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This is a little bit out of left field, but I’m curious if any of our readers work for consulting firms who incorporate some community service or some variation on pro bono design work into their company’s culture.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B June test for a heating application on a college campus, with a building program removing a dormitory heating system from the campus high-pressure steam system and replacing it with a high-efficiency condensing hot water boiler within the dormitory.

Data centers are expected to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, and availability is measured in the highest of percentages.

Critical facilities have many of the same HVAC demands as other buildings, except the consequences of unexpected problems can be catastrophic and expensive.

Patten CAT is a fourth-generation Caterpillar sales and service organization that began back in 1933.

During construction of the 190-unit, 15-story JeffJack Apartments building in downtown Chicago, the owner sought an effective method to prevent snow and ice build-up on the building’s parking garage ramps during winter.

Classroom conditions in Cook County School District 104 just outside of Chicago were affecting student performance and teacher morale.

Hydraulic modeling is seldom used in the day-to-day design of closed-loop or open-loop heating and cooling systems.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B April test for an HVAC application within a high school facility, with the existing field house HVAC system being retrofitted to serve as an emergency shelter building with its associated locker rooms and toilet facilities.

When the school bell rings in the morning, bodies fill the classrooms. During lunch, classrooms empty and lunchrooms fill.