Structure Sustainable AV: How Guidelines, Standards and Programs Empower AV Pros
Whole Building Responsibility; Industry Opportunity through Integrated Building Technology
Energy monitoring and remote systems control continue to be driving forces in Green AV. Monitoring and control present new opportunities for the AV industry to grow and to push environmental responsibility in ways that help AV maintain its position as a vital and necessary industry in the face of changing technology and the convergence of AV and IT.…
Programmers, share your Green AV Solutions
PGAV is adding Programmers to our Green AV Reference Guide. Tell us how you provide Green AV solutions through programming.…
Talking about Green AV and US Manufacturing
We’ve been discussing US manufacturing from the Green AV perspective over on our Project Green AV LinkedIn Group and would like to hear more from you.…
Project Spotlight
Spotlight on AMX: Culture of Sustainability
AMX is committed to a culture of sustainability, a culture that extends to product design, use and lifecycle management but also on-site facilities management and employee behavior. The company is integrating sustainability into more building systems and has, as Michael Carter, Director of Integrated Building Solutions at AMX says, “adopted the mantle of sustainability.”“We are strong believers in sustainability and that helps drive initiatives,” shares Michael. With AMX’s focus on smart, integrated building technologies, the aim is not only to make the AV more sustainable but to make whole facilities more efficient and sustainable now and over time.
Michael understands sustainability in a broad context that encapsulates AMX’s culture of sustainability: “a sustainable business is not just whether you make products or operate in a sustainable model… sustainability is about long-term, being able to continue doing what you want to do.” To describe AMX’s long-range view of sustainability, Michael looks to the United Nations’ founding documents on sustainability, explaining, “the UN commission on sustainability… is doing no harm to future generations… and that includes everything you do.” For AMX, this accurately represents the company’s methodology. …
Webinar
Project Green AV and TCO Development Present Structure Sustainable AV: How Guidelines, Standards and Programs Empower AV Pros
Green AV University Webinar Series Continues August 21
Project Green AV and TCO Development again join forces to present the second webinar in the Green AV University Series for audiovisual professionals. The one hour complimentary webinar, Structure Sustainable AV: How Guidelines, Standards and Programs Empower AV Pros, will be held Tuesday, August 21, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. EDT. The webinar educates audiovisual professionals in all sectors of the industry on how to understand and apply guidelines, standards and programs and empowers Green AV professionals to create smarter, more successful Green AV innovations.Webinar content covers products, installations, performance and end of life management, as well as sustainable guidelines, standards and programs that together build the structure for successful, sustainable AV.…
Editorials
Green AV Programming: A Total Environmental Approach
In the Green AV context, control systems programming emerges as the fusion of many of the approaches that guide environmental responsibility across the audiovisual industry. Like lifecycle awareness, total environmental profile and integrated building technology, programming takes a holistic view of AV and applies solutions for energy efficiency, cost savings, and lifecycle and performance considerations to create a high performance, low environmental impact system experience.In one of our earliest Project Green AV Voices pieces (“Green AV through Control Systems Programming”), Steve Greenblatt, President of Control Concepts, shared his thoughts on programming as a fundamental Green AV activity and a clear-cut way to improve the environmental impact of systems of all types. …
Products
Product Green: Linked2 Software, Q&A with Richard Blackwell
Richard Blackwell founded Linked2 Software in January2012 with the aim to provide a cloud based, open source solution for energy management.Linked2Software is a sustainable, consistent solution for classrooms and other facilities, saving users money, time and effort.
The company understands that “in pyramid of intelligent room, control software is on the top” and creates flexible solutions that allow customers to choose the hardware they prefer.
We sat down with Richard to discuss the evolution of Linked2 Software, the impact of open source, cloud based solutions on the education market and the sustainability profile of his product.
Why are open source cloud based solutions the answer for energy management in the education space?…
