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Bosch Thermotechnology opens new AC lab, Experience Center

Bosch Thermotechnology Corporation officially unveiled its new facility in Watertown, Mass.

NEBB's CxPP certification achieves DOE Recognition

The National Environmental Balancing Bureau’s Commissioning Process Professional (CxPP) certification was recently recognized by th...

A.O. Smith names new director of product management

A. O. Smith has appointed Jeffrey T. Ogan as director of product management and technical support for its North America Water Heating bus...

AHR Expo opens 2019 Innovation Awards Competition

Entries are now being accepted for the AHR Expo’s 2019 Innovation Awards Competition.

Construction costs soar in May, tariffs threaten further increases, says AGC

Construction costs accelerated again in May, with steep increases for a wide range of materials, according to the Associated General Cont...

Generac recognizes generator system design at Museum of the Bible

Two organizations shared the Project of the Year Award given at Generac Industrial Power’s 10th annual Engineering Power Symposium,...

New study shows reduction in influenza virus in humidified classrooms

DriSteem, along with Jennifer Reiman, Ph.D. of the Mayo Clinic, working in collaboration with Integrated Science Education Outreach (InSc...

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Heating & Boilers

Firetube Boiler Pressure Vessel And Refractory Cautions

Steve Connor

Properly caring for a boiler pressure vessel and its associated refractories is important to ensure the longevity and reliability of the system. …

Innovative Technologies Improve Absorption Chiller Performance

Rajesh Dixit

New lows in pressure, temperature, and salt concentration have been achieved by absorption chiller innovations that extend operational flexibility and optimize the balance between efficiency and reliability. …

Ventilation

Life Safety Dampers: Installation, Operation & Maintenance Liability

Steven G Liescheidt, P.E., CCS, CCPR

Whether we’re talking a single building or a larger campus, proper strategy for this key HVAC component requires the right team working at the right times. Both physical and fiscal …

Cannabis Cultivation Facilities: UV-C's Role In Protecting Crops & Efficiency

Dr. Wladyslaw Kowalski Daniel Jones

The cannabis market is among the fastest-growing in the United States, especially since being fully legalized in several states. …

Building Automation

DDC Controllers (Part 2): Architecture & Interoperability

Ira Goldschmidt P.E.

Last month, I presented a DDC controller categorization scheme to show how their capabilities can vary greatly between manufacturers. …

Health Care HVAC

Engineered Smoke Control In A Hospital: New Construction Using Construction Management Project Delivery

Amanda Parolise

This month’s B2B will focus on a college building program to add dormitory building smoke exhaust systems to serve existing corridors in three four-story buildings. …

Columns

Can Indoor Air Quality Influence The Desire To Learn?

Stephanie Taylor, M.D., M. Arch, CIC

Relative humidity levels play an important part of our brain function. …

Net Zero Buildings: Moving from Theory to Reality

The concept of “net zero building,” a building which produces as much energy as it uses over the course of a year, in recent years is becoming more of a reality than simply theory.

HVAC Product/Literature/Software

Honeywell Vector Space Sense – Honeywell

Honeywell introduced its Honeywell Vector Space Sense, a software solution that shows where, when, and how building spaces are used at any given point in time. As a result, Honeywell officials said the building operations team can make better-informed real estate and space usage decisions that provide opportunities to optimize costs and promote better building experiences for occupants.

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HVAC Product/Literature/Software

Sentinel PRO – Sensaphone

To help facility managers ensure temperature and humidity conditions stay within required parameters, Sensaphone® has added a new combination sensor to its line of remote monitoring equipment for HVAC and building automation applications.

HVAC Product/Literature/Software

USFD-100 Direct Drive Utility Set – Greenheck

Greenheck’s Utility Set Fan (USF) series has expanded with the addition of the model USFD-100 direct drive utility set. Model USFD-100 can be specified with either a Vari-Green® EC motor with a speed control dial for single-phase motor applications or a NEMA premium efficiency motor with a factory-mounted variable frequency drive (VFD).

Mission Critical HVAC

Chiller Optimization Boosts University Plant

Baylor University, a private college in Waco, TX, had a typical chiller plant — it ran well, but it was also a hodgepodge of equipment.

HVAC Product/Literature/Software

Scroll Compressor - Emerson

Emerson has released the Copeland Scroll™ ZF54K5 compressor, a capacity extension of the Copeland Scroll K5 compressor. The company says the compressor offers facility operators a new solution to assist with meeting sustainability goals while helping to lower costs and boost energy efficiency.

Engineered Systems Magazine

2018 June

Check out Engineered Systems Magazine June 2018 issue, one of features Cannabis Cultivation Facilities: UV-C's Role In Protecting Crops & Efficiency, and much more.

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