A steel warehouse and distribution company in Butler, IN, decided to add 66,000-sq-ft to its existing 100,000-sq-ft facility and needed to address the heating requirements for the newly expanded facility.
HVAC systems play a crucial role in many industrial cooling applications. They are used to cool areas where high heat loads can shut down critical processes.
Greater efficiencies, more connected products, and better sustainability — that is the future of HVACR products. But don’t take our word for it. Read what some of the 2018 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners had to say about the next phase of the industry.
A variety of standards and codes took center stage in some AHR/ASHRAE highlights, although some of them seem to be heading in completely different directions.
Chaos and order, maybe even yin and yang … however you want to describe it, this year’s AHR and ASHRAE gathering reflected eternally opposing forces at work.
Another great troubleshooting and tips collection looks at how to solve a wide assortment of problems and, maybe more importantly, how to avoid a range of others in the first place.
Last month, this column explored the best time to functionally test new systems. This month and next month, I want to back up and talk about the best time to prepare the functional performance test procedures (or “scripts” as some people call them).
Quite often, design engineers choose decentralized HVAC systems because of first-cost benefit, packaged equipment, simplicity of design, and the repetitiveness of the installation, to mention just a few of the features.