Five-story, 126,000-square-foot, LEED Gold building features numerous structural and mechanical innovations, including a thermally activated, bubble-deck slab, providing radiant cooling, as well as radiant heating on six levels.
We now have the mechanical equipment to create protective buildings, the tools to measure and track the connections between indoor climates, and the computing capabilities to correlate the data to tell us if we are doing things right.
The current illnesses from the new coronavirus outbreak, and the associated human fear, has renewed people’s interest in the potential of the indoor environment to contain disease transmission.
Mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and fire protection design for storm shelters at a school facility require considerations outside the normal facility design parameters and thoughts.
When making coffee at the office, can I lick my fingers to help separate the filters, like I do at home? No. I don’t believe my fellow employees would appreciate this approach.