HVAC and trade educators know the importance of students learning and working on equipment they will encounter in the field. This exact focus on experiential learning informed the plans for an expansive new trades teaching facility at Sheridan College’s Brampton, Ontario, Canada, campus.
This month’s Facility File will focus on a new central, high-efficient, hot water boiler plant to replace an antiquated remote high-pressure steam boiler plant serving a campus setting.
This K-12 building automation troubleshooting experience turned into a case of “show and tell” that nobody wants at their own school, so take notes on both the causes and the solutions.
Sheridan College invested $47.5 million in 2016 to construct a new, state-of-the-art learning facility dedicated to skilled trades at its Davis Campus in Brampton, Ontario.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration claims that as much as 40 percent of a building’s operating costs are tied to HVAC and other mechanical systems.