Webinar
Evolving Smart Building Technology
The expectations for smart buildings are rapidly evolving in response to market and technology changes. Customers are demanding more than ever from their connected HVAC systems. Drivers including cybersecurity, integration potential, accessibility, and intelligent remote serviceability are influencing smart building evolution that determines the long-term success of a smart building solution.
Webinar Details
- Date
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- 1 hour
Quick Facts
- Products
- Controls • Building Automation Systems
The expectations for smart buildings are rapidly evolving in response to market and technology changes. Customers are demanding more than ever from their connected HVAC systems. Drivers including cybersecurity, integration potential, accessibility, and intelligent remote serviceability are influencing smart building evolution that determines the long-term success of a smart building solution.
Building controls and automation systems are the key to creating spaces that prioritize performance and energy efficiency without sacrificing comfort. By harnessing flexible, tailored, non-prescriptive system controls, engineers can provide the right solution for the right purpose at the right time. Hear from Trane controls experts about evolving technologies, market trends, and the resources available to help you through every step of your next project – from design, to installation, to operation, and beyond.
Key Learning Objectives:
- Explore a variety of market and industry trends that are driving customer demands and technological changes (i.e. skilled labor shortages, AI, interoperability, decarbonization, IAQ, sustainability, ESG goals, etc.)
- Learn how to meet customers’ long-term goals by designing future-forward systems that utilize modern building controls and consider the entire controls life cycle
- Understand when and how to involve IT while addressing cybersecurity, IP, and integration needs to ensure seamless implementation
Speaker
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Chris Gist
Christopher Gist is a Portfolio Leader, responsible for Trane’s HVAC Equipment Controls. Chris has spent 22 years in the Energy Services and Controls industry and has performed a diverse set of leadership, technical, and marketing roles throughout the Trane organization since joining the company in 2003. He currently leads Trane’s efforts centered on new controls product development and introduction of technological enhancements across Trane’s HVAC portfolio. In previous Product Management roles, he has been responsible for Trane’s software service tool and energy metering portfolios. He has also led multiple centralized fulfillment and operations teams responsible for controls installations throughout North America. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business. He is a Certified Energy Manager and a graduate of the Trane National Leadership Development Program. Outside of Trane, Chris enjoys the company of his wife and two sons. He is a lifelong Minnesotan who thoroughly enjoys the outdoors; be it fishing and camping in the summer, hunting in the fall, or coaching hockey and ice fishing in the winter. He is a volunteer and executive board member for multiple youth organizations.
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Brian Meyers
Brian Meyers is the System Controls Portfolio Leader for Trane. Brian has product responsibility for Tracer SC/SC+/Synchrony, and Legacy Tracer Communications Bridges. Additionally, Brian drives and supports products and offerings that span across controls products lines in areas that include cloud connectivity, cyber security, and others.
