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Editor’sNote BY ROBERT BEVERLY TO YOUR Credit The only transaction required for our Awards program is good work. When was the last time you went a week without receiving an unsolicited credit card application? I can’t remember, either. The marketing pitch often includes awards programs for points that can be tough to redeem, or interest rates that spike after that attractive initial introductory period. Not fun. Here at Engineered Systems, we are striving to do better. What we offer is the return of the ES Engineering Awards. It does not involve an alluringly low interest rate; on the contrary, it offers a high rate of interest from your fellow engineers. What we’re after is your best work. Of course, there are many possible definitions of “best work.” Maybe it was a new project, maybe it was a retrofit. Perhaps the payoff of increased efficiency was tremendous, the performance of the project team was inspirational, or the design solution sublime. We like all these definitions of “best” and then some. By now, at least one project has probably come to mind. What to do? The entry form is available online for your convenience, and it lets you submit as much (or as little) info as you want. Details are good, since we do have to make some decisions, after all, but the point is that there’s no filling out stuff in triplicate or a bunch of questions that aren’t relevant. You tell us your story, and we’ll share the cream of the crop with readers in our October issue. You can submit your project at www. esmagazine.com/awards. Deadline is Friday, August 15, so you have something to work on when all your colleagues are on vacation some week this summer and the rest of you are trying to keep busy so as not to be bitter that you’re stuck at work. This way, you can have something to show for yourself when they get back: accolades and free publicity for your organization. Everyone likes positive national press – owners like it, clients like it, bosses really like it, and marketing directors LOVE it. But don’t do it for them, or for the award and free “Back2Basics” CD-ROM library the winner receives. Do it for you. You were part of a great project; now share it so the rest of us might learn something from your success. 8 En gi neer ed Sy stem s NIAGARA RISES The editorial travel itinerary this time around included the semi-annual Niagara Summit, hosted in Florida by the folks at Tridium. I have to say, the raw numbers were impressive: over 600 attendees and another 50 sponsors. Like our own event, the cool part is the enthusiasm and energy generated when you put an interested crowd together with good presenters and the ability to talk to each other for a while. Aside from mentioning a successful demo of their upcoming Sedona framework (designed for embedded smart devices), I’ll let you get the product details elsewhere. Jim Young of RealComm might’ve had the line of the event, discussing the increasing lag between what we consider cutting-edge in the U.S. and what is taking place overseas. As he was told by one of his hosts after observing another innovative wireless application, “In the United States, you might be a visionary. In Singapore, you’re a history teacher.” Ouch. I’ll post more about that presentation and others (topics ranging from peak oil to hospital beds as information hubs) on the ES blog at www.esmagazine. com/blog. so drop by and check it out. ADVISORY ADDITION Finally, I want to extend a big welcome to Vincent A. Sakraida, P.E., LEED® AP, the newest member of our editorial advisory board. You might recognize his name from bylines of past feature articles dealing with various mission critical topics. Vince is group manager and senior project manager at Jacobs Carter Burgess. He has also recently joined the ranks of ASHRAE’s Distinguished Lecturers. Between an ability to convey complex information and over 26 years of engineering design and commissioning, Sakraida brings a lot to the table. We look forward to his input on shaping our coverage as well as to his occasional contributions in future issues. ES ES Calendar SEPTEMBER 22-24 Green Sustainable Building Controls Conference Engineered Systems & BACnet® Int. Dallas. www.esmagazine.com/fallevent ES Webinars All webinars are free. Registration and archives at www.esmagazine.com. JUNE 11 Back2Basics: One-Story Office Building Space Howard McKew, P.E. and Amanda McKew Sponsored by Danfoss. JUNE 25 Integration + Green = High Performance Paul Ehrlich, P.E. and Ira Goldschmidt, P.E. Sponsored by Alerton. SEPTEMBER 17 Back2Basics: Gymnasium & Places of Assembly Howard McKew, P.E. and Amanda McKew Sponsored by Danfoss. ES Podcasts “Meeting Minutes” The eighth in Howard McKew’s podcast series is now available. June 2008 http://www.esmagazine.com/fallevent http://www.esmagazine.com http://www.esmagazine.com/blog http://www.esmagazine.com/blog http://www.esmagazine.com/awards http://www.esmagazine.com/awards

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Engineered Systems - June 2008

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