Humidification/Dehumidification
Energy-Recovery Units Help Florida Resort Balance Ventilation and Moisture Control
For the new Ocean Towers at Hammock Beach Resort in Palm Coast, Fla., the owner and engineer wanted equipment that would provide uncompromised comfort...
Optimizing Dedicated Outdoor-Air Systems
Though vital to maintaining good indoor-air quality, outdoor air can be expensive to temper and, if not conditioned properly, cause humidity problems...
Improving IAQ With Liquid-Desiccant Dehumidification
Commercial and industrial HVAC systems represent a large portion of U.S. energy consumption. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),...
New Cooling-Coil Dehumidifier Helps Clean Up ‘Mess’ of Hotel Pool Area
GB Systems renovates hotel pool area with funding assistance from Puget Sound Energy...
Health-Care Dehumidification
With much of a health-care facility's profits impacted by the type and quantity of surgeries performed, hospital administrators are prioritizing indoor...
How to Calculate Humidification Loads
Most humidifier manufacturers have software to help size and select humidification equipment. Still, it is important to understand the theory behind calculating...
High-Pressure Humidification System Yields Annual Savings of $300,000
With nearly 5,000 employees and annual operating revenues in excess of $3.3 billion, Alliant Energy Corp. provides regulated electric and natural-gas...
Hidden Risks of Green Buildings
In years past, the marketing claim that mattered most to consumers perhaps was developed by NASA. Today, it likely is or any of its variations (organically...
Dehumidification Design Using Data-Center Heat
Considerable energy savings are possible with an innovative approach to HVAC dehumidification design using the typical network/server room or data center...
Steam Humidification: Reducing Energy Use, Heat Gain, Condensate
Steam humidification is considered essential for most process (e.g., semi- conductor manufacturing, printing) and health applications. Given the energy...
Mystery Leak
We had been enlisted to perform a 1,000-sq-ft tenant fit-up within an 8-year-old medical office building. A large meeting room was to be converted to...
Dehumidification-System Installation
Proper installation of all components in dehumidification systems is essential to achieving design conditions. This article addresses installation issues...
Dehumidification Technologies
Humidity control is a critical aspect of treating air for air conditioning and air used in manufacturing or other non-standard processes. Moisture affects...
Controlling Moisture in Schools
The deleterious effects of poor indoor-air quality (IAQ) on health, comfort, and performance are fairly well-known. Perhaps in no other buildings are they more difficult to combat than schools, for several reasons...
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