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Years after an HVAC engineer starts to design closed-loop water systems and then progressively moves up the ladder of engineering success, he can forget and/or overlook many of the issues, concerns, details, opportunities, etc. associated with engineering these systems.

While in Las Vegas at the ASHRAE conference and AHR Expo, I visited the colossal Hoover Dam built over a remarkably short time of five years (1931 to 1936).

Each year, the AHR Expo honors HVACR manufacturers with its Innovation Awards.

A funny thing happened on the way to the “Should ASHRAE Pursue A Net-Zero Standard?”  forum sponsored by ASHRAE TC 2.8 – Building Environmental Impacts & Sustainability.

Ambient air is the primary heat rejection medium for the condenser coils of air-cooled chillers and dry coolers.

Now that many of us are back from the annual ASHRAE and AHR Expo conference, our minds may be jangling from having seen an array of innovative technologies utilizing the cloud, smartphones, and demand automation.

In many buildings, there are isolated spaces with a continuous cooling load even when the buildings are unoccupied.

With last month’s publication, Engineered Systems magazine and I completed the 25th year of publishing this column.

Ten years ago in this very publication, I did something I never do. I went out on a limb and made a prediction.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B January test for hotels, motels, and dormitories described in the 2015 ASHRAE Handbook — HVAC Applications.