In today’s HVAC systems, both the heating and the cooling functions are almost always delivered through the same duct and diffuser systems. 

Engineering plays a definitive role when it comes to establishing the functional requirements of an occupied or unoccupied space’s supply air methods and devices. 

On March 30, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced COVID-19 Emergency Declaration Blanket Waivers for Health Care Providers that permit additional flexibility in hospital standards to aid in the expansion of services to fight the coronavirus pandemic. 

It’s no secret that data centers require a lot of energy. The main driver of data center design engineers’ work is to provide energy-efficient, reliable, and cost-competitive HVAC systems.

In last month’s article, I discussed the three stages of building integrations.

We now have the mechanical equipment to create protective buildings, the tools to measure and track the connections between indoor climates, and the computing capabilities to correlate the data to tell us if we are doing things right.

In early 2020, buildings around the world transitioned from full occupancy to low occupancy in a matter of days.