Southwest of Capitol Hill, and within an easy walk to the Jefferson Memorial, is a new seven-building, mixed-use urban center called Waterfront Station, located on 1100 and 1101 4th Street SW.
Continuing on from last month’s discussion encouraging design engineers to create their own automatic temperature control (ATC) system flow diagram and write their own sequence of operation, let me start with the importance of this responsibility.
Hearth Pizzeria’s interior entrance area was so cold during the winter months that patrons moved tables and chairs away from the pizzeria’s sunny storefront views of downtown Needham, MA.
When I first started in the HVAC industry working in a design consulting engineering firm, I came to accept that the HVAC sequence of operation and its associated contract specification, Automatic Temperature Controls (ATC), were provided by an ATC sales engineer.
All outside air isn’t created equal, neither is the available engineering guidance, and there isn’t enough preliminary owner/consultant discussion about the pros and cons. Welcome to the air filtration design process.
This month’s B2B will focus on the B2B July test for HVAC applications of an existing emergency space renovation and is based on chapter 8 (Health Care Facilities) in the 2015 ASHRAE Handbook — HVAC Applications, It is focused on the temporary HEPA filter systems installed within the construction space to maintain a negative pressure in this space.
Most of us in the developed world spend the majority of our time indoors, breathing clean-smelling air that is mechanically warmed or cooled and then perhaps filtered and recirculated.