run and maintained. These are the challenges facing those that maintain More >

Accessing Data in Old Buildings is Essential for Ongoing Commissioning December 16th 2010

With the advent of continuous or ongoing commissioning–a very data-hungry activity–we have found that most buildings do not provide adequate data to participate More >

Wireless is a given December 1st 2010

Many people I meet get excited because our technologies are wireless.  I often hear statements like “it’s great that these are wireless” or More >

Retrofit Solutions Must Be Painless November 15th 2010

At least 60 billion square feet, or 70%, of commercial facilities in the United States do not have communicating, programmable thermostats for HVAC More >

Investing in assets when future is uncertain November 14th 2010

Building managers in both the public and private sectors face the challenge of not knowing which assets will remain in their portfolio in More >

Avoiding unplanned shutdowns November 11th 2010

I was at a large factory in the Midwest recently.  It was a state of the art factory, set up by engineers for More >

Running and maintaining a facility with information November 8th 2010

It is amazing how complex it is to efficiently run and maintain a facility. Even more fascinating is how many engineers have to More >

Hospitals' need for gas supply monitoring November 3rd 2010

I can’t help thinking about those TV medical drama series when they show the head surgeon and all his entourage, in full garb More >

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