Thought Leadership from Sieben Energy Associates

Craig Sieben, President of Sieben Energy Associates, was recently named a finalist for the 2017-18 Affiliate Member of the Year Award from BOMA/Chicago. The winner of this and other Gold Circle Awards will be announced on January 25, 2018 at BOMA/Chicago's annual TOBY/Gold Circle Awards Gala.

The Affiliate Member of the Year Award, according to BOMA/Chicago, is "Dedicated to honoring exceptional and significant service to BOMA/Chicago by an individual employed by an Affiliate member company and superior customer service and professional expertise provided to the building members of BOMA/Chicago." Sieben Energy Associates has been an Affiliate member company for many years.

Together with 150 other members of the global SkySpark community, Syed Suhail and I spent two interesting and stimulating days at SkyPosium 2017. SkySpark is an increasingly popular analytics platform developed by the company SkyFoundry, whose vision is "SkySpark Everywhere." The SkySpark community includes value-added resellers and distributors, engineering consultants, software-as-a-service (SaaS) program developers, and some end users.

SkyPosium was convened at the Washington Dulles Airport Marriott in Dulles, Virginia. From 12 noon on Tuesday, November 14 through 4:30 pm on Wednesday, November 15, we learned about the expanding suite of tools and capabilities available to SkySpark users. Sieben Energy Associates, an early adopter of using large dataset analytics to optimize HVAC system performance, has been a SkySpark software user since 2010.

The Intelligent Buildings conference (IBcon), presented by RealComm, is one of the most important gatherings for the commercial and corporate real estate, facilities, and technology industries. I attended the 2017 IBcon in San Diego, California on June 13–16. This event brought together leaders from more than 20 countries, including the U.S., Canada, Australia, and many countries in Europe and Asia.