Our active participation in industry organizations and related initiatives is a two-way street. Obviously, it exposes us to a greater base of potential customers. However, it also enables us to act in the altruistic sense that is in our nature. So, we support organizations financially, enabling them to meet their goals and directives. We also participate in organizational leadership or committee membership, thereby lending our expertise.
Our current corporate affiliations include these organizations:
|
The USGBC is a non-profit community of leaders interested in green building, that is, creating environmentally sustainable facilities for residential, commercial, and institutional use. We first joined the USGBC in 2004 and since the organization is celebrating its 15th year, we’ve participated in a full one-third of its history.
|
|
BACnet is an open communications protocol developed by ASHRAE, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-conditioning Engineers. BACnet International is an organization that encourages the successful use of BACnet® in building automation and control systems through interoperability testing educational programs, and promotional activities. KMC is a founding member of BI and we participated in its predecessor organization as well.
BTL is the BACnet Testing Laboratory--an independent arm of the BACnet International. It was created to provide product testing and a listing program for products that have BACnet capability.
Products which survive the rigors of BTL testing become “listed.” Manufacturers can use the BTL logo only for listed products.
|
|
HARDI is a trade organization dedicated to advancing the science of wholesale distribution within the HVACR industry. KMC was charter member of HARDI in 2002 as two, similarly purposed groups merged to form HARDI.
|
|
Founded in 1983, the Modular Building Institute is a non-profit trade association serving the commercial, factory-built buildings industry on an international scale. Through partnerships with both equipment manufacturers and modular product distributors, KMC serves this community.
|
|
The DRSG Coalition is a trade association of companies providing products and services in the areas of demand response, smart meters, and smart grid technologies. Members of DRSG work to educate and provide information on how demand response and smart grid technologies can help modernize our electricity system and optimize ways customers use electricity. Demand response is a system in which the utility company signals a building automation system to temporarily reduce electrical demand from the building during times of critically high loads on the power grid. The building’s controllers and thermostats automatically reduce usage by planned methods, such as adjusting HVAC setpoints, dimming or shutting off lights, and other strategies. To save energy and reduce usage costs, KMC is working with utilities and other companies to implement demand response with our controllers and thermostats.
|
|
Founded in 1988, The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) is a not-for-profit industry association dedicated to the advancement of intelligent home and intelligent building technologies in North America. Through partnerships with both equipment manufacturers and building automation product distributors, KMC serves this community.
|