Heating
Digital Analyzer Ensures Military Techs Are 'on the Same Sheet of Music'
Not long ago, Warren Brader brought his 25 years of experience in HVAC service and maintenance to a major military contractor. His responsibility: maintaining the HVAC equipment at military bases around the world....
WaterFurnace: Future of Geothermal Looks Bright
Although 2010 should prove to be a "mixed bag" for the overall economy, it will be a great year for the geothermal industry, WaterFurnace President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Huntington told more than 400 HVAC contractors and distributors during the company's Annual Sales Meeting in Phoenix....
Balancing Heat for Savings and Comfort
Heat balance is exactly what it sounds like: ensuring buildings maintain a steady and even temperature. In this column, I will outline steps you can take to heat-balance the multifamily-residential and commercial buildings with which you work....
Modernized Old-World Hotel Goes Green, Provides Comfort With Ductless HVAC
In 1929, construction of the 35,000-sq-ft Hotel Seville in Harrison, Ark., was completed. With a price tag, including furniture, of $170,000, a tremendous...
Brushless Direct-Current Premix Gas Blowers
Increased energy and environmental demands support the case for premix combustion systems. These systems deliver a measured air/gas fuel mixture in a...
New High School's Hybrid HVAC System Features Single-Pipe Hydronic System
Built in 1938, Waterloo High School in Waterloo, Ill., part of Waterloo Community Unit School District No. 5, had become seriously overcrowded. In 2006,...
Turnkey Capabilities Keep Guests Comfortable, Construction Going
During the summer of 2005, The General Theological Seminary began renovating three of its buildings in New York's historic Chelsea neighborhood to house...
Optimizing Boiler-System Efficiency
Boiler-system efficiency is one of the most documented and published topics for plant engineers and utility managers in commercial and industrial facilities....
Infectious-Diseases Doc Available From ASHRAE
As health and school officials deal with a second wave of the H1N1 virus (swine flu), new information on health consequences of exposure to airborne infectious diseases and implications for the design, installation, and operation of HVACR systems is available from the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)....
Rethinking Central Utility Plants
Editor's note: This is Part 2 in a two-part series. Part 1 of this series discussed the inefficiencies of central heating and cooling systems. Although...
With Help of Water-Source Heat Pumps, Historic Minneapolis Building Reborn
Completed in 1928, Midtown Exchange in south Minneapolis served as a retail and distribution center for Sears, Roebuck and Co. until closing in 1994....
Ground-Source Heat Pumps: Keys to Design, Installation
Amid the current push to “go green” by building high-efficiency, environmentally sound, sustainable HVAC systems, heat pumps — particularly those that use the earth's geothermal energy to serve as a heat sink and source — are generating a lot of buzz. Ground-source heat-pump (GSHP) systems operate like every other HVAC system: They move energy from one place to another. Although that sounds simple, HVAC engineers and designers owe their livelihoods to the complexities. ...
Rethinking Central Utility Plants
Times have changed and so have the buildings in which we live, work, and teach. They have become more energy-efficient because of better facades and more sophisticated HVAC, electrical, and automation systems. But what about the central plants that produce the heating and cooling delivered to these buildings? How have they evolved over the years? Are they serving us in an efficient, sustainable manner? ...
System Differences
This article uses the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers variable-air-volume (VAV) system as an example. This is...
Behind the Lines of Temperature Wars
A report examining the most common thermal complaints made by office workers and the variety of ways facility professionals respond to them is available for free download. ...
Networked Thermostats Help Church Realize Significant Energy Savings
Located in Cary, N.C., Colonial Baptist Church consists of five multipurpose buildings (Figure 1) that employed a combination of standard and programmable...
Hospital Expecting 25% Fuel Savings With Direct-Contact Heat Recovery
With construction of a new hospital in Hopewell Township, N.J., under way, Capital Health is planning to move its Regional Perinatal Center (RPC) from...
Infrared Heaters Saving Manufacturer Over $180,000 in Energy, Maintenance
When the price of natural gas topped $10 per thousand cubic feet, SPS Technologies, manufacturer of engineered fasteners, fastening systems, metal components,...
Tax Incentives for Geothermal
With the current national emphasis on renewable-energy systems, we find ourselves on the brink of great opportunity, yet frustrated by the constraints...
VRFZ System Meets Hospice's Need for Simultaneous Cooling, Heating
Owned and operated by Share Foundation, a not-for-profit public charity, Life Touch Hospice in El Dorado, Ark., opened its 16-bed John R. Williamson Hospice...
WaterFurnace Names New President, CEO
WaterFurnace International Inc., a manufacturer of residential, commercial, industrial, and institutional geothermal and water-source heat pumps, has named Tom Huntington as president and chief executive officer. ...
Flowmeters Help University Recover Over $1.25 Million in Annual Billings
On Virginia Commonwealth University's campus in downtown Richmond, Va., the steam plant consists of three identical boilers, each capable of generating...
Cleaver-Brooks Establishes Facility in China
Cleaver-Brooks, a North American manufacturer of boilers and boiler-room equipment, announced the opening of an assembly facility in Shenzhen, China....
Hydronic and Solar Equipment Aid Quest for Energy Independence
Portsmouth Abbey School is home to Rhode Island's first and largest utility-scale wind turbine....
Codes & Standards - April 2009
ASHRAE The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recently announced the publication of ANSI/ASHRAE Standard...
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