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St. Louis Approves Building Energy Performance Standard

The city is the first jurisdiction in the Midwest and the fourth in the country to pass a BPS standard.
May 11, 2020
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This BPS, unanimously adopted by the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, establishes incrementally increasing energy-saving targets for buildings and advances the city on its path to eliminating community-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050.
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Why Would A Hospital Consider Absorption Chillers?

Why Would A Hospital Consider Absorption Chillers?

While CHP is good, CCHP can be even better for your facility and its locale. The author surveys the potential benefits, building code input, and electrical considerations. After a couple of case studies, she then reviews considerable engineering re-sources the DOE provides for those contemplating a forward-looking but proven design.
Marcia Karr, P.E.
November 8, 2016
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Atypical load profile for a hospital might show heat energy increases in the winter, with electric demand peaks in the summer as seen in Figures 1 and 2.


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Editors Note

The State Of The States

How does yours compete when it comes to energy efficiency policy?
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Robert Beverly
November 5, 2016
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We had internal news to pass along last month, but this month brings news from the not-terribly-wide world of HVAC-related competition, so let’s roll the highlights …


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Fire Alarm

Commissioning Fire Alarm Systems

Timothy Thatcher, P.E.
January 9, 2012
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This month, our life safety coverage arrives from the commissioning side. From design phase to tips on navigating a seemingly untenable number of observations, and on to post-testing tasks, here’s one consultant’s solid reference to keep you and your client from getting unnecessarily alarmed.
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