Heating Boilers, Water Heater Help Residence Center Cut Energy Costs
In 1969, the Dominican Center was constructed in Spokane, Wash., to house the Dominican Sisters, a religious order dedicated to helping troubled women,...
Facility-Optimization Program Helps Road Commission Finance Boiler
When the Jackson County (Mich.) Road Commission set out to replace its problematic main boiler, it did not imagine the solution would encompass a variety...
Pressure-Independent Valves Simplify Air Base's Transition to Variable Flow
At Eglin Air Force Base in Northwest Florida, a chilled-water plant known as Building 42 was laid out in a primary/secondary configuration, with the intent...
U.S.'s Largest Indoor Water Park Gets World-Class IAQ With Fabric Ducts
Billed as America's largest indoor water park, the new 70,000-sq-ft Wild Water-Dome at Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wis., presents...
Split-Ductless Cooling, Heating Helps Architect Firm Put Best Foot Forward
When we started designing our own headquarters several years ago, we knew that it was imperative for this building to exemplify sustainable, green-friendly...
BAS Service Contract Helps Chemical Maker Save on HVAC Operation and Maintenance
Dissatisfied with the costs of maintaining equipment and controls at its corporate headquarters in Memphis, Tenn., Buckman Laboratories International Inc., a manufacturer of specialty chemicals used in the pulp-and-paper, water-treatment, leather, coatings-and-plastics, wood, and agriculture industries, invited Johnson Controls Inc. to submit a proposal for maintenance of its building-automation system. The resulting service contract will save Buckman approximately 18 percent in HVAC operation and maintenance costs, protect assets, and provide a path to migration to newer technologies....
Boiler-Plant Solution Helps Federal Facility Far Surpass Energy-Reduction Mandate
On Aug. 8, 2005, President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005, requiring all federal agencies to reduce their annual energy consumption by 2 percent. (An executive order issued in 2007 increased that reduction to 3 percent.)...
Air-Cooled Chiller With ‘Free Cooling’ Looks to Be Right Buy for Best Buy
A 120-ton "free-cooling" chiller from Motivair reduces winter cooling costs for Buffalo Best Buy...
With Ethernet Switches, New BAS Helps Keep Efficiency Under Control
In an effort to reduce energy, facilities-maintenance, and personnel costs, a plan to upgrade a 500,000-sq-ft building in downtown Chicago was implemented. A return on the investment was achieved by installing a dedicated building-automation network using Contemporary Controls’ industrial-grade Skorpion Ethernet switches, eliminating the structure’s hard-to-maintain, outdated direct digital-control system....
Air-filtration Media Eliminate Odors at Salt Lake City International Airport
With employees at its reservations center at Salt Lake City International Airport complaining of odors, Delta Air Lines was in need of an air-filtration solution....
