Before You Design That BAS: Questions Engineers Should Ask Building Owners and IT Teams

By: Douglas Frey, PE, LEED AP, Vice President Let’s be honest: Designing a building automation system (BAS) today isn’t just about controlling HVAC and lighting. It’s about navigating firewalls, VLANs, cybersecurity frameworks, and cloud policies. If you’re an...

What’s Behind Your Fault Detection and Diagnostics Platform?

By: John Villani, PE, CCP, CEM, LEED AP, Vice President The Rise of AI in Commissioning After recently attending two great conferences, NexusCon and the Building Commissioning Association Annual Conference, I can attest that any session with AI in the title was...

ASHE and BCxA Release Second Edition of Health Care Facility Commissioning Handbook

The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) and the Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) recently released “Health Care Facility Commissioning Handbook (Second Edition): Best Practices for Optimizing Building System Performance in New and Existing...

John Villani Honored with BCxA Benner Award

The Building Commissioning Association (BCxA) honored Grumman|Butkus Associates Vice President John Villani, PE, CCP, CEM, LEED AP, with its prestigious Benner Award at its recent annual conference. This award recognizes outstanding achievements in making building...

Identify Lab Energy Savings With an I2SL AIM Report

A New Tool for Simple Laboratory Energy Audits The Labs2Zero decarbonization initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Laboratories (I2SL) has launched the Actionable Insights and Measures (AIM) Report tool. This automated energy audit software...

ASHRAE Standard 241: Revolutionizing Indoor Air Quality Standards for Healthier Buildings

Why the Standard Is a Game-Changer for Building Health and What It Means for Your Facilities In the wake of the pandemic and rising concerns about airborne pathogens, indoor air quality (IAQ) has gone from a “nice-to-have” feature to a mission-critical component of...

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