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The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology

Welcome to the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, the world’s largest podcast dedicated to the building automation industry!

Join our expert instructors every week as they break down the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in smart buildings. No matter your position in the industry and whether you're a beginner or expert, this podcast delivers the knowledge and strategies you need to learn and stay ahead in the industry.

With expert insights, special guest interviews, and real-world training, our episodes are designed to inform, educate, and empower. Many companies even use our podcast as a free training resource for their teams.

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Average duration
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Episodes
511
Years Active
2016 - 2025
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SBA 370: Energy Audits for BAS Professionals

SBA 370: Energy Audits for BAS Professionals

Did you know that the Inflation Reduction Act changes 179D to allow for a tax deduction of up to $5/sq foot for energy efficiency retrofits?

But this is dependent on your energy baseline!

In this epi…

00:33:45  |   Mon 17 Oct 2022
SBA 369: Exploring KNX Together

SBA 369: Exploring KNX Together

KNX is a protocol that is seeing increasing adoption across the United States.

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we will research KNX together. Throughout the episode we will exp…

00:37:14  |   Fri 14 Oct 2022
SBA 368: 9 Energy Management Strategies You Can Implement Right Now

SBA 368: 9 Energy Management Strategies You Can Implement Right Now

In today's Smart Buildings Academy Podcast Episode we discuss 9 energy management strategies that you can implement right now to reduce your energy consumption and demand.

00:46:10  |   Wed 12 Oct 2022
SBA 367: 7 Tips for Effective Site Audits

SBA 367: 7 Tips for Effective Site Audits

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we lay out 7 tips for performing effective site audits for your building automation customers.

Building owners need to understand their current …

00:40:14  |   Mon 10 Oct 2022
SBA 366: Employers want to pay for your training, you just don't know how to ask for it

SBA 366: Employers want to pay for your training, you just don't know how to ask for it

As one of the largest providers of training in the building automation industry we see employers investing millions to train their employees each year.

Yet our industry has a belief that employers do…

00:30:04  |   Wed 05 Oct 2022
SBA 365: Designing and Deploying IP BAS Controls Part 2

SBA 365: Designing and Deploying IP BAS Controls Part 2

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we continue our deep dive on how to design IP controls layouts including ring, bus, and star topologies as well as how to deploy IP controls on …

00:39:37  |   Mon 03 Oct 2022
SBA 364: Designing and Deploying IP BAS Controls

SBA 364: Designing and Deploying IP BAS Controls

How do you design and deploy IP BAS controls for your BAS projects?

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we are going to do a deep dive on how to design IP controls layouts includin…

00:35:41  |   Fri 30 Sep 2022
SBA 363: What Is An Open BAS

SBA 363: What Is An Open BAS

Lately we've been seeing a lot of talk about "openness". This topic tends to pop up every couple years.

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we are going to discuss the four types o…

00:31:35  |   Wed 28 Sep 2022
SBA 362: How to Move from HVAC to Building Automation

SBA 362: How to Move from HVAC to Building Automation

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we discuss how to transition from HVAC field work to Building Automation Work.

Lately we've received a lot of questions on how to transition fro…

00:35:30  |   Mon 26 Sep 2022
SBA 361: Building a Smart District with Paul Valente of Chicago Public Schools

SBA 361: Building a Smart District with Paul Valente of Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Public Schools is one of the largest School Districts in the United States.

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, Paul Valente with CPS takes us through how they have used t…

00:42:08  |   Fri 23 Sep 2022
SBA 360: 7 Ways to Avoid Non-Billable Warranty Calls

SBA 360: 7 Ways to Avoid Non-Billable Warranty Calls

It's that time of the year! All of that wonderful summer construction work is complete, and those warranty calls are coming in.

What was a profitable project is now slowly dying, death by 1,000 warra…

00:44:03  |   Wed 21 Sep 2022
SBA 359: BAS Installation Tips and Tricks

SBA 359: BAS Installation Tips and Tricks

Installation makes up large portion of the labor costs on a building automation project.

So naturally if you can improve the efficiency of your installation work you'll see a good return on most BAS …

00:31:16  |   Mon 05 Sep 2022
SBA 358: How to engage owners in using their Building Automation System

SBA 358: How to engage owners in using their Building Automation System

Energy, comfort, sustainability.

What do these three words have in common?

These three, are just a few of the areas directly affected by building automation. Every day millions upon millions of squar…

00:31:40  |   Fri 02 Sep 2022
SBA 357: How to organize your team to scale your revenue

SBA 357: How to organize your team to scale your revenue

Are you looking to grow your building automation business?

If so you're in the right place. In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we will be discussing how to scale the revenue of yo…

00:32:55  |   Wed 31 Aug 2022
SBA 356: Facilities and Campus Energy Summit with Monica Mckenzie

SBA 356: Facilities and Campus Energy Summit with Monica Mckenzie

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast I discuss the upcoming Facilities and Campus Energy Summit with Monica Mckenzie.

We tackle the importance of policy, regulations, and training t…

00:37:23  |   Mon 29 Aug 2022
SBA 355: How to Read Plans and Specs

SBA 355: How to Read Plans and Specs

Mechanical plans and specifications dictate a lot of what we do as building automation professionals but have you ever stopped to think about your approach to reading them?

In my experience a project…

00:58:37  |   Wed 24 Aug 2022
SBA 354: BACnet 101 Deepdive

SBA 354: BACnet 101 Deepdive

BACnet is the most common protocol in the building automation space. Yet every day I read questions on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Reddit asking how the protocol works. You'd think after several decade…

00:43:54  |   Mon 22 Aug 2022
SBA 353: How to Systemize Your BAS Career

SBA 353: How to Systemize Your BAS Career

Every week I get asked how to get a job in building automation or how to advance in building automation.

In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we are going to map out several career …

00:24:01  |   Wed 17 Aug 2022
SBA 352: Why Team and Business Culture Matter

SBA 352: Why Team and Business Culture Matter

Finding the right employee is hard. Keeping the right employee is even harder.

Building automation, especially on the technical side has a reputation for being a revolving door of talent.

What do you…

00:24:15  |   Mon 15 Aug 2022
SBA 351: Overcoming Inflation with Processes

SBA 351: Overcoming Inflation with Processes

Fuel and materials have increased and now you find yourself executing a project with a high material cost than the original forecast.

Unfortunately this is an issue that many are facing in our indust…

00:34:23  |   Wed 10 Aug 2022
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