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Ideas, products, news and more from a progressive wholesale distributor specializing in HVAC and building controls.
Recent Posts
The FlexStat series from KMC Controls – like a building automation system that you can hold in your hand.
Wouldn’t it be great to find a low-cost, high-value device that provides automation power and support but at a fraction of the cost and installation of a building automation system? Take a look: Find out more about the FlexStat from KMC Contro...
Got a second? Alps Controls needs your input on this one-question survey.
One of the (minor) disadvantages to being The New Guy at Alps Controls – especially when I’m also The New Guy to the HVAC and building automation controls industry – is that often when my boss comes to ask me a question, I have to a...
UPDATED: 2009 Holiday closing notices for Alps Controls and our manufacturers.
It’s inevitable: the holiday season comes rolling around and all of a sudden companies close down to allow “families” to “enjoy each other’s company” and “goodwill” to “spread among humanity”...
Alps Control Freak: news bits from around the web, 11.13.09
Here it is November already and as we race willy-nilly into the 2009 holiday season, you’re probably imagining yourself doing some shopping, decorating your porch with 10 strings of half-burned-out lights, and – naturally – catching...
Come for the HVAC and building controls products, stay for the delicious CCTV security equipment from Pegasus Products.
Here’s a warning: gratuitous e-commerce product-plugging is just ahead in this post. Security equipment is, perhaps, not a high-priority item on the shopping list for most building controls contractors. Our e-catalog site alpscontrols.com sell...
Is your hotel room leaving the lights on for you? Maybe not for long…
At first, this seemed like a pretty cool application of occupancy-based energy consumption control: a company called ILLUMRA has launched a Wireless Key Card Reader, ideally suited for hotel room use, that turns off HVAC and lighting controls in an u...

