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Where's the beef? Well...meeting value, that is.

Architect Scott Simpson described a concept KlingStubbins called a team structure and the industry now calls Integrated Project Delivery (IPD). The concept is key for a collaborative project approach, but its importance is more universal. The phrase that stuck with me was "decision-ready information".

Decision-ready information consists of the key facts required for a meaningful, final decision about a subject to be decided.

In an IPD project, major decision-makers are expected to attend every meeting, so that decisions made in the meeting have meaningful buy-in and closure. These meetings can be intense, not to mention very expensive.

It's the responsibility, therefore, of each team member to bring decision-ready information for the decisions on the agenda.

"Clearly stated, decision-ready information helps your teammates look good to their teammates. Design professionals love representatives who help them look good. (This is also the old-fashioned way information "goes viral": good information gets carried along.)" says Aaron Chusid of Building Product Marketing.

Wouldn't this information design approach make meetings more valuable...and engaging!

Read more at BuildingProductMarketing.com
Sensors, monitors and controllers are becoming major "micro-players" in the green and sustainability fields because what you can measure, you can control.  There are many opportunities in basic development and manufacturing of these micro-devices, as well as assembling them into high performance equipment and solutions.

Some of the opportunities that are developing in the sensors and micro-world of data gathering, processing and control include:

Automation & Process Control Opportunities
Industrial Automation; DCS; PLC; Special Machine Tools; Fluid Power - hydraulic and pneumatic power; Motors & Drives - Industrial Motors, Electric Drives, Mechanical Power; Process Control - Compressors; and Vacuum Pumps

Sensors Opportunities
Sensors, Industrial Gas Sensors, Infrared Sensors, AVV Sensors, Flow Sensors, Level Sensors, Temperature Sensors, Pressure Sensors, and Magnetic Sensors

Electronics Opportunities
Electronics; AutoID - Tracking Technologies, POS/ePayment Systems, Biometrics/Security Systems, Electronic Component, and Surface Mount Technology (SMT)

Semiconductors Opportunities
Semiconductors, Microcontrollers, Power Transistors, UWB and Zigbee Chipsets, Radio Frequency (RF) Semiconductors, and VLSI Design Services Markets

Have you explored which of these areas could benefit from your green solutions with knowledge, services or products?

Have you incorporated these strategies into your green building projects?

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