Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In today's post, we're going to be talking about sales.

In this post, we’re going to be talking about what is happening here in building automation world called certificates. Now you're seeing this at the server and supervisory layers. So, you're seeing supervisory devices and field controllers requiring certificates. You're seeing things like BACnet Secure Connect coming out with certificating requirements. If you've logged into almost any building automation system that's been released over the past year, you've probably seen an option for secure connections, usually something to the form of HTTPS with TLS 1.2 or 1.3.

In this post, we're going to be asking a question that I've been seeing pop up all over the place, which is: How do I get a job in building automation?

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be going through how BACnet really works. We're going to dive through what BACnet is, we're going to talk about BACnet objects, BACnet services, BACnet profiles, BTL listings BBMDs, BDTs, BACnet IP, and BACnet MSTP.

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, I'm going to talk about a pretty controversial topic, which is, do apprenticeships really need to last so long. This is something that people tend to get really heated on really quickly. If you even suggest that maybe 5, 4, or 3-year apprenticeships are just way too long, and that maybe perhaps apprenticeships are happening so that you could have someone that you pay a little lower than pay someone else to do something that they could have probably learned pretty quick.

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, I'm going to be covering whether it's possible to save energy and improve comfort at the same time.

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to tackle the topic of the chicken and the egg, deploying IP devices to new builds. Now you may be like, “Okay, that makes no sense to me.” Well, if you've ever shown up on a job site to install IP controls, you've probably experienced what I'm about to describe to you.

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we're going to be applying the Pareto principle to controls and we're going to cover what you really need to know.

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this episode, we're going to be talking about the five core skills of successful BAS Technicians.

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be talking about understanding heating during shoulder months.