BAS integration to other BAS or to controls provided with mechanical/electrical equipment (“Factory Mounted Controls” or “FMCs”) was a driving force behind the development of BACnet.
Retrieving every last bit of performance from the system while stopping short of the surge line is no small feat. Dig into sizing, tower selection, chilled water loads and stability, and condenser water management to leave no efficiency stone unturned.
Finding the holy grail of centrifugal chiller optimization for all operating conditions is hard, if not impossible. This article will talk about the requirements of most chiller systems and means of control for condenser optimization.
For years, architects have benefited from having readily available manufacturer content at their fingertips. Now it’s time for MEP engineers to start experiencing the same benefits, especially when it comes to designing with crosslinked polyethylene pipe.
For those who design in BIM/CAD, manufacturer-provided content is widely viewed as being superior to generic, out-of-the box content when planning and designing a project.
Two Roads Brewing Company in Stratford, CT, was looking to expand its fast-growing brewery and needed the expertise of an HVACR manufacturer to assist them.
In the first of a pair of articles on motor fundamentals for HVACR, the author gets into everything from industry standards and service conditions to changing speeds, enclosures, and the often misunderstood service factor. You’ll want to save this one for your team’s reference library.
Our objective in specifying motors for HVACR equipment is to start and run the driven equipment under all operating conditions reliably and with reasonable life expectancy.
ASHRAE standard 90.1’s goal to progressively reduce building energy usage has resulted in the steady introduction of additional requirements to each new version of the standard.
We’re trying something different this year. Finding ourselves yet again unable to bend the time-space continuum so we could give you print coverage of the AHR Expo and winter ASHRAE meeting in February’s issue, we decided to go ahead and serve up two features of more in-depth coverage in March.