ACE IoT’s Managed Cloud Platform is now ACE Aerodrome. ACE Aerodrome, like the Managed Cloud Platform, establishes and supports an Independent Data Layer (“IDL”) solution in buildings. Also like the Managed Cloud Platform, ACE Aerodrome leverages open-source technologies, including Eclipse VOLTTRON. Unlike the Managed Cloud Platform, ACE Aerodrome has new robust self-service tools that ACE IoT’s customers can use to refine and adjust an Aerodrome-enabled IDL deployment.

Additionally, whereas the Managed Cloud Platform included a converged set of broad capabilities, ACE Aerodrome is defined by three delineated components: SkyHook, FlightDeck and Navigator. SkyHook, FlightDeck and Navigator are the first three components of the ACE Aerodrome. The Aerodrome Suite will continue to grow as we release additional self-service tools in the months to come.

If you are an existing ACE IoT customer, please rest assured—ACE Aerodrome includes all the power and convenience that you have come to expect from the Managed Cloud Platform. Moreover, ACE IoT’s commitment to helping our customers solve problems is unchanged. We encourage you to explore the new self-service tools that are available via FlightDeck. Chart your course!

New to ACE IoT? Or perhaps you have not checked us out recently? We hope that the introduction of ACE Aerodrome provides a great reason to set-up a time to have an Intro (or Re-intro) call with ACE IoT. We would be pleased to provide a brief demo of Aerodrome and we would be thrilled to learn about how your organization acquires and uses data from building systems to inform and enable your objectives. Let’s connect soon!

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ACE IoT is pleased to announce the successful development of a powerful new integration between the Siemens Desigo API and the open-source Eclipse VOLTTRON technology. The new integration enables building owners and their vendors to acquire data from legacy Siemens controllers and transfer the data into a VOLTTRON-enabled Independent Data Layer (IDL) more easily than ever before. The integration has been thoroughly tested and ACE IoT and our customers are using the new VOLTTRON-Desigo integration to collect data from Siemens P2 controllers and readily ingest the data into 3rd party data management and analysis tools.

For entities tasked with designing and deploying advanced Energy Conservation Measures (ECMs) in buildings that have Siemens Desigo software running on top of legacy controllers, the new integration should be a game-changer. ACE IoT has released the DESIGO-VOLTTRON integration as an open-source project. Interested parties can download the code from ACE IoT’s GitHub repo.

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Let’s Ensure the Next Generation of the Power Grid Leverages Open-Source Technologies

During the next two decades, trillions of dollars will be spent on a new, more connected, and interactive power grid. Projects selected for funding via GRIP (DoE’s Grid Resilience and Innovation Program) will help define how renewables and microgrids will be integrated into the larger power grid. To facilitate these key integrations, GRIP project leaders are encouraged to carefully examine the value of adopting open-source technologies designed to enhance system interoperability and support project replicability and scalability.

This article delves into the role open-source solutions can play within the U.S. Department of Energy’s $10.5 billion GRIP initiative. In this “open letter,” ACE IoT invites project leaders to consider how and why open-source technology will enhance the resilience, adaptability, and ultimate success of their GRIP projects. As a potential implementation partner, ACE IoT seeks introductions to GRIP project leaders and opportunities to introduce and demonstrate the proven capabilities of open-source technologies, including VOLTTRON.

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