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Tem­peratures in northern Wisconsin can dip well below freezing, sometimes for weeks at a time, during the state’s notoriously long winters.

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This month’s B2B will focus on a 1,000-kW cogeneration unit with hot water energy recovery to a domestic hot water and process heating system on an existing health care campus. The pre-packaged cogeneration unit shall be located directly outside the central plant electrical room and connected to the existing electrical system.

Redundancy is a vital aspect to consider when evaluating system infrastructure on a medical campus with critical care facilities.

“Our VDC team coordinated with Martin Associates through the pre-construction design, working to ensure critical components were successfully integrated into the drawings.

Located in Southbank overlooking the Yarra River, Arts Centre Melbourne is Australia’s largest performing arts venue, including three theatre spaces and a concert hall. Arts Centre Melbourne completed an 18-month project that upgraded the chiller and heating hot water systems.

Data centers continue to evolve and become more efficient. With this in mind, the need for efficient HVAC is becoming essential to ensure cost-effective, reliable operation given servers generate significant amounts of heat.

This month’s Facility File will focus on the B2B March test for the retrofit of a 1960s, 250,000-sq-ft hospital conversion to apartments changing out the high-pressure steam boilers to hot water boiler modules.

HVAC systems play a crucial role in many industrial cooling applications. They are used to cool areas where high heat loads can shut down critical processes.

As one of the leading research universities in the United States, Georgia Tech has an ongoing commitment to sustainable design and architecture.