When an industry leading soft drink beverage distributor needed to expand its distribution center, their facility manager and mechanical engineers reviewed heating and ventilating options and made an interesting decision.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B August test for the retrofit of an iconic 1950s building’s steam-to-hot water heating system.

As buildings age, so do the major central equipment within the building, making it a prime opportunity for a boiler system retrofit.

A failing steam heating system posed many challenges for facility services at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, IA.

The men and women’s basketball programs at the University of Connecticut (“UConn”) are widely recognized as two of the most outstanding in the nation.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B June test for a heating application on a college campus, with a building program removing a dormitory heating system from the campus high-pressure steam system and replacing it with a high-efficiency condensing hot water boiler within the dormitory.

Patten CAT is a fourth-generation Caterpillar sales and service organization that began back in 1933.

During construction of the 190-unit, 15-story JeffJack Apartments building in downtown Chicago, the owner sought an effective method to prevent snow and ice build-up on the building’s parking garage ramps during winter.

Hydraulic modeling is seldom used in the day-to-day design of closed-loop or open-loop heating and cooling systems.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B April test for an HVAC application within a high school facility, with the existing field house HVAC system being retrofitted to serve as an emergency shelter building with its associated locker rooms and toilet facilities.