September 1, 2007
Articles
I liked Jeff Ferenc's July From the Editor column (Walk the Talk), about the failure of Chicago's plan to cut carbon emissions. is only green until it...
It commonly is thought that replacing incandescent lamps with compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) always results in substantially lower electricity consumption...
Bruce Adams, chief engineer of Two California Plaza in Los Angeles, is the first-ever recipient of Goodway Technologies Corp.'s America's Chief Engineer...
Each unit in a new condominium had its own heating system. A sealed-combustion high-efficiency gas water heater connected to the outdoors by polyvinyl-chloride...
Adjustable-speed drives A line of adjustable-speed drives designed for use in almost all applications, the VS drive line includes two adjustable-speed...
Ice-storage-systems brochure A brochure from Calmac explains how ice can be generated and stored to cool buildings. The brochure answers commonly asked...
Global warming is gaining attention in the scientific community. Numerous scientific institutes and consortiums have issued new and alarming evidence...
September 2007 marks the 20-year anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, a global agreement concerning the phaseout of ozone-depleting substances (ODSs),...
Poor indoor-air quality (IAQ) is more than just a nuisance; it is costly. For example, total costs to the U.S. economy because of poor IAQ reach as high...
A well-thought-out, detailed operating sequence can make a building and its systems sing, while a bad one can turn even the highest-quality equipment...
Remote-monitoring software Version 4.0 of Anyplace Control remote-monitoring software can bypass routers and firewalls, as well as support computers with...
Condensing boilers can be a highly efficient means of generating and circulating heat, as they recover latent heat from water produced during combustion...
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