When I started out at an HVAC consulting engineering firm back in the 1960s, our services were primarily focused on hospital design engineering. Back then, steam system engineering was standard for those building applications.

With variable refrigerant flow (VRF) HVAC systems growing in popularity, engineering refrigeration systems can become very intimidating to many design engineers.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B June test for the renovation of an office building located on a major corporation’s U.S. headquarters campus. The existing HVAC system to be replaced is an antiquated hot water heating system serving baseboard radiation, unit heaters, and a rooftop HVAC unit.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B May test for an existing datacom room located within a 50,000-square-foot medical records office building.

APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — Approximately 50 consulting and specifying engineers sharpened their knowledge on plumbing, radiant, and hydronic piping applications during the 2018 Uponor Engineering Summits, held Sept. 11-12 and 20-21 at Uponor Academy in Apple Valley, Minnesota.

New lows in pressure, temperature, and salt concentration have been achieved by absorption chiller innovations that extend operational flexibility and optimize the balance between efficiency and reliability.