Editor’s Note: Every successful project starts with a framework. A vision statement. A blueprint.

It takes an enormous amount of electricity to cool a data center. According to Global Market Insights, on average, cooling systems represent 40% of total data center energy consumption.

Lisa Riles, director, global residential Americas, CBS and HVAC, Xylem, met with Engineered Systems’ editor-in-chief, Herb Woerpel, to discuss Xylem’s Watermark program, some recent industry trends, and more.

In our previous article, “Debunking Myths of Active Chilled Beams: What You Thought You Knew – But Were Wrong, Part 1,” engineers from SmithGroup and Dadanco, along with senior sales engineers from Varitec

Many decisions are made during the design of a chilled water plant that have long-lasting impacts on the facility’s energy use and demand. Additionally, consistent operations, benchmarking, and submetering can help perpetuate savings throughout a building’s life cycle.

Chilled beams offer building owners greater energy efficiency, reduced building first cost, reduced day-two maintenance, and improved indoor air quality.

Since its inception in 1954, more than 62,000 engineers, contractors, and other hydronic HVAC and plumbing professionals have been educated at the Little Red School House in Morton Grove, Illinois.