The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 511
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
BAM 130: Why doing your time is dumb (and what to do instead)
Have you ever been told you just need to do your time? Rome wasn't built overnight after all, right?
Well, that kind of thinking is dumb. In this episode, we explore how the current way of learning b…
BAM 129: BAS for Owners Part 4
Can you use a building automation system to optimize the performance of your facility?
And if so, what does optimization even mean?
In this episode of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast, we di…
BAM 128: BAS for Owners Part 3
We reached out to over a dozen facility owners of small and large facilities. The reason for doing this was to understand how they use their BAS and more importantly why they don't use it.
After doin…
BAM 127: BAS for Owners Part 2
Utilizing a building automation system to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of a facility team can seem like a daunting challenge.
Where do you begin and what steps do you take?
In this episo…
BAM 126: BAS for Owners Part 1
Do you feel like you've spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on a building automation system and only use 10% of its capabilities?
If so you're not alone. In this four-part series we will be discus…
BAM 125: The in’s and out’s of upgrading a BAS
Have you considered upgrading a building automation system but aren't sure where to start?
Do you struggle to explain why the "new" features of your building automation system are worth the cost to …
BAM 124: Wireless Communication for Building Automation
How do wireless networks work with building automation systems?
If you've found yourself asking this question then you're not alone.
Wireless technology seems to bring with it a lot of benefits but…
BAM 123: Pros and Cons of IP BAS Controls
Are you struggling to make sense of IP controls? Do all the different options just seem to blend together?
In this week’s episode of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast, we will be discussing th…
BAM 122: IT Networking for BAS Pros – Part 4
Why is your building automation server not communicating with your supervisory devices?
It could be that your network is down or it could be something much simpler like the firewall being set up inco…
BAM 121: IT Networking for BAS Pros - Part 3
Have you ever had to explain yourself to IT?
It seemed like the IT folks, were blocking you at every turn.
Why do you need IP addresses? Why do you need to put your devices on our network? Why do you…
BAM 120: IT Networking for BAS Pros - Part 2
What are switches used for?
Why do subnets matter?
How do your BAS devices communicate with one another?
If you've found yourself wondering these questions then you are in the right place.
In this …
BAM 119: IT Networking for BAS Pros - Part 1
What’s the difference between an application port and a switch port?
How do you avoid bandwidth constraints and dropped BAS packets?
If you are planning on having a career in building automation, the…
BAM 118: How BACnet integrations really work part 3
How would you setup 1,000 BACnet/IP devices? Would you know what to ask IT? Would you know how to troubleshoot these devices if something went wrong? How would you support all these devices?
The amou…
BAM 117: How BACnet integrations really work part 2
Have you ever wired up a BACnet MS/TP trunk and it just wouldn’t work?
Or for whatever reason, the MS/TP trunk was crazy slow, and the customer was getting upset by slow point data?
If this sounds fa…
BAM 116: How BACnet integrations really work part 1
BACnet is a protocol that confuses many new BAS professionals. Heck, if we’re honest with one another it confuses many senior BAS professionals as well. But, it doesn’t have to be this way. I’ve help…
BAM 115: Building Automation Optimization Strategies Part 2
Is optimization some complex secret hidden throughout the ages and handed down to a select few “experts”?
Or is optimization something we all can learn?
In this episode we will discuss:
- The two-step…
BAM 114: Building Automation Optimization Strategies Part 1
Depending on what "expert" you talk to there are over 60% of the buildings within the United States that are not "optimized". But what does that even mean?
What is an optimized building? Throughout m…
BAM 113: How to program a BAS part 2
Learning logic blocks? How do you do it? Why should you do it? And why should you even care?
Good questions!
If you want to be more than just someone installing thermostats and pulling wire then you…
BAM 112: How to program a BAS part 1
Have you ever wanted to learn how to program a BAS?
In the latest episode of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast we discuss how BAS programming works and how you can go about learning to program …
BAM 111: Understanding BAS control sequences part 3
Have you ever wondered how you control central utility plants? Or how to sequence multiple chillers in a decoupled loop?
If complex central utility plant control is something you'd like to better und…