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Texas hospital increases service, decreases footprint

November 1, 2010

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New air handlers at Dell Children’s Medical Center helped the hospital achieve LEED® Platinum status.When Dell Children’s Medical Center began the development of its new facility in Austin, TX, the

Alaska city asks air handlers to handle 175-mph

October 1, 2010

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Modular outdoor AHUs supply 62,000 cfm of supply air to the city of Unalaska’s power house in extreme conditions.Nothing is easy in the Aleutians. Thus, a project to install necessary

Fan, BAS spread a warm feeling to start Alaska schooldays

March 1, 2011

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A 12-ft diameter low-speed fan provides destratification to cut the morning temperature recovery for this elementary school down to 15 to 20 min.Designing a landmark school in the unforgiving Alaskan

Solving Indoor Airborne Disease Transmission Problems

August 1, 2011

By Steven Welty LEED® ap,

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The author describes how toilet flushes aerosolize germs sending them airborne to soar around and infect their next victim(s) because bathrooms are designed backwards. Learn novel ways to control and clean bathroom air to help control airborne disease transmission problems. So feel free to hold your nose as you learn about how you can help protect people’s health within your client’s buildings.

Building Automation: How Far WE'VE COME

June 1, 2011

By Paul Ehrlich, P.E. and Ira Goldschmidt P.E.

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We can only afford our present complaints thanks to our previous achievements.

Commissioning: ALL-Access Pass

May 1, 2011

By Rebecca Thatcher Ellis, P.E.

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If you can’t get to it, you can’t commission it.

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Low-speed fans team with UV light to improve IAQ at Rwandan hospital

July 1, 2011

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Low-speed fans provide needed ach at this remote mountain hospital. All buildings, regardless of age, are susceptible to IAQ deficiencies. Chemical exposure from new construction, tight building envelopes, and humidity

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Financial exchange trades up to modular fan system

September 6, 2011

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Located in this city’s famous Loop commercial center, the 600-foot-tall Chicago Board of Trade Building (CBOT) houses the world’s oldest futures and options exchange. Until recently, the building also housed a pair of aging built-up systems that were beginning to worry management.

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Campus unclogs coils, frees up funds

September 6, 2011

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“Too warm.” “Too stuffy.” “Not enough airflow.” These were just a few of the countless complaints that facilities managers of the Basic Medical Science Building at the University of New Mexico were receiving on a regular basis.

Fans: Chicago Blower

February 13, 2012

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The company’s high-temperature fans are designed for packaged boiler systems.

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