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Danfoss symposium tackles refrigerant regulations, online shopping disruption

Refrigerant regulation, codes and standards, emerging technologies, and megatrends shaping the marketplace were just some of the central ...

Fresh-Aire UV moves to new facility in Florida

Fresh-Aire UV has purchased a 25,000-square-foot facility on a three-acre site in Jupiter, Florida.

ASHRAE announces technical program for 2019 Winter Conference

The technical program has been announced for the 2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference, to be held in Atlanta, Jan. 12–16, at the Omni Hote...

Glasfloss names new senior engineer, district manager

Glasfloss Industries has promoted Todd McGrath to senior engineer and has hired Mike Salyards as a district manager.

Johnson Controls hosts women in HVAC during two-day summit

Johnson Controls recently welcomed women from across North America for its second Women in HVAC event of 2018.

AHRI names new regulatory affairs vice president

The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute has appointed Helen Walter-Terrinoni as the association's vice president o...

Construction material costs spike as contractors face new tariffs

The cost of many products used in construction climbed 7.4 percent over the past year due to double-digit increases in commonly used cons...

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Building Automation

Facilities as Strategic Assets: Navigating the Digital Transformation of Building Products and Services

Dan Diehl

Paul O’Malley

Like many industries before it, the market for commercial building products, services, and solutions (BPSS) is undergoing a digital transformation. …

Commercial HVAC

Better Buildings Challenge Allows MEP Engineers to Walk a Mile in One Another's Shoes

Herb Woerpel

What would happen if your engineering team stepped into another firm’s facilities with the goal of identifying energy inefficiencies? …

Cooling & Chillers

Microscope's Environment Drives Creative Engineering Design

Anthony Montalto P.E., LEED Montana E.G. Ortel

One of the most challenging issues that a building systems engineer confronts is the need to create an environment that meets stringent temperature and humidity requirements in a location that’s …

Cooling & Chillers

A Holistic Approach to Upgrading a Chilled Water Plant

Ionel Petrus P.E.

Facilitating such mechanical upgrades, one must focus on all factors, including identifying critical loads, electrical system sizing, load shedding, and more. …

Pumps & Flow Controls

Uponor Touts the Effectiveness of PEX-a at 2018 Engineering Summits

Herb Woerpel

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — Approximately 50 consulting and specifying engineers sharpened their knowledge on plumbing, radiant, and hydronic piping applications during the 2018 Uponor Engineering Summits, held Sept. 11-12 and …

Commissioning

ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 170-2017 -- What's New?

Gary Hamilton P.E., LEED

The provision of adequate ventilation is an essential factor in maintaining patient wellbeing in a health care setting; therefore, maintaining acceptable IAQ has become a huge challenge for health care …

Soda Warehouse Expands, Keeps Energy Costs the Same with HTHV

When Swire Coca-Cola needed to expand its Salt Lake City distribution center, its facility manager, environmental manager, and mechanical engineers reviewed heating and ventilating options and made an interesting decision.

Hospitality HVAC

Dehumidifier Retrofit Helps Community Pool Dive Into Energy Savings

The retrofit of the Donald Richards Community Pool HVAC system was by no-means a conventional drop-in replacement.

Classifieds

Case In Point

Philly Cooling Tower Project Comes Together Piece By Piece

Built in 1983, One Logan Square is a 32-story office tower in Center City Philadelphia. The building was recently renovated, and the last remaining need was replacement of the original cooling tower.

HVAC Retrofits

University's Marine Science Lab Finds Energy Savings with Variable-speed Chiller Plant

Located close to various waterways, the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) takes marine science seriously. Its new MARBIONC Building — a 69,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research facility for marine biotechnology — provides labs for lease to commercial enterprises that require reliable, energy-efficient 24/7/365 cooling.

HVAC Product/Literature/Software

HTML5 Energy Efficiency Education Dashboards® (EEED) v6 – QA Graphics

QA Graphics has released HTML5 Energy Efficiency Education Dashboards® (EEED) v6. Built with the latest web technologies, the company says the EEED v6 can be deployed via any format or device. The EEEDs are used to help educate occupants and the general public on sustainable building practices. Live data collected from the building provides occupants with insight on how their actions impact their surroundings.

HVAC Product/Literature/Software

MT100 Series Multipoint Thermal Mass Flow – Fluid Components International

The MT100 Series Multipoint Thermal Mass Flow Meters from Fluid Components International (FCI) aims to help accurately measure and control continuous or positive air flow. According to the company, continuous or positive air flow HVAC systems are installed to protect employees and operations from the potential harmful effects of toxic and combustible gases, such as leaking hydrogen sulfide (H2S), methane (CH4), and others.

Engineered Systems Magazine

2018 October

Check out Engineered Systems Magazine October 2018 issue, features Transforming a Conference Room Into an Environment Capable of Housing a 15-foot-tall, 17,000-pound Electron Microscope and much more.

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