Monitoring and control systems are at the nexus of buildings and successful zero net energy (ZNE) performance, but little is understood about them, a new report conducted by NBI and released by the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) contends. "The findings of this study will help manufacturers target improvements, design teams to better integrate controls and work with contractors more effectively, and utilities to identify program priorities leading to a next generation of buildings that can be on the path to zero," said NBI CEO Ralph DiNola in this article from SmartGridNews. (11/24/2015) Read article