ABC Advantage Insights

Intelligent Building Solutions in partnership with eSight

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:07:00 GMT

Techniques for optimization and targeted analytics from ABC, while delivering a powerful energy management solution.

Automatic Building Controls LLC (ABC) has remained true to a single mission: deliver customers a holistic approach to intelligent building optimization at a sensible price. They have been delivering that promise to customers in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Indiana since 1976. Automatic Building Control supports a full range of programs that ensure buildings operate at peak performance and reliability, including partnering with eSight for its energy analysis and monitoring solution.

The Requirement

Automatic Building Controls offers total facility optimization for buildings that are looking to cut back on their energy usage. Aware that America is moving toward becoming more energy conscious, they wanted a product to measure energy consumption. Since they already had a wide variety of energy saving solutions, ABC were looking to add an energy monitoring solution to integrate with their product portfolio.

Automatic Building Controls had several requirements for an energy monitoring suite. They wanted a user-friendly and graphical interface to provide clients with access to their energy data in a visually appealing manner.

They also required a system which is powerful yet still easy to implement and does not require a tremendous amount of training. Most importantly, they needed the capability to provide their clients with a software suite containing a variety of reporting and analysis functions to target energy usage for savings.

The Solution

Automatic Building Controls evaluated a wide range of energy monitoring products before selecting eSight. Automatic Building Control has been in partnership with eSight since 2009 as an accredited reseller and they now offer eSight as a value added service to their already extensive product portfolio.

Automatic Building Controls chose eSight for a number of reasons. First it was incredibly important for them to provide their customers with the ability to target energy for savings and to quantify these once made. eSight includes a powerful set of techniques for energy reduction and sophisticated analysis of energy usage. Also, eSight's 100% web-based architecture makes it extremely easy to install. With the help of eSight's knowledgeable support staff, they are able to implement eSight with ease at client sites.

eSight offers a wide variety of reporting techniques presented in a user friendly interface. Through eSight, ABC are able to offer their clients the ability to monitor energy usage, use targeted techniques to discover anomalies in data, identify areas of energy savings and much more.

eSight Express

Automatic Building Controls LLC has a number of clients with multiple sites and users needing to access their data. These users can access eSight through eSight Express which has been designed to provide simplified access to energy data for non-technical users of the eSight suite.

eSight Express provides access to a selection of the functionality available within eSight, presented in a simplified user interface designed specifically with the novice user in mind.

Solutions from Automatic Building Controls

Utilizing open protocol systems, ABC implements intelligent building solutions. Using techniques for optimization and targeted analytics ABC can deliver a powerful energy management solution. eSight integrates above the building infrastructure to provide transparency of performance at equipment level. Working in partnership with eSight ABC can deliver a seamless end to end energy efficiency project to their clients.

About eSight Energy Inc.

Brought to you by eSight Energy Inc., eSight is the most sophisticated and comprehensive energy suite available. Built upon the very latest Microsoft technology, the eSight suite provides an extensive range of techniques for analyzing energy usage and targeting sites for savings.

eSight may be used to monitor data from virtually any energy related system, including meters and loggers, building management and control systems, production data, spreadsheets, supplier data, oBIX and OPC data. For more information on eSight, visit www.esightenergy.com.

Please contact Automatic Building Controls, LLC for further information on how the eSight suite can help your organization save money.
Brian Wheeland
Automatic Building Controls, LLC
3315 Algonquin Road, Suite 550 Rolling Meadows Illinois 60008
Phone: (847) 296-4000
www.ab-controls.com

BETA WEB TESTING!

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:46:00 GMT

Automatic Building Controls, LLC is now ONLINE!!!!

We are currently beta testing our new site to work out any bugs in our programming. Please look around and help us work out the kinks!

Here are some items that you should keep in mind as you look around.

Web pages can look different on other web browsers... which one are you using?
Do the links and forms work?
Do you see something that doesn't make sense?

To share your feedback please fill out our contact us form.

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January 2010 ABC Desktop

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Alerton EnvisionTM for BACtalk®

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Energy Star - Guidelines for Energy Management

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BETA Newsletter DEC 2009

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Our Parent Company - The Totus Group

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:03:00 GMT

The Totus Advantage: A Holistic Approach to Intelligent Building Optimization.

tōtus:
1. whole, all, entire, total, complete, every part
2. all together, all at once

Some solutions are better than others.

The best ones are a seamlessly integrated blend of product, service, sustainability, and technology strategies. It is what we call Holistic Optimization On Every Level. The results from implementing these solutions are intelligent buildings that cost less to operate, is safer and more productive for its occupants, and more operationally efficient for its owners.

Optimized Intelligent Building have significant return on investment in terms of higher tenant productivity and reduced operating expenses. These projects are expected to result in above market rents, improved retention, higher occupancy rates, and lower operating expenses.

Our mission is to deliver our customers a holistic approach to intelligent building optimization at a sensible price.

We consistently deliver such solutions using our proprietary process, TOTUSdesign™, which consists of an in-depth assessment of the facility problems resulting in a set of strategic solutions, relevant creative and sustainable. Whew, that's a mouthful.

Something You Need to Know About Us...
•    We have a passion for energy efficient strategies that grow out of innovative thinking.
•    We believe holistic solutions only come from a thorough understanding of a client's facility.
•    We are dedicated to creating and executing ideas that separate our clients from the competition in meaningful ways.
•    We develop strong brands and drive action with communications that are original, relevant and impact behavior.

Our approach, TOTUSdesign™, has grown out of years of our collective experience and provides the structure, system integration, and enterprise applications to construct and deliver options to optimize our clients Facility or portfolio, new or existing.

Now, we know that many companies tout similar process, our idiosyncrasy is that we follow it.

Chicagoland's Only Platinum Alerton Dealer

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:12:00 GMT

For Immediate Release: Automatic Building Controls, LLC. Receives 2009 Alerton Platinum Dealer Award.

The "Alerton Platinum Dealer" award is Alerton’s prestigious recognition program. It is aimed at rewarding experienced and reputable companies who are outstanding performers and in the top 15% of all Alerton Dealers.

As part of Honeywell International Inc’s Automation and Controls group Alerton has led the way in developing products based on a standard open communication protocol to give building owners flexibility in their building solutions. They are also a pioneer and an industry leader in providing building management solutions for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning equipment for all types and sizes of buildings.

For more information about Alerton go to www.alerton.com

About Automatic Building Controls, LLC.

Based in Rolling Meadows, Illinois, Automatic Building Controls, LLC. has remained true to a single mission: deliver our customers a holistic approach to intelligent building optimization at a sensible price. We have been delivering that promise to our customers in Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, and Northwestern Indiana since 1976.

Today, we continue to provide cost-effective, user friendly building control solutions and long term facilities planning for our customers. By using open protocols we help our clients migrate away from proprietary relationships, providing long-term flexibility and enduring competitive environments for all of their intelligent building technologies.

Our clients benefit from Open Protocol systems which allow us to focus on superior service and support that provide sustainable solutions for our partners. Our independence allows us to select the best-of-breed technologies, and leverage those technologies to help our clients keep their facilities efficient and sustainable.

Providing a cost-effective and user friendly support network starts with a team of skilled employees. Over 60 of our employees are dedicated to providing consistent quality service and support for a full range of programs that ensure that buildings operate at peak performance and reliability.

Efficiency Solutions

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:19:00 GMT

Fuming over the Carbon Dioxide Rule

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 21:08:00 GMT

This week in Copenhagen officials gather for an international climate summit.

Obama administration is expected Monday to formally declare carbon dioxide a dangerous pollutant which could pave the way for the government to require businesses that emit carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases to make costly changes in machinery to reduce emissions -- even if Congress doesn't pass pending climate-change legislation. EPA action to regulate emissions could affect the U.S. economy.

An endangerment finding would allow the EPA to use the federal Clean Air Act to regulate carbon-dioxide emissions, which are produced whenever fossil fuel is burned. Under that law, the EPA could require emitters of as little as 250 tons of carbon dioxide per year to install new technology to curb their emissions starting as soon as 2012. An HVAC system that is properly designed, installed, maintained, and operated is essential to providing healthful indoor air; a poorly maintained system can generate and disperse air pollutants.

Control of pollutants at the source is the most effective means of promoting indoor air quality. An adequate supply of outdoor air is essential to diluting indoor pollutants.

In the absence of adequate ventilation, irritating or harmful contaminants can build up, causing worker discomfort, health problems and reduced performance levels.

Ventilation rates specified in most local building codes are design standards only, and therefore are not enforceable for insuring healthful indoor air quality after the system begins to operate.

Air cleaning is an important part of an HVAC system, but is not a substitute for source control or ventilation. All air cleaners must be properly sized and maintained to be effective.

An objective evaluation of indoor air quality, employee health, and productivity costs should be included when considering energy costs and energy-saving strategies.

Are you ready for how this could impact your facility? How is your facility air quality?

Check out the Wall Street Journal Article Here.EPA Indoor Air Quality

Control of pollutants at the source is the most effective strategy for maintaining clean indoor air. Control or mitigation of all sources, however, is not always possible or practical. Ventilation, either natural or mechanical, is the second most effective approach to providing acceptable indoor air.

In the past, most buildings had windows that opened; airing out a stuffy room was common practice. In addition, indoor-outdoor air pressure differences provided ventilation by movement of air through leaks in the building shell. Today however, most newer office buildings are constructed without operable windows, and mechanical ventilation systems are used to exchange indoor air with a supply of relatively cleaner outdoor air.

The rate at which outdoor air is supplied to a building is specified by the building code. Supply rates are based primarily on the need to control odors and carbon dioxide levels; carbon dioxide is a component of outdoor air, but its excessive accumulation indoors can indicate inadequate ventilation. As was mentioned earlier, an HVAC system that is properly designed, installed, operated, and maintained can promote indoor air quality. When proper procedures are not followed, indoor air problems may result.

H1N1—Building Air Quality

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:46:00 GMT

Flu season is here and H1N1 is the hot topic.

In addition to encouraging facility occupants to practice good cough etiquette and sanitizing frequently touched surfaces, paying attention to a facility’s indoor air quality can help facility executives respond appropriately in the event the flu season worsens.

HOW ARE YOU PREPARED?

The first step is to increase the amount of outside air and reduce the amount of recirculated air, as much as possible. If operable windows are available, these can also be employed to increase the amount of fresh air.

Then evaluate the types of filters being used and how frequently they’re changed. Depending on the existing schedule, that frequency may need to be increased. Depending on your system’s tolerances, consider using filters with higher particle filtration levels.

Yet another option to consider is disinfecting the air in the system with UV lights. These can be placed in the ductwork or elsewhere, depending on the facility.

OPTI-X2Seminar

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:00:00 GMT

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