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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…
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- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 208: Fundamentals of Dampers and Economizers
In this episode, we discuss dampers and economizers. You will learn what dampers and economizers are, why they are used, and how to control them with your…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 207: IAQ and Airflow 101
How do you ensure that you have enough fresh air for your building? Post COVID-19 building operators are being asked to provide better ventilation control to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 206: Framework for Control Changes Post COVID-19
In this week's episode, we look at our five-phase framework for controlling your building's HVAC and Building Automation Systems post-Coronavirus.
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 205: Network Fundamentals for BAS Professionals
How do networks work? What do you as a smart building professional need to know about them? In this week's episode we discuss: How networks work The bottom 4…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 204: Preparing your career for after Coronavirus
Coronavirus will eventually clear up enough for the economy to reopen but what do you do after that? In this episode of The Building Automation Monthly…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 203: Setting up remote access
Today's buildings are largely disconnected from the outside world. This was fine until recently. With the growth in stay at home orders, people find themselves…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 202: Preparing your BAS for a Building Shutdown
In this week's podcast, we tackle the topic of shutting down your building. The reality is many people have never shutdown their buildings. So where do you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 201: Selling BAS During a pandemic
Everything is shutting down. The economy is nose-diving. How do you keep your building automation business afloat? In this episode The Building Automation…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 200: Psychrometrics 101
You need to control the moisture content of your airstreams but how? In this week's episode of The Building Automation Monthly Podcast, we explore the concept…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 199: PID Loops 101
In this episode, we discuss how PID loops work and how to tune PID loops. This episode covers: What a PID Loop is How to calculate your settings for a loop The…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 198: Building a Use Case Library for Smart Buildings
In this episode, we discuss how to build out a use case library to increase your ability to sell and execute smart building projects. This episode covers: What…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 197: The Future of Our Industry With Curt Bramel
This week we have Curt Bramel the North and South America channel sales leader for Tridium. In this episode Curt and I discuss: The highest margin activity in…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 196: Cybersecurity 101 with Fred Gordy
In this episode of The Building Automation Monthly Podcast we interview cybersecurity expert Fred Gordy. Fred has a broad background in cybersecurity. Fred has…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
Episode 195: Data tagging and analytics an owners guide
Why do analytics projects fail? What makes them successful? What is the secret to effectively implementing analytics? In this week's episode of The Building…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 194: OT vs IT Networks: What are they?
OT networks are becoming increasingly common in building automation projects. But what is an OT network and what do you need to know about OT networks to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 193: An interview with 75F's CEO
This week we are talking with 75F's CEO Deepinder Singh. I really enjoyed this interview as Deepinder is very technical and his story for why he started 75F is…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 192: How data flows from your controller to your graphics
Have you ever wondered how your BAS user interface works? What happens exactly when you change your setpoints? In this week's episode, we are going to look at…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 191: Troubleshooting IT Systems
How do you troubleshoot IT systems? Where do you begin? In this episode, we will look at how you can troubleshoot even the most complex building automation…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 190: HVAC Control Sequences Part 8
This is the end of our 8 part series on HVAC control sequences. In this episode, we will be discussing how piping, pumping, and pressurization work. In this…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 189: HVAC Control Sequences Part 7
Water-cooled chillers are one of the main systems in large buildings. Understanding how to control a cooling tower properly is complex but it is also…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 188: HVAC Control Sequences Part 6
How do chillers work? What do you need to know? In this episode, we explore how chilled water systems work. We look at utilizing the concepts of heat transfer…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 187: HVAC Control Sequences Part 5
Have you ever found yourself struggling to control the hot water supply temperature for a primary loop? Or maybe you couldn't figure out the best way to stage…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 186: HVAC Control Sequences Part 4
AHU's, MAU's, Face and bypass, energy recovery, humidification!!! There are so many concepts that you need to understand about HVAC systems in order to control…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 185: HVAC Control Sequences Part 3
Have you ever had difficulty controlling air handlers with your BAS? In this week's episode, we work through how to sequence a variety of different air…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 184: HVAC Control Sequences Part 2
Airside systems account for the majority of the HVAC systems that we control with a BAS, but do you know how they work? In this week's episode we are going to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 183: HVAC Control Sequences Part 1
How do you control HVAC equipment with your building automation system? In this episode of The Building Automation Monthly Podcast, we take a look at how to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 182: Cyber Security for BAS Professionals
Is your customer's building automation system secure? How can you make sure your BAS projects are cyber secure? How do you know where to start? In this week's…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 181: A Deep Dive into Virtual Servers
What if you could make it so that your building automation server never failed? What if every time your BAS server got slow it automatically sped up? Is this…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 180: How to Forecast BAS Workloads
How do you plan your BAS workloads? How do you determine when you have enough staff? How can you make sure that you are maximizing the profitability of your…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 179: 7 Tips for Growing your Building Automation Accounts
How do you maximize your sales success? How do you grow your building automation accounts? In this episode, I discuss the tips and techniques I have learned…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 178:11 Things I Learned Running the World's Fastest Growing BAS Training Company
What is working in building automation? What changes could you make to be more successful as a building automation business or in your building automation…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 177: Troubleshooting Data Flow
Have you ever logged into a BAS only to find all the controllers and points offline? What do you do? How do you troubleshoot the problem? What if there was a…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 176: Making Sense of Data Part 2
Data Lakes, Digital Twins, BI... Every day it seems as if the world of data is becoming more complex. In this week's episode, we will discuss exactly what…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 175: Making Sense of Data Part 1
Today's building automation world runs on data. But what is data? That's a question that the industry as a whole has failed to answer. In this episode, we dive…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 174: How to Troubleshoot a Building Automation System
There is a saying that troubleshooting a building automation system is more of an art than a science. But, what if there was a methodology that was proven to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 173: A Deep Dive into How Web GUI's Work
Have you ever wondered how a building automation system's web user interface works? How does data travel from your web browser to the BAS and back? How can you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 172: How to Start Your Career in Building Automation
You have what it takes to get a job in building automation. All you need is a clear plan. In this week's episode, I lay out a step-by-step plan to get your…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 171: How Do I Develop My Building Automation Team for Profit and Growth?
What does it take to grow a building automation team and how can you grow a team during a talent shortage? In this week's episode, we discuss how to organize…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 170: Controlling HVAC 101 Part 5
How do pumps and pipes work? Why do we need them? And most importantly how do we control them with our building automation systems? In this week's episode, we…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 169: Controlling HVAC 101 Part 4
Hot water systems are the lifeblood of your occupant's comfort. But how do you control them? In this week's episode, we discuss how to control hot water…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 168: Controlling HVAC 101 Part 3
Learning how to control hydronic systems with your building automation system can be a challenge. In this episode, we continue our multi-part series on how to…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 167: Controlling HVAC 101 Part 2
Have you ever wondered how to control an RTU or AHU using your BAS? What comes first? What do you need to know? In this episode, we walk through how to control…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 166: Controlling HVAC 101 Part 1
How do you control HVAC systems with your building automation system? In part one of our multipart episode, we will discuss how to control the process…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 165: Modbus 101
In this episode, we discuss how the Modbus protocol works and how you can use the protocol as a building automation professional.
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 164: Relays, Switches, and Circuits
As BAS professionals we utilize relays, switches, and circuits every day. But often we are not taught how they work and why we use them. In this episode, we…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 163: Our student assessment results and what they mean to you
This week we look at the results of our student assessment. We've had over 4200 students and about 40% of them have been through our student assessment. We…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 162: How to Integrate BACnet Systems
How would you like to learn a step-by-step process for installing BACnet MS/TP and IP controls? Well, my friends, you're in luck. This episode will teach you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 161: LON 101
LON, one of the most confusing building automation protocols in existence. In this episode, we are going to discuss what LON is, how it works, and how you can…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 160: How to Build a Distributed Building Automation System
How can you tie multiple building automation systems from multiple BAS manufacturers together? What do you need to know? In this week's episode, we discuss how…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 159: The In's and Out's of BAS Part 4
What is a BAS? How does a BAS work? What are the parts and pieces of a BAS? This week's episode tackles the topic of servers. We get pretty deep in this…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 158: The Ins and Outs of BAS Part 3
What is a BAS? How does a BAS work? What are the parts and pieces of a BAS? In this week's episode, we discuss supervisory devices. Why are supervisory devices…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 157: The Ins and Outs of BAS Part 2
What is a BAS? How does a BAS work? What are the parts and pieces of a BAS? In this week's episode, we discuss physical controllers and communication trunks…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 156: The Ins and Outs of BAS Part 1
What is a BAS? How does a BAS work? What are the parts and pieces of a BAS? In this week's episode, we explore the first tier of the four-tier BAS…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 155: How to Structure Your BAS Team
Have you ever wondered how to structure your BAS team for maximum growth? What roles should you hire? How do you know when to hire more people? What are the…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 154: 6 Steps to Advance your BAS Career
In this episode, we go through our proven 6 step strategy to advance your building automation career. If you are looking to get to the next level in your BAS…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 153: Three Ways to Get a Job In BAS
How do you break into building automation? What steps should you take? What knowledge do you need to have? Can you get a job without HVAC knowledge how? Do you…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 152: The Systems Integration Life Cycle
In this episode, Phil Zito discusses the 5-phase systems integration process. This proven process is how to professionally integrate complex integrated…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 151: Integrating BACnet/IP systems
In this episode, I teach you how to integrate BACnet/IP systems. If you have struggled with integrating BACnet/IP systems in the past then this episode is for…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 150: How to Scope and Estimate Retrofit Work
Do you struggle with scoping and estimating retrofit work? What if I told you that scoping and estimating retrofit work is almost the same as scoping and…
- The Smart Buildings Academy Podcast | Teaching You Building Automation, Systems Integration, and Information Technology
BAM 149: How to Improve Employee Loyalty
The average cost of hiring a new building automation employee is $20,000 to $30,000. That doesn't include the cost of downtime and productivity loss. Despite…