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ControlTalk NOW: The Smart Building Podcast/Videocast Week Ending February 22, 2015

23 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week's ControlTalk NOW continues with Automated Buildings, Ken Sinclair's 2015 Connected Community Collaboratory video series coverage featuring ...

ControlTalk NOW: The Smart Building Podcast/Videocast Week Ending February 15, 2015

16 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week's ControlTalk NOW reviews publisher and owner of Automated Buildings, Ken Sinclair's 2015 Connected Community Collaboratory. This unique and...

ControlTalk NOW: The Smart Building Podcast/Videocast Week Ending February 8, 2015

09 Feb 2015

Contributed by Lukas

This week's ControlTalk NOW is a complete review of the highlights and winners of the 2014 ControlTrends Awards. We thank our hosts Lynxspring, Strom...

ControlTalk NOW: The Smart Building Podcast/Videocast Week Ending January 18, 2015

19 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

The 2014 ControlTrends Awards event is only eight days away! The voting phase is over and the votes are being tallied. It will be an amazing and excit...

ControlTalk NOW: The Smart Building Podcast/Videocast Week Ending January 11, 2015

12 Jan 2015

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's Premium sponsors Delta Controls and Neptronic. This week's posts included updated SmartGrid.gov information; Vision...

ControlTalk NOW: The Smart Building Podcast January 4, 2015

05 Jan 2015

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ControlTalk NOW for the Week ending January 4, 2015. Pod Cast Show Notes: ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's Premium sponsors Honeywell and Siemens. T...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending December 28, 2014

29 Dec 2014

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PodCast Show Notes: ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's Premium sponsors EasyIO and DG Logik. Do not miss our featured interviews with 2014 ControlTren...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending December 21, 2014

22 Dec 2014

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PodCast Show Notes: ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's sponsors Contemporary Controls and International Solutions of America (ISA). 2014 ControlTrends...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending December 14, 2014

15 Dec 2014

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PodCast Show Notes: ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's sponsor DGLogik–the game changer in the Internet of Things and the building automation indus...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending December 7, 2014

08 Dec 2014

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ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's sponsor Siemens, a globally trusted technology partner, consultant, service provider, system integrator and produc...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending November 23, 2014

24 Nov 2014

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ControlTrends thanks Neptronic, this week's ControlTalk NOW Platinum sponsor. Founded in 1976, Neptronic has a rich history of HVAC industry firsts, ...

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24 Nov 2014

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ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending November 16, 2014

17 Nov 2014

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ControlTrends thanks this week's ControlTalk NOW Platinum sponsor, EasyIO — a world leader in Open Building Automation integration solutions and man...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending November 9, 2014

10 Nov 2014

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ControlTrends thanks this week's ControlTalk NOW Platinum sponsor, Honeywell! Honeywell invents and manufactures technologies to address some of the ...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending November 2, 2014

03 Nov 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to this week's ControlTalk NOW where the 2014 ControlTrends Awards finalists are featured. Congratulations to all of the finalists. ControlTr...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending October 26, 2014

27 Oct 2014

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Belimo is ControlTalk NOW's sponsor for the Week Ending October 26, 2014. Belimo products help create comfort, safety, and efficiency in buildings. Be...

ControlTalk NOW for the Week Ending October 19, 2014

19 Oct 2014

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This Episode of ControlTalk NOW: The Smart Building Podcast includes: ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast October 19, 2014, is sponsored by I...

ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast October 12, 2014

13 Oct 2014

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ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast October 12, 2014 is sponsored by Contemporary Controls, nominated for 6 ControlTrends Awards. Contemporar...

ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast October 5, 2014

06 Oct 2014

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ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast October 5, 2014 is sponsored by Siemens, nominated for over 10 ControlTrends Awards. Siemens offers a com...

ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast September 28, 2014

29 Sep 2014

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ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast September 28, 2014 is sponsored by Johnson Controls, nominated for 16 ControlTrends Awards, and world cla...

ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast September 21, 2014 from Valencia, Spain

21 Sep 2014

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ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast September 21, 2014 from Valencia, Spain. This week's CTN Podcast Platinum Sponsor is Belimo, a listed tech...

ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast September 14, 2014 from Madrid, Spain

14 Sep 2014

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This week's CTN Podcast Platinum Sponsor is EasyIO, who has taken a global leadership role in manufacturing of open source controllers and solutions....

ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast Sep 7, 2014

08 Sep 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast for the week ending September 7, 2014. This week's CTN Podcast Platinum Sponsor is Lynxspring....

ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast Aug 31, 2014

01 Sep 2014

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ControlTalk Now: The Smart Building Podcast for the week ending August 31, 2014. This week's CTN Podcast sponsor is EasyIO, whose Worldwide Conference...

ControlTalk Now For The Week Ending August 24, 2014

24 Aug 2014

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ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending August 24, 2014. This week's Podcast of ControlTalk NOW is sponsored by International Systems of America (ISA). IS...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending August 17, 2014

18 Aug 2014

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This week's Podcast of ControlTalk NOW is sponsored by Platinum Sponsors Delta Controls and CopperTree Analytics. CTN makes a case for the rebound of ...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending August 10, 2014

11 Aug 2014

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This week's ControlTalk NOW gives notice of the upcoming HVAC and DDC classes at the new Stromquist Atlanta facility; More highlights of 2013 ControlT...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending July 27, 2014

28 Jul 2014

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This week's ControlTalk NOW reveals the progress of important trends affecting the status quo of our industry beginning with the growing Project Hayst...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending July 20, 2014

21 Jul 2014

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This week's ControlTalk NOW updates the ControlTrends Community on the DOE's latest investments in Innovative Technologies and the EPA's 2014 National...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending July 13, 2014

14 Jul 2014

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This week's ControlTalk NOW reviews the CABA and Belimo webinars, interview with Lynxspring's Bob Mealy, DOE's July updates, Honeywell's new WEBs-AX c...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending July 6, 2014

07 Jul 2014

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This week's ControlTalk NOW delivers vital information directly affecting the HVAC Industry status quo. Dell delivers their IoT and Productization Roa...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending June 29, 2014

29 Jun 2014

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Technology drives the trends, and the trends keep coming! Welcome to this week's ControlTalk NOW featuring interviews with visionary Dave Lorenzini (W...

ControlTalk Now (Remote) for Week Ending June 22, 2014

23 Jun 2014

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This Google+ episode of ControlTalk NOW has Eric connecting on the road from Woodstock, Virginia, amidst the beautiful Shenandoah Valley area. 2014 Re...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending June 8, 2014

09 Jun 2014

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Welcome to this week's ControlTalk NOW featuring Chris Lane and Episode One of Johnson Controls TechTalk Live. Our special guest and co-host is Mike ...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending June 1, 2014

01 Jun 2014

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Welcome to this week's ControlTalk NOW in which we introduce the Smart Building Series, along with new products from Magnum Energy Solutions, JCI, and...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending May 25, 2014

26 May 2014

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Welcome to this week's ControlTalk NOW, which features several new product releases, valuable technical information, new web-site info, video intervie...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending May 11, 2014

11 May 2014

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Welcome to this week's ControlTalk NOW, which features interviews 2014 Niagara Summit sponsors EASYIO, SysMik, and Lynxsrping, Yardi's strategic acqui...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending May 4, 2014

05 May 2014

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Special thanks to EasyIO's Mike Marston (of FG-32, Beast from the East fame) for that awesome introduction to ControlTalk NOW! This week, our Kerouac-...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending April 20, 2014

21 Apr 2014

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW for week ending April 20, 2014 features another segment of The INNOVATOR, OME Facility Solutions' Rick Warner does it again, and some ...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending April 6, 2014

08 Apr 2014

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ControlTalk NOW for week ending April 6, 2014 features Niagara Summit 2014 Powered By Possibilities, and Tridium's VP of Marketing and Communications...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending March 30, 2014

30 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to ControlTalk NOW for week ending March 30, 2014. Spring is in the air (finally!) and the baseball season begins. This week's guests are OME ...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending March 23, 2014

24 Mar 2014

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This week's ControlTalk NOW features Tech Tips, Red Carpet Interviews, Meeting Announcements, Product and Solution Infomercials, and HVAC News and Upd...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending March 16, 2014

17 Mar 2014

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Mike Welch's interview and review of DALI and LED Lighting are featured in this week's ControlTalk NOW, along with another batch of new products, solu...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending March 9, 2014

10 Mar 2014

Contributed by Lukas

The prospects of Spring and warmer weather are certainly worth the lost hour of time as we reach the March daylight savings milestone. This week's Con...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending March 1, 2014

03 Mar 2014

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Welcome back to ControlTalk NOW. This week's edition features interviews and articles with Mike Welch, Control Network Solutions who provides insight ...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending February 16, 2014

17 Feb 2014

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This week's ControlTalk NOW lead post was HACKED: Not So Good News: Smart Building Industry Experiences Major Technology Challenge! Richard K. Warner,...

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11 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Episode_70__ControlTalk_Now__HVAC_and_Building_Automation_Control_News_Yiu_can_Use.mp3

11 Feb 2014

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ControlTalk NOW Week Ending February 9, 2014

10 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW thanks Roger Rebennack for that the enthusiastic introduction. This week in review was punctuated by the Target security event that br...

ControlTalk Now for the Week Ending February 2, 2014

03 Feb 2014

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to ControlTalk NOW. This week's spotlight is the review of the 2013 ControlTrends Awards Show in NYC, at the B.B. King Blues Club and Gri...

ControlTalk NOW Week Ending January 12, 2013 — ControlTrends Awards Review and Executive Interviews

13 Jan 2014

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW is packing the travel bags: video cameras, check; trophies, check;… Heather Deal is working her magic finalizing the critical detail...

Episode 69_ Controltalk Now_ HVAC and Building Automation Control News You Can Use.mp3

06 Jan 2014

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Episode 68_ ControlTalk Now_ HVAC and Building Automation Control News You Can Use.mp3

06 Jan 2014

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ControlTalk NOW Week Ending January 5, 2013 — ControlTrends Awards Voting in Progress

06 Jan 2014

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This week's ControlTrends NOW reviews each category and each nominee, beginning with the 2013 Executive of the Year. These manufacturers, people, prod...

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27 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW Week Ending December 22, 2013

23 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's Industry Leaders and 2013 ControlTrends Awards Sponsors: Belimo, Connect-Air, and Contemporary Controls. The 2013 C...

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16 Dec 2013

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ControlTalk NOW Week Ending December 15, 2013

16 Dec 2013

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ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's Industry Leaders and 2013 ControlTrends Awards Sponsors: Honeywell, J2 Innovations, and Contemporary Controls. The...

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10 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW Week Ending December 8, 2013

09 Dec 2013

Contributed by Lukas

ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's Platinum Sponsors: Vykon, EasyIO, DG Logik, and ControlCo DataEye Pro. These four industry superstars are nominated...

ControlTalk NOW Week Ending November 24, 2013

25 Nov 2013

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ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's sponsors: Contemporary Controls, Connect-Air Wire & Cable, ACI, and CGNA. Without their generous support, the Contr...

ControlTalk NOW Week Ending November 17, 2013

18 Nov 2013

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ControlTalk NOW thanks this week's ControlTrends Awards Platinum sponsor Ed Merwin and Vykon. VYKON®, is a comprehensive set of applications that sy...

ControlTalk NOW for Week Ending November 10, 2013

11 Nov 2013

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The CTA Awards Committee thanks this week's Platinum Sponsor EasyIO and Mike Marston for their 2013 ControlTrends Awards Platinum Sponsorship. The Ea...

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12 Aug 2013

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53 Episode 53_ ControlTalk Now_ HVAC and Building Automaion Control News You Can Use.mp3

06 Aug 2013

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ControlTalk Now For The Week Ending July 28, 2013

29 Jul 2013

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ControlTalk NOW thanks Belimo — this week's Platinum sponsor! Innovations in Comfort, Energy Efficiency and Safety Solutions. Belimo Americas, a wor...

51 Episode 51_ ControlTalk Now For The Week Ending July 21,2013.mp3

22 Jul 2013

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50 Episode50_Control Talk Now_ HVAC and Building Automation Control New You Can Use.mp3

19 Jul 2013

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Stromquist Radio Interviews Lisa Holmberg

03 Sep 2011

Contributed by Lukas

Eric sits down with Lisa Holmberg. Lisa is the Senior Channel Market Manager for Honeywell's Commercial/Industrial Combustion Controls Division. Honey...

Interview with Travis Haas from ACI Sensors

15 Dec 2010

Contributed by Lukas

I got a chance to talk with Travis Haas from  Automation Components  Inc. (ACI ) about sensors. ACI is one of the leading manufacturers of HV...

Maxitrol for Maximum Need

26 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Products that perform their job so well that you just do not have to think about them are products that on today's market seem few and far in between....

Controltrends interviews Chris Eichmann from Johnson Controls

18 Oct 2010

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Johnson Controls Eric interviews Chris Eichmann who is the director of product and systems sales North America for Johnson controls. In this intervi...

In the field: Controltrends interviews Tony Kelly

11 Oct 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Kelly is a controls contractor and trainer in New York City. Tony has created a a training series on DDC controls designed to allow the hvac tech...

Wireless that works: Interview with Bryan Pike from AIC Wireless

09 Sep 2010

Contributed by Lukas

AIC Wireless has developed wireless products for HVAC building automation control and monitoring applications. I sat down and talked with Bryan ...

Social Network Marketing for the HVAC Industry: Interview with Mitch Joel

25 Aug 2010

Contributed by Lukas

What is social network marketing? In the HVAC controls industry, why should we care? Answers to these and other questions are explored with Mitch Joe...

Stromquist Radio Interviews Brian Turner from Control Co

17 Mar 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Eric interviews the innovative Brian Turner from Control Co. Eric and Brian discuss everything from "open systems" and how a building owner can make s...

Stromquist Radio Interviews Pete Baselici From Wattstopper

10 Jan 2010

Contributed by Lukas

Eric interviews the very interesting Pete Baselici from Watt Stopper, one of the world's leading manufacturers of lighting controls. Topics include: W...

Stromquist Radio interview with Scott Cochrane

07 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Eric interviews Scott Cochrane president of Cochrane Supply & Engineering, Madison Heights, Michigan. Scott is a leader and innovator in the HVAC cont...

Integrating Energy Management with Access Controls: Part Two

02 Nov 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Eric continues his conversation with Roger Rebennack. In the second part of this two part interview, Roger speaks in more detail about Honeywell's WEB...

Integrating Energy Management with Access Controls: Part One

27 Oct 2009

Contributed by Lukas

In part one of his two part interview, Eric talks to the dynamic Roger Rebennack. Roger is a leader in Honeywell's national WEBS AX  security...

How to use the internet to grow your HVAC business

20 Oct 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Eric Stromquist – Controltrends.com sits down with Dene Shepherd and Judi Knight from New Tricks to discuss proven internet marketing techniques, w...

An interview with Jim Hayman, CGNA

08 Oct 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Hayman joined CGNA in March of 2004 as the Director of Business Development and has helped CGNA grow from 27 to 37 Members and over 50 Preferred V...

Honeywell Building Automation: Value Proposition

21 Sep 2009

Contributed by Lukas

Eric interviews Mike Keller. Mike is Honeywell's Commercial Sales Director for the Americas.  Eric and Mike discuss new products from Honeywell, incl...