Some good stuff here — checklists, design-build, the nuances and pitfalls of commissioning, integrated project delivery (IPD), plus some career and business management.
Ideally, recommendations for addressing complex issues will prompt healthy collaboration between team members who all keep an open mind and remain committed to doing the right thing for the building.
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.
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.
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 flowapproach.
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.