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Are we headed for a scenario reminiscent of big-budget disaster films? Maybe not. But when it comes to water usage, it’s time for engineers to put down the popcorn and embrace a new role: designer of more responsible data centers. Optimizing cooling towers, boosting the CoC, and considering your WUE are just three steps for maintaining the flow of information while minimizing the flow of H₂O.

At project demolition, do you recycle, reuse, or replace existing equipment? And who decides?

While they sometimes fall under the radar, these small systems can provide big gains.

System type, pipe material, and installation costs are just some of the considerations to keep in mind.

Skydiving and mission critical facilities have more in common than you think.

When a community-based hospital adds a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) so its most fragile patients can be cared for in-house rather than at a regional center 50 miles away, a family places enormous trust in the hospital’s ability to meet its baby’s health care needs.

Is there a standard default airflow rate for VAV fume hoods? The author works through the situation in pursuit of that answer and other effective alternatives.

In the ever-evolving world of building information modeling, putting process before technology solves fundamental issues. Read on as the authors touch on Agile, common roles, and BIM’s fate over the course of a project.

Thirty proposed addenda as well as actions related to several other ASHRAE standards and guidelines are open for public review.

Honeywell has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Elster Division of Melrose Industries plc for approximately $5.1 billion.