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14 min read

Overcoming Inflation with Processes

By Phil Zito on Dec 15, 2022 2:00:00 PM

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we're going to be continuing on from our previous post where we started to dive into the topic of standards for building automation companies, and we discussed processes. Now we're going to be looking at how we go about actually creating the processes that support the standard.

Topics: Building Automation System building automation Sales smartbuildings business bas projects profit standards processes procedures inflation
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Establishing a Controls Standard for Your Business

By Phil Zito on Nov 23, 2022 5:00:00 AM

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be covering what a building automation standard is and why you should be using one in your contracting or system integrator business.

Topics: Building Automation System building automation Sales smartbuildings business bas projects profit standards processes procedures
14 min read

Growing Your Controls Business in a Recession

By Phil Zito on Nov 18, 2022 5:00:00 AM

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be talking about how to grow your controls business during a recession. So, two quarters negative GDP growth, we're in a recession, stuff is trending downwards, energy's going up, supplies are hard to get. How do we continue to grow our controls business in this unique environment? Well, that is what we're going to unpack.

Topics: Building Automation System building automation Sales smartbuildings business bas projects profit
24 min read

How to Manage BAS Projects From Start to Finish

By Phil Zito on Nov 16, 2022 5:00:00 AM

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, we are going to be discussing BAS project management. We're going to go from start to finish with BAS project management:

  • How we initiate a BAS project
  • How we handle a BAS project through the design phase
  • How we handle it through the implementation phase
  • How we handle it through the closing phase
Topics: Building Automation System building automation smartbuildings Design bas projects implementation project management closing
21 min read

Is It Possible to Save Energy and Improve Comfort?

By Phil Zito on Aug 9, 2022 5:00:00 AM

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.

Topics: Building Automation System analytics smartbuildings scheduling bas projects setpoint solar gain recovery retro commissioning
11 min read

The Chicken and the Egg – Deploying IP Devices to New Builds

By Phil Zito on Aug 4, 2022 5:00:00 AM

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.

Topics: Building Automation System smartbuildings bas projects IP devices new builds architectures bus ring star
18 min read

The Pareto Principle in Controls: What Do You Really Need to Know?

By Phil Zito on Aug 3, 2022 5:00:00 AM

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.

Topics: Building Automation System smartbuildings design programmer bas projects questions skills research BAS technician success job task matrix pareto
15 min read

The 5 Core Skills of Successful BAS Technicians

By Phil Zito on Jul 28, 2022 5:00:00 AM

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.

Topics: Building Automation System smartbuildings bas projects questions skills research BAS technician success
11 min read

Is it Hot in Here? Understanding Heating During Shoulder Months

By Phil Zito on Jul 26, 2022 5:00:00 AM

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

Topics: Building Automation System smartbuildings bas projects services heating shoulder months
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The Biggest Barriers to Project Success and How to Overcome Them

By Phil Zito on Jul 21, 2022 5:00:00 AM

Hey folks, Phil Zito here and welcome back. In this post, I'm going to be taking you through the biggest barriers to project success and how to overcome them. So, we're going to be diving into issues that you will commonly experience in your projects and we're going to kind of break this out into a couple different phases. We're going to talk through the project initiation phase, then we’ll talk about the execution phase, and then finally we're going to talk about the project closeout phase.

Topics: Building Automation System smartbuildings service bas projects services initiation phase execution phase closeout phase barriers