In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, we will be exploring the ASHRAE 62.1 standard.
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SBA 383: Learning ASHRAE 62.1 Together
By Phil Zito on Nov 16, 2022 1:42:37 PM
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SBA 382: Learning ASHRAE 90.1 Together
By Phil Zito on Nov 14, 2022 1:54:30 PM
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast, we will be exploring the ASHRAE 90.1 standard.
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SBA 381: Lessons Learned From Running an Analytics Program With Devan Tracy
By Phil Zito on Nov 11, 2022 1:00:00 PM
How do you actual succeed with analytics? This is a question I get asked often.
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SBA 380: How to Rapidly Develop a Workforce
By Phil Zito on Nov 9, 2022 1:53:46 PM
Are you struggling to find technical talent?
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SBA 379: Lessons Learned From Running A Training Business
By Phil Zito on Nov 7, 2022 1:49:00 PM
5 years ago we founded Smart Buildings Academy with the hopes of gaining 1,000 students by 2025. Today we are the largest vendor-agnostic provider of building automation training programs.
In the beginning of this journey it was just me and my co-founder, who happens to be my wife.
Along the way we've created 30+ training programs with over 2,000 hours of training lessons, 370+ Podcast episodes, thousands of blog articles, and we proved that online delivery is an effective delivery model for BAS training.
It wasn't an easy journey, along the way we've made mistakes, had people blatantly copy our training programs, and we've had to develop processes from scratch for delivering training.
In today's episode I am sharing the lessons learned from running a rapidly growing training business. In our traditional style, I'll share the good, the bad, and the ugly.
My hopes is that you all can learn from us and take away processes and strategies you can bring into your business.
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SBA 378: BACnet MS/TP Troubleshooting
By Phil Zito on Nov 4, 2022 2:38:06 PM
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we will be discussing troubleshooting BACnet MS/TP.
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SBA 377: BAS Input and Output Selection
By Phil Zito on Nov 2, 2022 2:58:11 PM
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we are going to discuss how to properly select inputs and outputs for your BAS projects.
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SBA 376: Server Virtualization Fundamentals
By Phil Zito on Oct 31, 2022 2:26:47 PM
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we discuss server virtualization.
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SBA 375: How Security Certificates Work
By Phil Zito on Oct 28, 2022 2:39:37 PM
Security Certificates can protect your communications, ensure that rogue devices are not on your network, and verify the authenticity of the devices that do connect to your network.
But do you know what certificates are, how they work, and how to deploy them?
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we are going to do a deep dive on security certificates.
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SBA 374: 10 BAS Project Management Tips
By Phil Zito on Oct 26, 2022 2:49:15 PM
Your backlog is full. You find yourself taking calls from GC's asking where your technicians are every, single, day!
You're expected to execute 10,000 man hours of labor with only 5,000 manhours of techs.
Welcome to the world of BAS project management, and the bad news is it's only getting more intense. Material shortages, labor challenges, and inflationary cost pressures make effective project management seem impossible.
The good news is there is a way to succeed as a project manager.
In this episode of the Smart Buildings Academy Podcast we discuss 10 tips to increase your project management effectiveness right now!