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    Siemens Looking for Smartest Building

    May 1, 2010
    Looking for innovative and creative approaches taken by facility managers, Siemens Industry Inc. has issued The Smartest Building in America challenge.

    Looking for innovative and creative approaches taken by facility managers, Siemens Industry Inc. has issued The Smartest Building in America challenge.

    Buildings with APOGEE or TALON building-automation systems are eligible. Participants are asked to submit brief videos explaining why their building is the smartest in America at www.smartestbuildinginamerica.com.

    A panel of facility-management authorities will judge the entries. Two prizes will be awarded in each category (APOGEE and TALON).

    Grand-prize winners will receive $25,000 in products and services from Siemens' Building Technologies Division or a $25,000 contribution to a qualified charity of their choice. Runners-up will receive $15,000 in products and services from Siemens' Building Technologies Division or a $15,000 contribution to a qualified charity of their choice.

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    Described by a colleague as "a cyborg ... requir(ing) virtually no sleep, no time off, and bland nourishment that can be consumed while at his desk" who was sent "back from the future not to terminate anyone, but with the prime directive 'to edit dry technical copy' in order to save the world at a later date," Scott Arnold joined the editorial staff of HPAC Engineering in 1999. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for daily newspapers and a specialty-publications company. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University.