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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…
Episodes
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 088: The 7 outputs of the BAS design process
At the end of the day, you are judged by the outputs from your designs. In this episode, I walk you through the 7 design outputs you should focus on when…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 087: The four step BAS design lifecycle
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…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 086: The In and outs of a BAS Design
Have you ever stopped and thought about what is required to create a good BAS design... and then once that design is created, what deliverables should you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 085: 7 tips for troubleshooting IP Controls Networks
You've got an IP controls network and you're in a world of hurt because it's not working. You search Google looking for ideas, tech support puts you on hold…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 084: The step-by-step process to design an IP Controls system
In my last podcast episode, I explained what IP BAS controls are. In this episode, I'm going to be diving even deeper down the rabbit hole and exploring how to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 083: 7 Things About IP Controls Your Customer Wants To Know
IP controls are one of the hottest trends in the building automation world right now. Yet for many folks in the BAS profession, IP controls are a mystery…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 82: 7 tips to mastering networks
You can master networking... But you need to start now! In this episode, I give you 7 tips that have been immensely helpful to me over my career in BAS. That's…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 81: Building Automation Servers 101
What is a building automation server? What does it do? Should I cloud host my server? Should I use a desktop or server class platform? If you've ever wondered…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 080: The How to Guide to BAS Careers Part II
In last weeks podcast episode, I talked through how you can enter the building automation field. But what if you are already in the field? More specifically…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 079: The How to Guide to BAS Careers
Do you want to have a career in building automation systems? Does it seem like every job interview ends in a salary that is too low or you being told you don't…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 078: How to Disaster Proof Your BAS
I recently went through a 3-day power outage. It was utterly debilitating. Our well pump wouldn't run leaving us without water and we ended up loosing all our…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 077: The Most Common IT Questions I'm Asked
Man, I am so stoked for this episode. I've got to say out of all the episodes I've recorded I think this is the most value packed episode of them all! As you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 76: A deep-dive into BAS Networks
I've gotten a lot of questions from my subscribers about BAS networks lately. I actually find this interesting as there is a definite uptick. I get it…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 075: What's in a name a look at BAS naming Standards
Naming standards. As you know I'm a bit of a standard fanatic. The reality is most of the BAS problems I have experienced have come from when people went off…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 074: How to create the ultimate project training plan
Most BAS training at the end of the project is terrible. I know you've been there. You bring in 2 dozen donuts and a jug of coffee and hope and pray that you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 073: Wrangling in out of control alarming
Alarms, they can make or break your BAS. Yet so many building owners seem to just accept that having a crappy alarm design is just par for the course. Why is…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 072: Redlines vs As-Builts are they the same
When I say redlines and as builts what do you think of? Do you think of how much redlines and as builts can impact the success of your project? Do you think…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 071: An overview of CSI MasterFormat
CSI MasterFormat is the defacto standard for specification formatting. But how does it work? What are the gotchas you need to be aware of? By the time you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 070: What are MEP Plans
Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing (MEP) plans. So many BAS professionals think they know what these documents are. But do you really know what these…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 069: My 4 Step Process for Getting Remote Access From IT and An Overview of Analytics
One of the greatest challenges faced by BAS professionals is getting remote access to their BAS. In this episode, I teach you my four-step process to get IT to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 068: Tagging, Data Models, and Data Normalization
Lately, there have been a ton of questions about data tagging and data normalization. But what does that actually mean? This is a super important topic…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 67: What does Zigbee have to do with a BAS?
There's a lot of noise and miscommunication out there about IT technologies lately so when BAM Nation member Jim e-mailed me asking about Zigbee I was excited…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 66: Mixing Controllers and Troubleshooting Trunks
There's been a lot of chatter across the Facebook group recently about Comm trunks and Mixing and matching different vendors controllers. There seems to be a…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 65: 3 steps to troubleshooting integrations
You just finished your first integration project! Your all excited you finally stepped into the world of systems integration. But then it happens! You get that…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 64: The 3 steps for successful BAS integration
For a lot of folks, systems integration is the hardest thing they will ever do in their BAS career. And I get that, some of my biggest screw ups in my career…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 63: Explaining PI Control
In the world of Building Automation, there are only a select few things you need to know in order to be awesome at your job. One of these things is…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 062: 5 steps for securing your BAS
Can you feel it! Something in our industry is changing. We are the edge of a new revolution in the BAS world the likes of which haven't been seen since we…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 61: The different types of service for BAS
I started my BAS career in service and I'm thankful I did because I learned so much from servicing BAS. But, there's a dark side of service. You see not…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 60: You've got a job in BAS now what?
The day has come, you've finally landed a job in the world of building automation systems, now what? If your experience is anything like mine, you probably got…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 59: Can you use occupancy counting for demand ventilation?
In this episode, I discuss the feasibility of occupancy counting to control outdoor air ventilation. Man, who would have thought that we would be having this…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 58: How to interview people for BAS roles
Most interviewers suck. They focus too much on appearances and gut feelings and make stupid hiring choices that they regret later. You don't have to experience…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 58: How to interview people for BAS roles
Most interviewers suck. They focus too much on appearances and gut feelings and make stupid hiring choices that they regret later. You don't have to experience…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 57: Learn how an API works
Application Programming Interfaces, also known as API's are the solution to every integration problem you have. And if your BAS has an open an API then your…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 56: 7 tips to pass your BAS interview
Interviewing sucks... After you spend all your time getting through the HR screening and the "virtual colonoscopy" of pre-interview questions you find yourself…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 55: The skinny on sensors
Have you ever wondered how a temperature sensor really works? What does the RTD mean and why is 1,000 ohms resistance so important. In this week's Friday Fan…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 54: Can you have a career in BAS?
Lately, several folks have asked me, "Phil how did you get into the world of BAS?". While it's always fun to talk about myself, what I think folks are really…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
FFA 001: How do I know the hardware specifications for my BAS device?
Welcome to the new podcast series called "Friday Fan Answers or FFA). Each Friday I will be answering a question from the BAM nation. This week I am answering…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 53: 7 tips every BAS person should know about
Throughout my career, I've learned a lot of tips. Most of the time these tips came from the school of hard knocks but sometimes I was lucky enough to have…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 052: A deep-dive into BACnet
Protocols define how pieces of technology communicate amongst one another. But how much do you really know about the protocols that govern the "rules" of your…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 051: The 7 most asked questions about IT
For many in the BAS world information technology is a foreign topic. A lot of us who have entered the BAS profession have backgrounds in HVAC and electrical…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 050: The foolproof plan for working with IT
How many times have you walked onto a project and wondered… Hmm where do I start with this IT thing… What do I need to do? Do you go after remote access? Do…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 049: Cyber security isn't as complicated as it seems
Cyber security... Those two words strike fear into the heart of many a BAS professional. No one wants to be the technician trying to convince the security…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 048: Everything You Need to Know About Servers and Databases
Welcome to Episode 48 of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast. This is the 2nd episode in the 3-part series on IT. In this episode, I will be teaching you a…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 047: What is IT and a look at IT networking
In this episode, I take you with me on a journey into the world of information technology. One of the most requested topics is information technology and I…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 046: C02 control and other BAS concepts
In this episode, I answer a question I got from a BAM nation subscriber around C02 control. I then proceed to dive deep into the core concepts around pressure…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 045: A primer on Hydronic systems for BAS Pros
Hydronic systems, also known as waterside systems, are critical to the performance of a building. In this episode, I will be discussing hydronic systems and…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 044: A deepdive into airside systems
Airside systems can be confusing to folks who don't work on them every day. In this episode, I dive deep into what airside systems are and explore what the BAS…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 043: My plans for BAM In 2017
2016 flew by and as I move into 2017 I've got a ton of ideas. But where do I start? What should I work on first. Add to the fact that I have very limited time…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 042: 3 things you need to know about DDC
Hey folks, Phil Zito here, and we are one podcast away from closing up the year with a bang! In this week's podcast I discuss the topic of Direct Digital…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM041: All you need to know about electromechanical controls
In Episode 41 of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast, I discuss electromechanical controls. This podcast is going to teach you a ton about…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 040: What are Pneumatics and my book launch strategy
In Episode 40 of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast, I handle a much-requested topic and that is the topic of pneumatics. I also dive into my book launch…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 039: A deep dive into upgrading a building automation system
In Episode 39 of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast, I am doing something I've never done before. I am giving you access to the best recording from my new…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 038: Creston, Niagara 4, Networks, and BACnet
Episode 38 of the building automation Monthly Podcast is packed with information! In today's episode I will cover: My recent visit to Creston and my thoughts…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 037: What is a Network Part 1
In Episode 37 of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast, I begin my three-part series on what a network is. In today's episode I will cover: The pieces of a…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 036: What is a BAS?
In Episode 36 of the Building Automation Monthly Podcast I discuss the age old question. What is a BAS? In today's episode I will cover: What is a BAS BAS vs…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 035: My thoughts on control talk now 201
In Episode 35 of the Building Automation Monthly podcast I provide my thoughts on episode 201 of the Control Talk Now Podcast. In today's episode I will cover…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 034: The fundamentals of IT architecture
In Episode 34 of the Building Automation Monthly podcast I discuss the fundamentals of IT architecture. I unpack how computers work, what client machines are…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 033: IoT Hacks and IT Basics
In Episode 33 of the Building Automation Monthly podcast I discuss the topic of IT basics and the recent IoT based DDos that took down access to Netflix and…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 32: Fun With HVAC Fundamentals
When it comes to working in the building automation space no skill stands out more than HVAC. Having a solid understanding of HVAC fundamentals will get you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 31: My thoughts on ControlTalk Now #200
I discuss my thoughts on the 200th episode of ControlTalk Now. Awesome job Eric and Kenny! In today's episode I will cover: My thoughts on the 200th episode of…