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Late last year (November and December, 2015) this column addressed the situation where a third-party commissioning professional is not by with the building owner until the last few weeks of construction. 

We almost always think about the BAS as a tool that is a critical part of energy management, so these systems are typically focused on those systems that directly use energy — notably the HVAC and lighting systems.

The winter months are here! For those of us who live or work in in a cold climate, some form of heat is on, the windows are closed, and we may be sneezing and wheezing. 

In last November’s Back2Basics, I created a test for the readers based on the idea that the patient room design was similar to a pharmaceutical cleanroom, with an air lock for people to enter and leave the room.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B March test for the commercial building energy retrofit HVAC application.

It’s not surprising that a brewery named for a river located in the untrammeled wilds of northern Maine would take its responsibilities to nature seriously. 

When Duke University’s East Campus steam plant was built in 1927, it was a major accomplishment of its time. 

Triatek, a manufacturer of airflow control products for laboratory and healthcare applications, has acquired Flow Safe, Inc., a fume hood controls company based in Denville, NJ.

The National Air Filtration Association is expecting more than 200 participants for its 2016 Technical Seminar, April 6-8, in Phoenix.

Johnson Controls and Arkansas State University have signed a $15 million energy performance contract aimed at dramatically advancing the university’s sustainability initiatives.