August 1, 2007

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Chiller-Plant Efficiency

I just read the article Real Efficiencies of Central Plants (May 2007) and completely agree that few chiller plants attain the efficiency (kilowatts per...

The Truth About Tankless

In two previous Engineering Green Buildings columns (January and April 2007), I examined myths about water-efficient toilets and sensor-activated faucets....

ASHRAE Installs Officers, Directors

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) installed new officers and directors during its 2007 Annual Meeting,...

Hot Feet

A client called and indicated that the basement floor in a circa-1950s building was hot. A maintenance worker had noticed the problem when he picked up...

Defective Dampers

Our firm received an assignment from the state to provide damper monitors on dampers contained in all of a developmental facility's cottages. These dampers...

FREE LITERATURE

Boilers brochure Aerco has released a full-color brochure on its Benchmark high-efficiency boilers. The brochure details how the boilers can deliver energy...

Canada's First Ultraefficient Chiller Plant

Four years ago, Carol Anderson, director of facilities for Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning in Toronto, began planning an upgrade...

HVAC Duct Design for Colleges, Universities

Throughout much of the 20th century, acoustics and indoor-air quality (IAQ) largely were overlooked in the design of classroom buildings on college campuses....

CO2 - vs. Cfm-Based Ventilation Assessments

For a healthy and productive indoor environment to be achieved, a mechanism is required to verify (1) the amount of outdoor-air (OA) ventilation being...

Ventilation Strategy for Laboratories

A large portion of a laboratory's space-cooling load is the result of heat produced by research equipment. If heat can be captured at its source, its...

NEW EQUIPMENT AND RESOURCES

Energy-recovery ventilators German-engineered, energy-recovery ventilators offer a 6-in.-diameter collar system that is designed for one-person installation....

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