Each year, the leading equipment manufacturers in the Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning and Refrigeration (HVACR) industry get together at the annual AHR Expo to share best practices, analyze the latest market trends and discuss the technologies and innovations disrupting the…
The Internet of Things (IoT) – the concept or trend of network-enabling devices – is not new. If you’ve been in the market for a new refrigerator or television in the past five or so years, you’ve most likely been…
In previous posts on the Modern Equipment Manufacturer, we’ve discussed the emerging trend of cloud-enabling commercial and industrial equipment. Today’s original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) have found that by cloud-enabling the equipment that they design, build and sell, they can harvest…
In our previous posts on the Modern Equipment Manufacturer, we’ve explored the evolution happening in the design and construction of today’s modern industrial equipment. Today’s equipment is becoming increasingly connected – taking advantage of BACnet and other protocols that make…
When hospitals, museums and other large facilities need steam humidifiers, they turn to Minnesota’s PURE Humidifier, a family-owned and operated business that’s been creating some of the industry’s finest products for almost 25 years. The company is a humidifier innovator,…
I think it’s safe to say that, when we turn on a faucet, very few of us are thinking about the equipment that ensures that the water we received isn’t too hot or too cold. It’s something that we take…
Building owners and facility managers have found significant benefits from cloud-enabling their Building Management Solutions (BMS). By connecting the BMS solutions for their equipment to the cloud, they can effectively be aggregated into a single control and management plane, making…
I recently saw a Reddit thread where the question, “What would you do if you could go back in time 5 minutes?” was posed to the community. There were a number of silly and creative answers, but it was clear…
Every decade or so, there’s a disruptive technology that changes everything. It impacts how we live and fundamentally changes the way we work. The cloud is one of those disruptive technologies – and its impact is being felt across every…
