Remember, time is money, and with every additional contract drawing produced, it takes time and design fee to dissect the HVAC equipment information into the contract specifications and contract drawings.

Today’s heat pump technologies provide a variety of ways to help building owners comply with regulations around decarbonization and meet their ESG goals. 

The capabilities of an owner’s maintenance staff have to be taken into account when designing a system for that particular client.

The Fall River plant’s previous footprint was 60,000 square feet. With the expansion, Taco is adding 52,000 square feet.

As HVAC system manufacturers and users explore multiple avenues for improving overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and minimizing GHG emissions from their systems, hydrogen presents a bold new opportunity — potentially providing the clean energy source the world needs for the future.

Sustainability and decarbonization are top priorities for companies.

This article explores how to refine and enhance the efficiency of pumping to match precisely to load, balancing the interests of pump experts — favoring primary-secondary piping — with those on the “boiler side” who prefer a variable speed/variable flow approach.  

Research suggests the concentration of toxins, allergens, and other pollutants can be up to five times higher indoors than outside, and cooking emissions are considered one of the largest sources of air pollution at home.

Comments, along with a copy of the proposed Normative Sections can be obtained by contacting David Bixby, ACCA manager of codes and standards.

Redelman discusses the advantages of mixed reality headset adoption in the construction, multitrade and engineering industries.