February 1, 2009
Articles
Synergy. It's been a buzzword in the business world for decades. It's two or more things working together to create an effect that is greater than the...
The movement is taking the construction field by storm. Some are looking to reduce their impact on the environment, while others are motivated to control...
Green building is revolutionizing the practice of architecture and engineering, forcing all design professions to look at the broader effects of their...
With the United States and much of the world mired in a recession, it is no surprise that many industrial- and commercial/institutional-boiler manufacturers are expecting tough times in 2009. How tough is anyone's guess. ...
Alfred E. Guntermann, PE, perhaps best known for his prescient look at energy supplies — the 1976 conference paper “The Mystery of Future Energy Prices,” which one industry executive described as “nothing less than monumental” — is the latest addition to HPAC Engineering's Editorial Advisory Board. ...
The air conditioning in a tanning salon had not worked correctly all summer. That was not good: Tanning customers want to look like they have spent all...
As standard practice, our office conducts a post-occupancy evaluation (POE) for building design projects after a facility has been occupied for a year....
Air-cooled chillers LC Series air-cooled chillers are designed to provide consistent leaving-water temperature with part-load efficiency in a compact...
Valves catalog A 180-page catalog presents comprehensive technical information and drawings of Asahi/America's corrosion-resistant thermoplastic valves...
When Brookfield Properties purchased Trizec Properties Inc. in 2006, it--along with partner The Blackstone Group--acquired 61 office properties totaling 36 million sq ft in nine U.S. markets, including the 55-story, 1.8-million-sq-ft Bank of America Plaza, one of the most recognizable commercial buildings in downtown Los Angeles....
Whether to attain a higher green-building rating, create a more progressive corporate image, attract environmentally conscious tenants, and/or keep in step with private and public initiatives, many building owners and mechanical-system designers are looking to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, chiefly carbon dioxide (CO2) associated with the consumption of fossil fuels. ...
With the advent of the 2030 proposed ASHRAE/IESNA/USGBC Standard 189, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential...
The selection of an environmentally friendly fire-suppression system can help a project earn LEED credits...
Radiant-cooling systems have progressed in the last few decades, garnering attention as a comfortable and energy- and material-efficient option.1 Compared...
Serving as the main patient-care facility on the 17-building, state-run Southwestern Virginia Mental Health Institute (SWVMHI) campus in Marion, Va., the 102,000-sq-ft Bagley Building was experiencing premature chronic failures of its plumbing system. ...
According to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), electric-motor-driven equipment uses 25 percent of all of the electricity consumed in the United States....
Ethernet adapters For ABB's low-voltage alternating-current drive line, din-rail-mounted SREA-01 Ethernet adapters provide Web-browser-based remote access...
Computational-fluid-dynamics (CFD) software tools provide the ability to simulate the performance of data centers and predict the effects of air handlers, power-dissipation sources, raised floors, and other features on temperatures throughout a data center. Following is a case of CFD being used to simulate a typical data center and evaluate the effect of design changes on cooling performance and energy costs. ...
The 1 millionth ABB ACS/ACH550 general-purpose drive rolled off the production line Dec. 2, making ACS/ACH550 the first ABB drive family to surpass the...
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