2023 May

Engineered Systems Magazine

The May issue celebrates the nation’s top HVACR manufacturers’ reps., examines how to design a data center using computer modeling software, how to balance the design flow rate for pump optimization, offers a few cooling strategies for data centers, demonstrates how to power a backup generator with propane, how artificial intelligence can be used to power a building automation system, and more. Access the full May issue by clicking here.

Flip the Switch: Delicately Designing an Emergency Power System

May 17, 2023

In the event a generator fails to start or enter an overload condition, steps must be taken to selectively reduce the emergency load.

Powering a Back-Up Generator with Propane

Jim Bunsey

May 25, 2023

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Propane-powered generators provide reliable, affordable energy with low emissions.

Balancing the Design Flow Rate for Pump Optimization

The ultimate goal of every heating and cooling installation is to provide the desired indoor climate at the lowest possible energy cost.

Soham Neupane

Muslim F. Nazarali

May 24, 2023

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The ultimate goal of every heating and cooling installation is to provide the desired indoor climate at the lowest possible energy cost.

2023 Ambassadors of Efficiency

Herb Woerpel

May 15, 2023

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Honoring some of the nation’s top manufacturers’ reps.

The Evolution of Building Automation

James Regan

May 26, 2023

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In the next 10 years, we will see massive strides in AI and machine learning.

Nature is meticulously material- and energy-efficient

Designs In Nature Scale Successfully. Do Yours?

Stephanie Taylor, M.D., M. Arch, CIC

May 18, 2023

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Are there lessons from Fibonacci ratios that could be used by engineers to improve fans blades for air movement, size HVAC ducts, or design economical mechanical systems?

Federal Energy Grant for Development of Campus Dashboard with Individual Chilled Water, Chiller, and Pump Metering

Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E.

May 9, 2023

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The retrofit project provides continuous building-by-building monitoring energy and utility cost analysis inventorying the chilled water flow meters and Btuh energy metering to determine decarbonization results.