End Users Given Voice in Pump Design
Ask 10 pump users what features they most would like to see in a split-case pump, and you likely will get 10 different answers. Ask more than 300 pump...
Grooved Piping and Green Construction
In addition to promoting sustainability, incorporating grooved piping systems into a building's design can help earn Leadership in Energy and Environmental...
More Myths and Realities
In January's Engineering Green Buildings column (Water-Conservation Myths, Realities), I took on a couple of myths about water-efficient toilets and attempted...
Maintainability of Piping Systems
Many structures require some degree of piping-system maintenance. For example, strainers are changed monthly, weekly, or, in some systems, daily. Turbulence...
Water, Water Everywhere
My company was commissioning a hospital expansion in South Carolina. The hospital was being expanded from five to 12 stories, and elevator towers were...
Water-Conservation Myths, Realities
Over the last 15 years I have heard a number of rumors, claims, and proclamations by people associated with plumbing or water conservation in one way or another. Some have been true, while others have not. And some have been current, while others have been “old hat.” Let’s take a minute and set the record straight on a couple of popular myths....
Quick Fix
Last summer was my first as a project engineer for a mechanical contractor. I learned quite a bit, including how to handle a broken water main on a Friday...
Piping-Products Maker, Distributor, Contractor Form Service Triangle
Securing and successfully managing HVAC projects in today's competitive construction market takes more than a good bottom number and a promise of responsive...
Rightsizing Pumping Systems
I will never forget the words of Les, a veteran contractor who took me under his wing early in my career. One day, as we were driving to a job site and...
Meters Aid Allocation of Energy Costs, Pinpointing of Maintenance Problems
Recipients of federal research grants once were reimbursed for utility costs based on estimates, such as of the square footage of buildings. Recently,...
Installing Flush Valves Properly
Proper flush valve installation calls for good, current information about how and where the unit will be used and how installing a flush valve differs from a tank installation. ...
Lean, Clean Restroom Machines
From high-tech toilets to low-tech waterless urinals, restrooms hold exciting and promising possibilities in the quest to make buildings more efficient, economical, and environmentally friendly....
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