Articles Tagged with ''retrofitting and HVACR''

Manufacturers say the “next wave” of growth will be retrofit-friendly systems that drop into existing homes with minimal electrical work.

Legacy comfort vs. sudden shutdown: St. Paul’s building committee picked a two-zone chiller heat-pump solution that’s 200–400% more efficient.

A historic theatre, a tough retrofit, and one contractor’s first step into press technology. 

Engineered Systems News' guest columnist Gabe Hampton, APPA Chair and Director of Building Systems Maintenance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, digs into the necessity of campus mechanical upgrades.

Taper retrofitted five H Mart stores with insulated doors on their refrigerated cases, which will result in $300,000 in energy savings every year. 

Increased demand is pushing older data centers to their limits, but with all of the retrofit options out there, contractors can deliver increased efficiency and capitalize on the next boom.

An Edwardian-era social housing estate in Chelsea, central London, is the latest ‘complex to decarbonize’ building to get the renewable heating treatment, successfully busting myths about whether heat pumps can work for old and existing buildings.

For facilities requiring simultaneous heating and cooling, such as hospitals and universities, partial decarbonization can create a path forward.