Press Release
BUILCONN ORGANIZERS ANNOUNCE THE 2006 BUILDY AWARDS PROGRAM
IRVING, TEXAS—February 6, 2006—To increase awareness of the benefits of whole building integration and honor successful implementation strategies, the BuilConn organizers announced today the 2006 Buildy Awards program celebrating the North American organizations and individuals who best support the vision of networked building systems.
Five award categories have been established for the Buildy Awards to recognize the variety of efforts that promote enterprise-wide integration:
Vision – This award will be presented to the industry professional who best demonstrates a vision of whole building integration and interoperability through advocacy, promotion, education, and training endeavors.
Initiative – New in 2006, this award honors a company or organization that has shown or launched a key initiative to enable or otherwise forward the subject of integrated and intelligent buildings.
Best Integration Project – Awarded to a systems integrator, the recipient of this award demonstrates the ability to efficiently integrate a wide array of building systems together and successfully enable operation over a corporate IT infrastructure.
Best New Product – This award honors a manufacturer whose new product or service overcame a significant challenge, enhanced, or simplified the integration process.
Best Building – This award will be presented to the building owner or consultant with the most progressive building technology supporting the vision of whole building integration. The building must be currently occupied.
“The Buildy Awards generate much interest and excitement, and we are pleased to shine a spotlight on those who have contributed so much to the advancement of full-scale integration,” Anto Budiardjo, BuilConn organizer, said. “The award winners are always an impressive display of technology, dedication and strategy.”
Participation is open to industry professionals, systems integrators, technology manufacturers, building owners, and consulting engineers in North America. Candidates may enter the competition by nominating themselves, their own company, or their peers. Application forms and additional information are available at Buildy Awards 2006.
All submissions will be reviewed by the BuilConn boards to determine finalists for each category; winners will be elected by BuilConn attendees on the first day of BuilConn, Wednesday, May 17. Winners will be announced at the Industry Gala, Thursday, May 18, at BuilConn in Palm Springs, CA.
Nominees must be present or have a representative present to win.
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About BuilConn
BuilConn is a three-day forum uniting the players of the building industry’s disparate disciplines including integrators, manufacturers, distributors, consultants and technologists, as well as end users and building owners to learn and discuss the trends, technologies and their applications for tomorrow’s intelligent buildings.
BuilConn is comprised of multiple industry-related events where building professionals of varying experience levels can explore the immense benefits of whole building integration in light of IT convergence. BuilConn itself is a conference and expo with multiple topics and tracks so attendees can customize their days with subjects that are relevant to them and their business.
The fourth annual event will be held in Palm Springs, CA, May 16-18, 2006, at the Palm Springs Convention Center. For further information, please visit www.builconn.com.
Contact Information:
Heather Deal
Tel: (214) 213-7233
heather@clasma.com
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