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Ventilation Leads Kerry's Recipe For Success

May 1, 2011

By Rick Hombsch P.E. and Kevin Pope P.E.

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For a consumer food group’s very mixed-space campus, HGA’s careful outdoor air strategy got support from smart boiler, chiller, and lighting design to create performance tailored for the client while comfortably exceeding LEED^®and ASHRAE 90.1 requirements.

Precious Metal: Cogeneration And Cooperation At Oregon State

June 1, 2011

By Colin Moar CIBSE, CSA and Geoff Wampler LEED® AP

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The first university cogen plant in the U.S. to earn LEED® Platinum certification, the OSU Energy Center succeeded via consistently efficiency-minded design and an exceptional level of analysis and teamwork in the commissioning process. Fuel flexibility, staff training, and a projected $650,000 annual savings didn’t hurt, either.

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Grocery store goes green with innovative refrigeration system

August 1, 2011

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Using a CO2 cooling system reduced this organic grocery store’s refrigerant use by 60% to 65% a year. Arizona-based Sprouts Farmers Market is not only a leader in natural and

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Modular boilers give bottling operation a taste of higher efficiency, lower emissions

August 1, 2011

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Innovation has thrived in Philadelphia since Ben Franklin invented bifocals, the lightning rod, and the wood stove that bears his name more than two centuries ago. This tradition of innovation

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Renovating HVAC systems at Air Force Base achieves energy goals

August 1, 2011

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Two energy recovery units saved this Air Force Base hangar $24,500 in heat recovery costs. United States Air Force personnel sought a solution to renovate the makeup air and exhaust

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.

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Resort receives pool heater as an early Christmas present

July 1, 2011

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A high-efficiency boiler was used to heat this year-round outdoor pool, resulting in less maintenance and lower Btu. In November 2009, the original pool heater at the L’Arbre Croche resort

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VRF points to improved comfort, LEED® standard at NC college

June 1, 2011

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A VRF system installed in Guilford College’s Archdale Hall not only met architectural challenges but also provided high A/C performance.Established by the Quakers in 1837, Guilford College is the

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Air Force hangars in Alaska salute new heating system's tempering effect

May 1, 2011

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A heating system evened out the temperature and improved working conditions at this Alaska Air Force hangar.Extreme sub-arctic temperatures at Eielson Air Force Base near Fairbanks, AK, where winter temperatures

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Energy savings give bank a higher rate of return

May 1, 2011

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An energy analysis paid for itself at this Illinois bank by identifying energy savings opportunities. When Jason Vogelbaugh, director of Energy Solutions at Alpha Controls & Services, (Schneider Electric’s Rockford,

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