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QA Graphics Provides System Graphic Development Internationally

November 13, 2013

Contact:
Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director
515.965.3403
serdman (at) www.qagraphics.com

November 13, 2013

QA Graphics, leading provider of design services for the building automation industry, is pleased to share they have completed an international project, providing system graphic development for MCP, a system integration company based in El Campanario, Mexicali BC.

MCP is working to implement control graphics for a university project. MCP developed the majority of their own system graphics using the symbol library provided with Tridium’s 3.7 framework, but looked to QA Graphics when their client requested higher-end 3D images for certain mechanical equipment. They looked to QA Graphics because of their experience with Tridium, having developed the graphic library for Tridium’s NiagaraAX Framework® 3.7, as well as their ability to provide custom graphic solutions.

QA Graphics was able to communicate and implement this international project, providing floor plan graphics and custom 3D images that more realistically represent the plant, chilled water system, condenser water system and chillers in place at the university. The 3D images are meant to further enhance the experience of the end-users at the university.

QA Graphics Develops Educational App for Skewed News Tutor

October 28, 2013

October 28, 2013

QA Graphics has developed an educational mobile app for Skewed News Tutor. The app has been published in the App Store, available for purchase for use in the classroom to help middle and high school students become more discerning news consumers.

Skewed News Tutor is the creation of Colleen Bradford Krantz, journalist, author and documentary filmmaker. After a decade of reporting, Krantz grew frustrated with the sometimes-subtle opinions buried within news reports. This led her to begin Skewed News Tutor in 2012, a trusted provider of educational resources aimed to help students and others improve their ability to filter information and identify solid reporting. The News Tutor mobile app, developed by QA Graphics, was created for use in the classroom to help students gain a better understanding of the process behind journalism and news reporting.

“I’ve always loved journalism. This is not an attack on journalists but is designed to set expectations for high-quality journalism,” said Colleen Bradford Krantz, founder of Skewed News Tutor. “I looked to QA Graphics because I felt a level of professionalism right away, and was pleased that they were able to develop the app as I had envisioned.”

The app, titled News Tutor, was designed to put users in the shoes of a journalist and help them learn what makes a good and accurate report. Krantz outlined the educational lesson, and then looked to QA Graphics to design and develop the app. The app sets the scene where the user begins as an intern and is guided through a series of situations in which they must determine the most fair and accurate way to report on news. They are provided a series of videos, quiz questions, and a game in which they are to determine the accurate way to report on a situation. As they progress through the quiz, users are promoted to beginning reporter, senior reporter, and then overseeing other reporters.

QA Graphics Provides 3D Floor Plan Graphics for WattStopper

September 22, 2013

Contact:
Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director
515.965.3403
serdman (at) www.qagraphics.com

QA Graphics, leading provider of design services for the building automation industry, has provided 3D floor plan graphics for WattStopper, a Legrand group brand and leading manufacturer of energy efficient lighting controls for commercial and residential use.

WattStopper looked to QA Graphics to develop 3D floor plan graphics for a web based lighting controls server that allows them to track lighting power usage and occupancy down to the room level. The WattStopper DLM system allows individual room control with out-of-the box code compliance and power monitoring of lighting and plug loads.

“The benefits of the enhanced floor plan graphics are very evident from a presentation standpoint,” said Craig Payne, project manager, WattStopper. “There really is no comparison to the low resolution, 2D graphics that are generally used for such projects. You can try to improve on every other aspect of a dashboard or graphic page, but if you don’t use the enhanced graphic, it still ends up looking outdated and doesn’t usually impress the client.”

QA Graphics initially worked with WattStopper to develop a single floor plan graphic as part of a demonstration that was being presented to their client. Once that was approved, they went ahead and completed all of the remaining floor plans.

View more 3D floor plan examples here.

QA Graphics Provides Bridge Data Manager for SystemWorks LLC

September 9, 2013

Contact:
Sarah Erdman, Marketing Director
515.965.3403
serdman (at) www.qagraphics.com

QA Graphics is pleased to share that their client SystemWorks, LLC has implemented the Bridge Data Manager during one of their commissioning projects for Central College.

SystemWorks, an independent, third-party commissioning provider has implemented Bridge as part of a commissioning project for Central College. QA Graphics’ Bridge Data Manager is a data logger tool that can collect and log data from virtually any source to track performance data for comparing, trending, validating, commissioning, and reporting on that data.

SystemWorks worked with Mike Lubberden, Central College’s director of facilities planning and management to implement the Bridge Data Manger. It is being used by the campus to verify that the utility meter data reporting, including the electrical, gas, steam, and chilled water use is performing as the building design intended. To get the campus data from the building automation system to the Bridge Data Manager, SystemWorks used QA Graphics’ Web Interface for JCI Metasys. The interface is a web-based, software solution used to map data from the Johnson Controls MSEA system to Bridge, where the data is logged via the network or cloud storage using Microsoft SQL Server.

“We looked to QA Graphics because of their experience and history in successfully collecting JCI Metasys data,” Scott Talbot, commissioning supervisor, SystemWorks, LLC. “The software was quick to install, and has been easy for us to work within setting up points and collecting the data remotely.”

McDonald’s Uses Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard

September 5, 2013

May 25, 2009

The World Interior Design Network’s article, “McDonald’s Uses Energy Efficiency Education Dashboard,” discusses how a new ‘green’ McDonald’s, owned and operated by Ric Richards of The Richards Advantage, Inc., will utilize QA Graphics’ EEED to share the restaurant’s green features with the public.

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