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Library earns LEED, foils complaints with UFAD

February 29, 2012

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Patrick Baldwin-McCurdy fields daily indoor air temperature requests from employees and students, but Seattle University’s (SU) lead buildings control technician rarely hears HVAC complaints from the college’s new library addition featuring under floor air distribution (UFAD).

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Fan terminals elevate raised-floor office project

August 22, 2012

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Critchfield Mechanical, Inc. an HVAC engineering firm in Menlo Park, CA needed a cost-effective and energy-efficient perimeter zone ventilation solution.

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Calculated Conditioning: The IAQ Of UFAD

UFAD and displacement ventilation systems require accurate estimates to meet relative humidity requirements and ensure efficient operations. Take a look at a few design options, and contemplate the reader challenge at the end.

April 26, 2013

By Robert Bolin, P.E., HBDP, LEED Fellow and Andrew Reilman, P.E., HBDP, LEED AP BD+C

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Since their introduction in Europe in the 1950s, and their domestic rise in specification during the 1990s, UFAD and displacement ventilation systems promise significant energy savings as a direct result of a higher supply air temperature that yields an increase in the use of economizer or free cooling hours.

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