Articles Tagged with ''LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)''

Sustainable Cooling Towers: The Path Forward

Leading the evolution of eco-friendly thermal solutions

March 27, 2025

Bill McQuade, Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Global Sustainability at Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) and ASHRAE's incoming President-Elect, discusses how innovative cooling technologies are reshaping the future of sustainable building operations.

Intuit Dome to Open with Innovative Sustainability Features

NBA's first climate-positive arena boasts many HVAC innovations to drive a lower carbon footprint

Austin Keating

July 31, 2024

A novel under-seat air supply system minimizes waste and maximizes comfort at the Intuit Dome.

Project Files: Episode 68 — All-Electric, Passive-House-Certified Hotel

VRF, Heat2O units, and solar panels make this historic-building-turned-hotel highly efficient

Maria Taylor

February 20, 2024

Hotel Marcel, a 110,000-square-foot adaptive reuse of New Haven, Connecticut’s historic Pirelli Building, has raised the bar for sustainable hospitality as the first Passive-house certified, zero-emission hotel in the U.S. and one of only a dozen that are LEED Platinum-certified.

Delta Showcases Integrated Building Automation at Expo

The ACHR NEWS Editorial Staff

January 31, 2024

The Delta booth at the AHR Expo modeled integrated building control, IAQ, building energy management, surveillance, lighting, and industrial automation solutions that enable smarter facility management and monitoring and greater energy savings.

Air Sensing Technology Use Picks up in Schools

Dealing with problems ranging from COVID-19 to wildfires requires air sensors

Austin Keating

August 3, 2023

Air quality monitoring company Attune is now in thousands of classrooms across the country, said Serene Almomen, CEO.

Silicone Added to Design Polymerics Lineup

Construction grade 100% Acetoxy RTV Silicones leave a permanently flexible seal/bond while contributing LEED credits

May 15, 2023

Design Polymerics, a Meridian Adhesives Group company, recently announced the addition of high-performance 100% Acetoxy RTV Silicones to their product offerings.

Paths to Energy, Environment Design Water Conservation Credits for Evaporative Cooling Towers

Robert Downey Neal Walsh

February 13, 2023

Although evaporative cooling is great at saving energy, it does consume some water, but the benefits on energy savings outweigh the water usage, which in some places is a scarce resource.

U.S. Green Building Council Announces 2022 Top 10 States for Green Building

Annual ranking recognizes commitment to LEED certification, sustainable communities

January 19, 2023

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual ranking of U.S. states leading the way on green building, with Massachusetts topping the list.

Yanmar America Signs Agreement to Acquire Controlled Air

October 5, 2022

Yanmar America has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Controlled Air, a privately-owned HVAC solutions provider in Connecticut and surrounding states in the northeastern US.

Project Files: Episode 37 — LEED Gold Sheet Metal Facility Retrofit

New automated fabrication process cuts production lead time up to 40%

Maria Taylor

April 15, 2021

In 2017, RenewAire moved into a 110,000-square-foot building and retrofitted it as one of the nation’s few LEED Gold-certified industrial facilities.

On Demand As AI workloads and high-density computing push traditional cooling methods to their limits, the data center industry is accelerating the adoption of next-generation HVAC technologies.

In this session, we will cover how to design VRF systems for the U.S. market using new A2L refrigerants. These systems provide an advanced zoning solution by using inverter technology to deliver precise heating and cooling control across multiple zones and spaces.