January 1, 2009
Articles
The annual International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), scheduled for Jan. 26 to 28 at Chicago's McCormick Place may not surpass last year's record-breaking expo in New York City, but it appears it will be a well-attended event. ...
Because of recent legislation, tax deductions may be awarded for part or all of the costs associated with new construction and/or equipment installations...
More than 40 leaders in the areas of industry, finance, research, and policy gathered Nov. 14 in Carlsbad, Calif., to discuss critical issues facing the...
How hard could it be to replace an old steam heating system? When I saw the inside of the elegant rococo theater, I understood. Unfortunately, the radiators...
Weather transmitters WXT520 weather transmitters measure wind speed and direction, liquid precipitation, barometric pressure, temperature, and relative...
Late in the spring of 1998, Dennis Wald had just taken over the position of facilities director for Wausau School District in Wausau, Wis. At one of the district's 21 schools, 27-year-old, 273,000-sq-ft Wausau West High School, two of three boilers were not working; the chiller, an adsorption unit, had failed; classrooms would not heat or cool properly; teachers were threatening a work action; and energy was being used at the rate of 191,562 Btu per square foot per year....
Building on the green focus of last year's show in New York, the 2009 AHR Expo will place a special emphasis on environmentally friendly and energy-efficient products and technologies. Green building, sustainable design, and renewable energy are just a few of the subjects that will be covered at the 61st edition of what is touted as the world's largest HVACR expo. ...
In a chilled-water system, heat that other-wise would be lost to the environment (Figure 1) can be captured and used for other purposes. Although this...
With much of a health-care facility's profits impacted by the type and quantity of surgeries performed, hospital administrators are prioritizing indoor...
Completed in 1967 and maintained by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), the 32-story, 1.5 million-sq-ft Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building...
The Richard J. Renaud Science Complex on the campus of Concordia University in Montreal is a 345,000-sq-ft, L-shaped structure consisting of a salvaged...
Located in southeastern Colorado, at an elevation of 7,600 ft, Moffat School is no stranger to extreme winter weather. It was 50 below for 60 straight...
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