According to Wayne Lowe, energy manager for Shelby County Schools in Alabama, controlling energy costs is a major challenge facing the district. "We've placed a high priority on this area.
One of the sites that visitors to Kansas City, MO, remember most is the distinctive "Sky Stations" standing 400 ft above H. Roe Bartle Hall, the downtown convention center's central
Hvac engineers are starting to realize that nearly anything can be specified into a custom makeup air unit. For example, packaged makeup air dehumidification units with reverse cycle heat pump
For the Granite School District, the move to multiple-boiler systems led to solid, more consistent performance for schools of various ages. The district's energy manager discusses the move to cast iron boilers as well as other sequencing and upkeep issues. By Joanna R. Turpin
Faced with 16- to 22-year-old cooling equipment that required repeated compressor replacements and couldn't meet the cooling demands of its school buildings, the Humble Independent School District (ISD) in Humble,
There are devices and methods by which BACnet networks can be interconnected over Internet Protocol, wide-area networks. The first of two parts, this article looks at network basics, the use of IP internets to connect systems, and BACnet/IP PAD devices. By Bill Swan