Not exactly business as usual: a retrofit of a retrofit involving custom air handling boxes and the limitations of a historical building. The project team assessed the possible routes and mapped a course guided by VRF capabilities and precision work onsite.
Two-thirds of construction firms report they are having a hard time filling hourly craft positions that represent the bulk of the construction workforce, according to results from a survey released by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Historically used in smaller-load residential settings, electronically commutated mo-tor (ECM) technology is making the leap thanks to recent improvements and in-creased awareness among engineers. Start with the basics, proceed to advantages and caveats, and consider the ways ECM designs can streamline the economics of air movement.
According to the United States Department of Energy, motors in homes and commercial buildings consume more than one-third of all the electricity used in these buildings.
Carrier distributors nationwide have identified the recipients of their annual college scholarship, and awarded grants this year totaling nearly $40,000.
Johnson Controls and Methodist Healthcare have signed a $12.9 million technology contract that will play a significant role in helping modernize the healthcare system's flagship facility, Methodist University Hospital, in Memphis, TN.
Eight teams in the second annual ASHRAE Lowdown Showdown worked to find the right dose of designing and modeling to get a health care facility to net zero or below.
WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff has acquired substantially all the assets of CRC Engineering, P.C. (CRC), a New York-based firm specializing in design, field services, and commissioning for central utility plants and cogeneration systems.