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Getting Comfortable With Radiant HVAC

The particular charms of panels, chilled beams, and related options seem to be at-tracting more attention from designers and owners these days. Design, installation, and even architectural considerations can earn a hard look at radiant for a surpris-ing number of applications.

Steven G Liescheidt P.E., CCS,

September 3, 2016

Radiant HVAC — what is it? Heating is done in three ways in buildings — convection, conduction, and radiation. Heating and cooling with air is common in most building HVAC systems.

VRF In The Great Northwest

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.

Rachel Ruhl

September 2, 2016

Packaged Multizoneasaurus thrived primarily between 1960 and 1980 A.D.

Case In Point

Anaheim transport hub navigates radiant design

August 11, 2016

The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) in Orange County, CA, is being called the Grand Central Station of the future.

Case In Point

Weather analytics increases hospitals' chiller plant performance

August 10, 2016

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP-Columbia) is increasing its chiller plant performance — and reaping big savings — with the use of weather forecast-based analytics.

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Top 4 Ways To Capture The Energy And Cost Savings Of Thermal Storage

Tap into engineering and business experience to capitalize on opportunities in the realms of utility incentives, tax incentives, energy usage, and energy demand.

Khalil Kairouz, Ph.D., P.E. Vincent Priolo, CEM

August 8, 2016

In our world of growing concerns with global warming, utility companies across the world are making energy storage more cost effective for energy users.

Temporary HVAC System Design: A Niche Business

From schools to sports teams, organizations are identifying a range of uses custom-ized to their circumstances.

Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E.

August 7, 2016

This past May I wrote in the Back2Basics column about the design intent of a small city school system that chose to invest in an annual contract for a temporary air-cooled chiller for special events and emergency crisis shelter center.

Legionella: An Old Nemesis On An Unsettling Roll

From history and air conditioning homage to tweaking cogeneration tech.

Robert Beverly

August 5, 2016

As you may have noticed, this being an election year and all, social media hasn’t exactly built its reputation on things like unwavering reason, humility, and gratitude.

Even Cooler: Rebates Boost Thermal Storage Retrofit

Two towers of office space were overdue for an efficiency overhaul. A creative and responsive project team cleared some placement and design hurdles for its new central plant, all while remaining qualified for nearly $1 million in utility rebates.

Tony Ghaffari

August 5, 2016

Back in 1983 — over three decades ago — a built-up DX cooling system was a good alternative to a chilled water-based system for the Molina Center (Long Beach, CA).

A Smarter Start To Data Center Design

As the saying goes, the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. On a data center project, some tailored software can often point things in the right direction. Novices and grizzled veterans alike would be wise to peruse some of these options for maximizing their new construction and retrofit results.

Kevin Dickens, P.E.

August 5, 2016

My data center design experience is old enough to drive this year.