Commercial HVAC projects are typically filled with compromise. In a specialty application like an indoor water park, where air quality, space, and a corrosive environment are key considerations, an engineer must work hard to ensure long-term performance.
A single speck of dust could spoil a whole experiment at Purdue University's new Birck Nanotechnology Center. To prevent such a scenario, the building's HVAC system has to be fast, forceful, and flawless.
The success of a 21st-century medical trend of combining hospital and health club services in one facility is as dependent on high-technology HVAC equipment as it is on medical and fitness technology.
The University of South Florida (USF) has made the move to the Big East Conference. To help the USF Bulls prepare for competition in their new conference, the university built a brand new athletics center.
Known for its performing arts programs, Oklahoma City University (OCU) always keeps its doors open for students - literally. OCU provides building access to students around the clock, which makes it difficult to anticipate the campus' energy needs.
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) is school to nearly 20,000 students and work to more than 9,000 faculty and staff. Originally a small, independent teacher's college, Santa Barbara joined the University of California system in 1944.
Champlain College in Burlington, VT, is home to several Victorian-era mansions that were built in the mid 1880s and now serve as residence halls. One such building, Hill Hall, is a co-ed dormitory for 40 students (13 rooms for two to four students each on four floors).
After discovering a new HVAC and refrigeration sealant last year, 18-year-veteran service tech Mark Upshaw is now convinced that a lot of food service and HVAC equipment has prematurely landed in the junkyard.