For centuries, people have been looking for ways to store electrical energy so that it can be used later on. While batteries offer a way to do this, they also have many weaknesses. Energy harvesting, on the other hand, uses sources of energy that are available in the immediate surroundings, anywhere and anytime. This technology […]
Bati journal TV discussed the question “What is a Smart Building?” at BATIMAT 2015. Emmanuel François, in charge of the Business Development of the EnOcean Alliance in Europe, characterizes a Smart Building as a connected, digitalized system, which is flexible and modular. This means that it needs to be a global vision connecting all building […]
In my previous blog (HOW TO EFFECTIVELY SELL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECTS – Part I: THE BAD AND RIGHT METRICS), I articulated that using the right metrics, IRR and NPV, was imperative to close a deal. In this second part, I will focus on choosing the right customer pain points. A project should never be sold […]
The holy grail for most sales people in our industry is to increase their success in closing deals and decrease the usual long sales cycle. Most sales people will expose the benefits of the energy efficiency projects by calculating the potential energy savings and the time it will take to payback the initial CAPEX (Capital […]
Battery-less: A better way forward The challenges associated with battery-dependent wireless devices, discussed in “Powering the Internet of Wireless Things – Part 1”, threaten the growth of wireless sensor networks and open the door to EnOcean energy harvesting wireless technology. Designed to harness their power from their surrounding environment, energy harvesting devices are self-powered and […]
Wireless devices – they are all around us. Convenience has played a significant role in the embraced adoption of wireless devices, and the applications of wireless devices continue to broaden in their reach. Conservative projections speculate that the demand for wireless devices won’t slow down anytime soon either; in fact, it’s estimated that with the […]
So you have decided to go wireless for your building automation project. But you wonder how to do proper range planning to ensure proper coverage and functioning of the system. Nothing is simpler really and it’s all about common sense. First, take a look at the system specifications of the wireless equipment you want to […]
Alors que, il y a peu d’années, nous pensions encore que le nombre de protocoles allait considérablement se réduire pour laisser place à quelques standards, nous assistons, ces derniers mois, à une véritable inflation avec notamment l’arrivée de Thread, Sigfox ou LoRa à grand renfort de communication… Confusion pour marché Smart Building Si l’émergence de […]
More and more building owners, whether residential or commercial, are looking at installing building automation systems into their property. There are some many cool and useful features in modern automation systems that are now attracting much more than the initial early adopters. And the return on investment of such systems is often quite appealing. But […]