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IAQ In Review

Brush up on outside air, intake placement, critical environments, construction and renovation, and VOCs.
Michael Gilmore Paul Luster
July 7, 2016
Good IAQ management has become paramount in the construction industry, as study after study shows that employee productivity and health are directly related to the quality of air being delivered inside the workplace environment.
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Hospitals And Climate Change

The same trends that challenge health will strain hospital readiness.
Stephanie Taylor, M.D., M. Arch, CIC
July 7, 2016
Hospitals in the U.S., already facing daunting challenges from evolving health care reimbursement models, now have another item on their to-do list: prepare for increased health care demands and weather disasters caused by climate change.
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BAS Commissioning Basics

Does your control systems “work” or does it operate as designed?
Paul Ehrlich P.E.
July 6, 2016
A few months ago, this column covered the basics of developing effective control system sequences. You might recall that it discussed the process of how a designer needs to select and describe sequences that provided safe, reliable, and efficient control.
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Commissioning: Integrated Project Delivery

Done right, IPD can rescue good ideas and avoid the far-reaching consequences of some common errors.
Rebecca T. Ellis, P.E.
July 5, 2016
Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is a collaborative process that has been applied more and more frequently to building design and construction projects. Although it is implemented in slightly different ways from project to project, it is always about involving all project team members in intense planning and coordination, starting very early in design and extending through construction and facility turnover.
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Successful Smoke Control

Successful Smoke Control: Caution & Coordination

This second look at the Museum Of The Bible project focuses on the integrated life safety design approach. The team arrived at a final design that not only provides functionality appropriately tailored to the space but also incorporates itself into architectural elements to preserve aesthetic value. The BAS plays a key role between the mechanical and electrical sides of smoke control as well.
Ionel Petrus
Ionel Petrus, P.E. Sara Lappano P.E., LEED Don Posson P.E. CCP Michael W. Cook AIA, NCARB
July 3, 2016

The Museum of the Bible (MOTB) will be a non-sectarian museum focusing on the history and impact of the Bible with a core collection of more than 40,000 biblical antiquities and rare biblical texts and artifacts.


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Emergency Generators In Health Care

Emergency Generators In Health Care: Diesel Or Natural Gas?

More specifically, has natural gas been overlooked? Let’s take a look at some previous habits and code language, current needs, and the advantages that a CHP system can provide for those exceedingly regulated of all environments: hospitals.
Marcia Karr, P.E.
July 2, 2016

Emergency generators are required in many applications where facility operations are to continue to perform even upon a failure of the electric grid.


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Less Steam, Please: Thermal Power Reduction In Health Care

It might seem like an odd objective, but the potential efficiency gains are real. And from heat recovery chillers to modified humidification targets so are the opportunities to replace steam production with hot water generation and to manage remaining steam needs more intelligently.
Carl C. Schultz, P.E.
July 1, 2016

The production of thermal power is critically important in carrying out the mission of health care facilities where it is used for space heating, humidification, domestic water heating, and for processes in dietary, laundry, and sterilization departments.


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