While critical facilities increase in number and prominence within the buildings industry, so do the pressures on the facility engineers who keep them going (and on the design engineers who plan them). Seeing these trends, Engineered Systems has launched this Critical Facilities microsite. Here, you can find white papers, bylined feature articles, upcoming events, and industry news with a tilt toward hospitals, data centers, hospitality venues, and other facilities who must operate reliably around the clock. We want to spotlight your firm's news, accomplishments, and ideas in this area; e-mail editor Robert Beverly at beverlyr@bnpmedia.com.

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CRITICAL FACILITIES FEATURES
Articles and columns from facility managers, consultants, and beyond.
Hyperscale Data Centers: Tips For Success

Hyperscale Data Centers: Tips For Success

Futureproofing, fallback options, and drawing out any client custom requirements early can point you toward success in these high-traffic, high-stakes facilities.

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Data Center Cooling Strategies

Data Center Cooling Strategies

Modern data centers are evaluated not just on reliability but also on the efficiency of the cooling plant that supports them, so the cost to cool data center space is a key issue that must be addressed during design and system selection.

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CRITICAL FACILITIES NEWS
Headlines and recent happenings of note for critical facilities.
Facility Files

Critical Central Air-Handling Standby Unit

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B May test for an addition of a standby AHU in a pharmaceutical building HVAC application.

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Editor's Note

Can’t-Fail Facilities

Critical facilities … it’s not just about data centers, much like this magazine has evolved to be much more than our traditional dead-tree issue.
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CRITICAL FACILITIES CALENDAR
Upcoming chances to learn and network around the world.
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CRITICAL FACILITIES WHITE PAPERS
Technical briefing and analysis from manufacturers in the industry.
electrical best practice

An Electrical Win-Win Solution

Syska Hennessy is continually challenged to increase our client’s availability and reduce installed cost (CAPEX) at the same time. Here’s one best practice that we are using to meet this challenge.
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CF white paper, data centers

Integrated Automated Controls for Data Centers-Philosophy & Approach

Critical facilities such as data centers use a wide range of mechanical-electrical support systems that are essential to their day-to-day operations.
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