Conferences start

I had been hoping to get to some of the BACnet-related tasks from the meetings in Orlando, but instead I got pressed by upcoming deadlines for presentations for two conferences where I'll be speaking soon, New England Facility Masters Conference in three weeks and NFMT in mid-March.

I just shipped off the one for NFMT, "Greening to Standards," which comes from a review of standards, including ASHRAE 90.1 and brand-new 189.1 (approved by ANSI less than 2 weeks ago and I believe the only ASHRAE standard whose cover is not blue) and green building rating systems such as LEED and China "3 Star." I don't suppose I'm giving anything away by noting that BACnet is a factor in the presentation.