The Prequel Story I became a homeowner for the first time in 2010. I knew nothing about owning a home, and somehow even less about HVAC systems. The one thing I had going for me was a passion for learning and doing. I learned about air handlers, heat pumps, and not to put the thermostat […]
I’m Connor Dillon, Quality Manager for Building Science Institute, Ltd. Co. (BSI). While my title might give it away, I’m an oversight agent that ensures verification companies are doing what they claim to do. We hold them accountable to American National Standards (ANSI) and federal program requirements. I fell into this industry and remained for
The National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) is a modern data center, home to one of the most powerful high-performance computing (HPC) systems in the world for scientific research in genetics, physics, geology, and more. To ensure optimal performance by NERSC systems in support of science, the infrastructure team at NERSC has to closely
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Significant data is generated in the built environment. Design and construction documents, performance simulations, commissioning results, and building performance data (BPD) are generated for all modern buildings. Today, system advancements in energy efficiency, integration, monitoring, and connectivity are expanding our design and facility management options throughout the built environment. Internet-enabled monitoring, ubiquitous user interfaces, machine
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My name is Cory Mosiman and I come from the smart buildings space in the commercial world. I went to grad school to study MPC (model predictive control) for buildings at CU Boulder under Gregor Henze. I learned a lot about smart building technologies and started consulting for commercial building owners on technology strategy for
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Through my companies and writings, I found that in B2B sales, efficiency is king, and the quest for the holy grail of sales automation continues in the wake of ChatGPT. In this post, I’ll share my sales automation process, which relies heavily on n8n, an fair-source (similar to open-source) workflow automation tool that anyone can
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In 2012, an article published by Angi, then Angie’s List, started to open the discussion over HVAC service contracts. Concerns manifested around the maintenance task list that, arbitrarily, needed to be completed every three to six months. These schedules don’t reflect the real maintenance needs of an HVAC unit, so owners are asking why they
The Open-Source Ethos If you’re unfamiliar with the term, “Open-Source”, we’re glad you’re here. You can read [this post] about what open-source is, but here is a quick summary for our purposes today. Open-source is a term that, at its core, refers to something that can be freely accessed, used, modified, and shared by anyone.
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Umorpha Systems is a new Colorado-based company beginning development of a fully open-source firmware framework for residential HVAC equipment. We believe bringing open source to HVAC equipment will improve transparency and flexibility over existing products, therefore providing the data and tools contractors desire to make their jobs easier and improve end results for occupants and
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