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Editor's Note

Engineered Systems Continues to Showcase the Women in Engineering

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Herb Woerpel
Behind every good man, there’s a great woman. Or, so the saying goes. In HVACR engineering; however, the numbers insist that mantra simply is not true. …
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HVAC Retrofits

Computerized Controls Enable Increasingly Sophisticated Algorithms to Maximize Plant Efficiency

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Ionel Petrus P.E.
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Atiya Mohiuddin P.E.
Chiller plant control optimization has achieved heightened popularity over time as computerized controls enable increasingly sophisticated algorithms to maximize plant efficiency. …
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HVAC Design/Construction Process

In HVAC Hydronics, What's Not Directly Measured is Not Directly Controlled

Steven G Liescheidt P.E., CCS
What is not directly measured is not directly controlled. …
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HVAC Retrofits

San Francisco's Moscone Center Adds an Underground Cooling Tower, 21 New AHUs, and More

Andrew Tranovich P.E.
Underground cooling towers and controls with graphics custom-designed to complement the facility engineers’ operational expectations? These are just two aspects of the Moscone Center’s expansion strategy to stand out and …
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Columns

Retrofitting 160-ton Air-cooled Chillers to an 80-ton TES System

Amanda Parolise
This month’s B2B will focus on an existing two-story commercial office building receiving an energy grant to retrofit the existing air-cooled 160-ton chillers to an 80-ton, thermal energy storage (TES) …
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Health Care HVAC

We Can Learn a Lot from Our Bodies When it Comes to Efficiently Cooling Buildings

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Stephanie Taylor, M.D., M. Arch, CIC
Examining the similarities between evaporative cooling equipment and human skin. …
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High-Performance Buildings

Commissioning: Teaching New Dogs the Old Tricks

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Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.
As the old guard retires, it’s time to reinforce the crucial benefits of commissioning. …

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