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This month’s Facility File is based on a project renovation of an 80,000-sq-ft existing commercial office building being renovated to an outpatient health care facility.

In 2015, the city of St. Louis began renovations on the Museum of Westward Expansion as part of its $380 million CityArchRiver 2015 project.

Retrofit projects are opportunities to renew the life of a building and the utilities within that building.

Older BAS are typically replaced when BAS controllers and/or operator interface (the “brains”) are at the end of their useful life.

Over the past two months, this column has focused on the building owner’s role in obtaining meaningful and timely training on new equipment and systems installed as part of major capital projects. O&M training is one of the most challenging parts of the commissioning process to do well.

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.

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.

Designing a VRF system for competitive bid is challenging due to each manufacturer’s unique implementation of the VRF system technology.

This is the second half of a two-part article discussing principles and application of the AC induction motors that provide motive power for most of the equipment HVACR engineers specify.