Building Automation

Raising Your Intelligent Building’s IQ

Mar 14th, 2010 | By ecsanyi
Raising Your Intelligent Building’s IQ

According to the United States’ Energy Information Administration, America spends more than $500 billion per year on energy, 39% of which – or, a cool $195 billion – goes to powering buildings, about half of them on corporate campuses. (Though in its “Smarter Planet” initiative, IBM pegs building energy consumption more in the neighborhood of 70%, which would put spending more in the range of $300 billion.)

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Belden introduces MACH1040 gigabit ethernet switch

Mar 13th, 2010 | By ecsanyi

The MACH 1040 Gigabit Ethernet Switch is a 19” rack-mount Layer-2 switch with either 16 front or rear-facing Gigabit Ethernet RJ45/SFP combo ports (the Small-Form factor Pluggable ports support 100 mbps and Gigabit transceivers). The rear-facing option provides a cleaner look and restricts unauthorized access to the cabling and all ports support version 2 of Precision Time Protocol (IEEE 1588 version 2)

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