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To mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we must cut global carbon emissions 43% from 2019 levels by 2030 — a deadline that is less than seven years away. 

Engineered Systems’ Commercial Comfort Products (CCP) award recognizes products that can be conveniently designed, specified, installed, and maintained across six categories: cooling equipment, heating equipment, IAQ and ventilation, motors and drives, pumps and flow controls, and rooftop units (RTUs).

As our industry continues to adopt more advanced building information modeling (BIM) techniques, and more data is becoming available that can be automatically read, compared, and manipulated. 

I’ve heard more than a few stories about catastrophic system failures — most of which were easily avoidable, given their forensic trail to negligent lack of maintenance.

The way we control the speed of fan motors or pump motors has tremendously changed in the past two decades with the introduction of variable-frequency drives (VFDs), aka variable-frequency controllers (VFCs).

Two projects on an educational campus show how much the technology and perception of heat pump hot water heaters have changed.

Performance-based design (PBD), as opposed to prescriptive design, enables building owners and operators to customize the building design based on long-term goals.

The ultimate goal of every heating and cooling installation is to provide the desired indoor climate at the lowest possible energy cost.

In a post-pandemic world that’s also confronting a climate crisis, facility managers are faced with unprecedented challenges.

It’s tempting to open the program up to everyone from the start, but midsized companies are best off starting small and then expanding once there is proven success with high-potential employees.