BAM 087: The four step BAS design lifecycle

The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology · Sep 25, 2017 · 34m

I've been the victim of some really bad designs and if I'm honest with you, I've also created a few really bad designs... The thing is, no one really teaches this topic.

Sure there are a ton of "webinars" out there that teach you "BAS" but mostly they are just feature fests, where some vendor goes through all the features that exist in their product. When I was first learning design back in 2007 my mentor had me draw out the design on graph paper from start to finish.

At the time I thought this guy was an a$$, but in reality, he was teaching me several invaluable lessons. The first lesson was…