May 1, 2008
Articles
Rick Fedrizzi, president, chief executive officer, and founding chairman of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), gave an inspirational keynote address...
Wet filters I just read the article by Gerald J. Williams, PE, LEED AP, about wet filters on a blow-through air-conditioning system (The Case of the Wet...
New approaches that better merge industry efforts and policy and are directed at resolving the technical and economic issues hindering large-scale improvements in the energy efficiency of buildings....
The placement of raised-floor tiles and carpet panels completed the installation of a raised-floor UFAD system in the New York Times Building in New York City....
To be sure the contractor would see a note in the specifications covering an addition to one of our plants, the following sentences were printed in capital letters: “When a contractor notifies the plant that his work has been completed, and before final payment is made, all of the work by the contractor will be surveyed to be sure it complies with the plans and specifications....
Thermal-imaging camera A compact thermal-imaging camera, the Extech i5 monitors and detects the thermal condition of electrical-system components to address...
Data-center guide APC's Data Centers, Server Rooms, and Wiring Closets: On-Demand Architecture for Network-Critical Physical Infrastructure describes...
The accelerating drive to apply sustainable engineering and design techniques and principles to buildings around the world was evident during the 10th Global Engineering Conference, held April 9-11 in Las Vegas. ...
Rooftop variable-air-volume (VAV) systems are used to provide comfort in a wide range of building types and climates.1 This kind of system consists of a packaged rooftop air conditioner that serves several individually controlled zones. Each zone has a VAV terminal unit that is controlled by a temperature sensor. This article will discuss HVAC-system control strategies that can be used to save energy in rooftop VAV systems....
Located in Columbia, Pa., Park Elementary is a kindergarten-through-sixth-grade public school with approximately 500 students and 50 teachers. Recently,...
At a major university in the Midwest, one of the main air-handling units (AHUs) serving a 65,737-sq-ft biomedical building was experiencing ongoing problems...
In 2004, construction of the 203,000-sq-ft Kansas Life Sciences Innovation Center began on The University of Kansas Medical Center campus in Kansas City,...
At Caritas Good Samaritan Medical Center in Boston, fiber-glass insulation inside of three air-handling units (AHUs) serving the facility's operating...
Filtration media With two-layer construction, odor-control filtration media from Kimberly-Clark eliminate odors and other irritant gaseous contaminants...
Consisting of seven buildings totaling 1 million sq ft, including data-center, office, and laboratory space, the corporate headquarters of NetApp, a provider of storage and data-management solutions, in Sunnyvale, Calif., has an annual utility bill of $7.7 million, 89 percent of which goes for electricity....
Consisting of one 18-story building and two five-story buildings connected by a glass atrium, North Point Towers in Cleveland is home to insurance companies,...
Rooftop-unit controllers RTU-MP is a factory-installed direct-digital-control, multiprotocol controller available on Carrier's Weather Series small rooftop...
With its copper-and-granite-covered, geodesic-shaped exterior and 85-ft atrium, the 231,000-sq-ft McNamara Alumni Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis is a campus gateway and showplace, serving as a visitor and conference center, as well as an office building. But despite its ultramodern architecture, the building relied on a single 550-ton chiller for cooling throughout its first six years of operation....
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