The document is designed to ensure negative-pressure isolation rooms are working properly and ready to provide best-in-class care.

The EPA's temporary enforcement discretion policy applies to civil violations during the COVID-19 outbreak and addresses different categories of noncompliance differently.

The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has been established to help deploy ASHRAE’s technical resources to address the challenges of the current pandemic and future epidemics as it relates to the effects of HVAC systems on disease transmission in health care facilities, the workplace, home, and public and recreational environments.

The WSE, providing what is commonly known as "free cooling," uses outdoor air to naturally cool water and other process fluids, reducing compressor work and increasing chiller efficiency.

Approximately 20% of AEC firms intend to lay off employees as a result of the coronavirus, states an Engineered Systems/Clear Seas industry study.

The control system includes variable frequency drives (VFDs), a duct sensor, and a separate factory-programmed logic controller (PLC) and can operate as a stand-alone or integrate with a building management system using BACnet.

HVAC system designers are faced with unique challenges when attempting to design energy-efficient HVAC systems

Looking beyond the immediate crisis, designers are brainstorming the ways codes and standards can be improved to prevent disease transmission in buildings.

What began as an inquiry about a single cooling tower replacement at Mooresville, Indiana-based auto parts manufacturer TOA USA evolved into a multi-building, A-Z design-build project that resulted in a two-cell, stainless steel counter-flow replacement cooling tower.