BACnet International News Feed http://www.bacnetinternational.org Latest BACnet International News Releases en-us Thu, 07 Mar 2008 16:57:33 -0800 webmaster@bacnetinternational.org Copyright 2008 BACnet International. All Rights Reserved. Thu, 07 Mar 2008 16:57:33 -0800 webmaster@bacnetinternational.org Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. Joins BACnet International http://www.bacnetinternational.org/news/Yaskawa_4-08.html BACnet International today announced that Yaskawa Electric America, Inc. joined the organization. Yaskawa, a leading provider of building automation controls and the world's largest manufacturer of adjustable frequency drives, servo and motion control, and robotics is now a Silver level member of BACnet International. BACnet International Drives Member Success at 2008 AHR Expo http://www.bacnetinternational.org/news/080306.html BACnet International today announced that its participation in AHR Expo, the premier event for professionals in the building automation and control industry, was a major success. BACnet helped showcase its members to a crowd of more than 40,000 individuals who visited the more than 1,800 vendors at the expo in New York City during the last week of January. BACnet Director Emeritus http://www.bacnetinternational.org/news/082101-BACnet_Director_Emeritus.html An award bestowed on Ron Sharpe for dedicated service to the advancement of the BACnet Protocol used with all types of Building Control and Automation Systems. Recognition for his involvement starting with the first gathering at the University of Cincinnati in 1998. Building Automation Conference Rescheduled http://www.bacnetinternational.org/pdf/InteropWorkshop2006.pdf BACnet International announced today the rescheduling of the 2007 BACnet Conference and Expo. The conference will now take place September 25-27, 2007 at the Wyndham Phoenix Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona. 2006 BACnet International Holds Largest Ever BACnet Testing Labs (BTL) Interoperability Workshop http://www.bacnetinternational.org/pdf/BI-NR-23March06-BTL1.pdf BACnet International held its 7th annual BACnet Testing Labs (BTL) Interoperability Workshop in Vancouver B.C. on October 3-5, 2006. Also known as Plugfest, this year's event boasted the highest attendance in its history with 104 engineers from 28 companies and 5 countries in attendance. The New Face of BACnet http://www.bacnetinternational.org/pdf/BI-NR-22Jan06-neworg.pdf Visitors to the Controls and Automation arena at the recent AHR Expo in Chicago were greeted by a new kid on the block. No, it was not a new controls manufacturer. It was the new face of the BACnet community: BACnet International.