Fresh Venture Foods (FVF), a joint venture between Babe Farms and Gold Coast Packaging, provides processing, packing, and shipping of fresh food in Santa Maria, California.

Picking up from my last article in the June 2019 issue, I will explore some context for real-world life safety applications. In this article, I’ll focus on complying with NFPA 99 (Section references to 2018 ed.) and its referenced standards as resources for your health care facilities’ HVAC designs.

A devastating event doesn’t always originate from a natural disaster. At any moment during construction or operation, something could go wrong — and it will.

Variable frequency drives (VFDs), also known as variable speed drives (VSDs), are used to modulate the speed of motors in various applications, from hydronic water pumping to VAV fan units to vacuum systems.