As I complete my transition from leading a practice focused on the design of integrated control systems to focusing on research efforts, it is time to bid farewell to writing this monthly column.

Built in 1901, the seven-story Mendota is Washington’s oldest intact luxury apartment building.

Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, MA, opened as a small community medical facility in 1884.

Atypical load profile for a hospital might show heat energy increases in the winter, with electric demand peaks in the summer as seen in Figures 1 and 2.

As a physician, I say, “Yes.” However, building managers and engineers sometimes answer differently.

We had internal news to pass along last month, but this month brings news from the not-terribly-wide world of HVAC-related competition, so let’s roll the highlights …

What should hospital facilities prioritize — maintaining healthy IAQ or decreasing energy consumption?

Optimizing any cooling plant for minimal energy consumption is a demanding science.

For the last decade, I have had the privilege of being an Engineered Systems columnist.

If someone is special enough to spend millions of dollars to have a building custom-designed and constructed for their use, it is un-derstandable that they would expect perfection.