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When an industry leading soft drink beverage distributor needed to expand its distribution center, their facility manager and mechanical engineers reviewed heating and ventilating options and made an interesting decision.

With a continuous pressure to decrease turnover time while also providing the medical staff with utmost flexibility, the design of the HVAC systems for today’s operating rooms requires not just special attention but also complex analyses.

Today’s operating rooms are inefficient and overcrowded, and the turnover between cases is often lengthy and variable.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Detroit lost 60% of its population from 1950 to 2010. However, in the last two years, something has shifted.

Saint Vincent College, located on a 200-acre campus just 40 miles outside of Pittsburgh, places environmental stewardship as a top priority.

One reliable way for energy managers and plant operators to reduce energy consumption is by installing insulation on steam lines.

Most hotel managers have learned through experience that their toughest, crankiest customer is an unhappy guest at midnight or 5 a.m.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B August test for the retrofit of an iconic 1950s building’s steam-to-hot water heating system.

When an industry leading soft drink beverage distributor needed to expand its distribution center, their facility manager and mechanical engineers reviewed heating and ventilating options and made an interesting decision.

A new Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study involving 196 cooling towers nationwide found that 84% contained Legionella DNA, indicating that the dangerous bacteria was present or had been at some point.