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BIG-EU's BACnet Booth at ISH 2011 Largest Ever! (3/11) Frankfurt, Germany. "ISH" used to be called the "International Trade Fair Sanitation Heating" but has long since branched out into what organizers claim is "the world's leading trade fair for bathroom design, building, energy and air-conditioning technology and renewable energies." Now labeled the "International Trade Fair for House Building Technology," building automation displays take up most of one hall at Frankfurt's gigantic exhibition facility, Messe Frankfurt. Of this year's 204,000 visitors, a goodly number passed through BIG-EU's largest booth yet. Featuring 21 networked devices and over 1,000 data points from 15 exhibitors, the exhibit showed in a powerful way the capabilities of BACnet.
But the BIG-EU organizers didn't stop with just the technical exhibits. A "BACnet Beerfest" was celebrated each day, starting one hour before closing time. Exhibitors and customers alike were able study the potential of individual BACnet systems and applications while enjoying a cold brew! Each day featured a different well-known European or Mexican brand and, of course, on St. Patrick's Day the Beerfest had to serve Guinness!
"BACnet Academy Europe" Announces 2011 Courses! (2/11) Dortmund, Germany. The "BACnet Academy Europe" is a series of one-day training courses sponsored by the BACnet Interest Group - Europe. This year's first course will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark on April 5, 2011. Other courses will be held in Madrid, May 2011; Lyon, June 2011; Lisbon, September 2011; Rome, October 2011; and Amsterdam, November 2011.
Further information is available at www.bacnetacademy.org.
Eight Addenda Approved for Publication; Three for Public Review! (2/11) Las Vegas, NV. Three addenda to BACnet-2008 (Standard 135) and five to the companion Method of Test (Standard 135.1) were approved in Las Vegas by the ASHRAE Standards Committee and Board of Directors and then by ANSI, as American National Standards. The three addenda to 135 are ab, ac and ag. The five addenda to 135.1 are e, f, g, h and i. In addition, three addenda to 135 were approved for Publication Public Review from February 4 to March 21, 2011. Addenda ad and af are going our for their second review while Addendum aj is being reviewed for the first time. All of these documents can be found on our Addenda page.
Vendor IDs Break Through the 500 Mark! (2/11) Atlanta, GA. The number of Vendor IDs has broken the 500 mark! Vendor ID 500 was issued to Continental Control Systems, LLC on February 9 and was followed the next day with the issuance of VID 501 to WISAG Automatisierungstechnik GmbH & Co KG. What makes this all the more remarkable is that the pace of issuance is actually growing. Seventeen VIDs were issued in the first six weeks of 2011 alone! This chart makes it clear:
While the original purpose of the Vendor ID was to provide a numerical value to distinguish vendor-specific extensions to the BACnet protocol, the VID has also become a general metric to gauge organizations' interest in exploring BACnet technology. As the chart shows, interest in BACnet is continuing to grow!
Second Edition of the BACnet International Journal Now Available! (2/11) Marietta, GA. BACnet International has just announced the availability of the second edition of the BACnet International Journal. The articles in this 36-page edition are in five categories: Solutions, BACnet Insight, Products, BACnet around the World and BACnet International. Download your own copy of the Journal here!
Ninth Annual Edition of BACnet Today Supplements the November ASHRAE Journal! (2/11) Atlanta, GA. The articles from the ninth edition of the ASHRAE Journal supplement BACnet Today, along with the commentaries of both Fred Turner, Editor-in-Chief of the Journal and Dave Robin, BACnet committee chair, are now available in the Bibliography section! The articles include "Broadcasting BACnet" by Mike Newman, "Improving BACnet MS/TP" by Steve Karg, "Point Naming Standards" by Jim Butler and Bob Veelenturf, "BACnet Goes Global" by Bill Swan, "What Testing Reveals" by Duffy O'Craven, "BACnet for Visibility" by Terry Hoffman, and "BACnet to the Rescue" by Larry Bacher.

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