There is a lot of buzz online lately about the upcoming 2012 version of LEED certification standards, which is due to be released late this year. This blog post highlights some of the issues and discussion.

Colleges and universities are using green revolving funds to finance hundreds of energy efficiency projects with the same seed money. Can't other organizations do the same?

California utility companies provide customers with energy use data through a "green button;" and software developers jump to create apps for phones and tablets to make the data more useful.

Property assessed clean energy (PACE) financing offers an opportunity to pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements to facilities, but the federal government is getting in the way of these programs for homeowners. Will you help?

This article provides suggestions and resources for paying for energy-efficiency improvements to buildings through grants, rebates, incentives, and on-bill financing.

Streamside Solutions and EmergingSoft Corporation announce the development of a new event provider option for Events2HVAC that supports Microsoft Exchange Server and EmergingSoft's MeetingPlanner™ software. 

An updated version of Events2HVAC has been released for download.   

Here's a list of new features coming in the next major release.

A recommended update for Events2HVAC has been released.

Events2HVAC representatives will attend the Dean Evans EMS Users' Conference in Beaver Creek, CO, September 19-21, 2011.

A new interface for Events2HVAC is being developed as a product offering for COOL SPACE, an integration solution linking ministrEspace room and event scheduling software to HVAC systems.

v1.0.7 of Events2HVAC has been released.

Dean Evans & Associates recently announced a new version of their powerful scheduling software. EMS District™ is designed for K-12 school districts and is scalable to handle facility scheduling needs for an entire school district.

Minnesota State University Moorhead was honored Wednesday by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees as one of three top innovators of the year for implementing Events2HVAC to integrate HVAC systems with its room reservation system.

After a successful conference debut at the ACUI Conference in Chicago, IL, in February, Events2HVAC will hit the road again in July for the APPA Conference, in September for the Dean Evans EMS Users Conference, and in November for the WFX Conference & Expo.

Version 1.0.5 of Events2HVAC software was released for download today.

Initial development of a new event provider that supports CollegeNET's R25 room and resource scheduling system has begun.  Beta testing to start this Spring.

On February 17, 2011, Jeff Goebel, Physical Plant Manager at Minnesota State University at Moorhead (MSUM), received an Outstanding Service Award. Jeff said the award is a direct result of the effort he and his team have put into integrating energy management and control systems with Dean Evans EMS® using Events2HVAC™.

A new device interface for Events2HVAC product will allow Net/X Thermostats to be automatically commanded using room scheduling software.

Events2HVAC event automation software for the Dean Evans EMS^® products is now available for purchase.  Events2HVAC is a software integration between event/room reservation systems such as Dean Evans EMS and your facility's HVAC systems.  This integration will save your facility energy, time, and money.

At Savannah Christian Church in Savannah, GA, employees and church members are scheduling their own space using Dean Evans EMS^® Professional, and Events2HVAC is automatically controlling their HVAC systems so that air is conditioned appropriately only when rooms are in use. They are saving energy and labor, and the automation has freed the facility manager to focus on other responsibilities.

Jeff Goebel, Physical Plant Manager at Minnesota State University at Moorhead (MSUM), knew there had to be a better way. He wanted an easier way for his employees to control HVAC equipment across campus. He heard about a software solution called Events2HVAC at a conference and looked it up online. In May 2010, MSUM became a beta test site for the software which works as a bridge between Dean Evans EMS^® and various HVAC and building control systems to automatically control equipment based on scheduled events. The results have been impressive.

Savannah Christian Church in Savannah, GA, has been beta-testing the Events2HVAC software since July, 2010. They have fully integrated 38 rooms in two of their worship facilities; and their room reservation system is now controlling their HVAC equipment througout the building. They plan to expand their use of the software to additional buildings in the near future.

Beta site testing of the Events2HVAC product has begun at MSUM!

Events2HVAC will be able to integrate with the JCI P2000 Security Management System for door access control.

How Events2HVAC may get you a LEED point on your existing building.

Streamside Solutions has launched their dedicated website for its new product Events2HVAC at www.events2hvac.com.

This site will handle all of the product updates, customer support, downloads and documentation for the Events2HVAC product line.

We are looking for 2 beta test sites to be deployed in the next month.

Please contact Streamside Solutions if you have the following site characteristics:

1.  You are using a Dean Evans EMS product and have it installed at your site (not hosted).

2.  If you have one or more of the following building automation system networks:

a.  BACnet/IP
b.  Johnson Controls MSEA
c.  Proliphix Networked Thermostats

3.  You have a dedicated PC or server that can access the EMS database and the HVAC network.

Beta testers will get the use the software free during the test period and will have the opportunity to purchase licenses at a significantly reduced price.

For more details contact Brian Russell @ 970-586-2419 or email sales@events2hvac.com