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When newer technologies or techniques meet older codes written for an earlier version of engineering reality, the losers are the users and occupants.

When you’re a student working with toxic chemicals, jarring alarms are not exactly a desired part of your process.

Heating and cooling upgrades for a preparatory boarding school nestled among the trees in Pottstown, PA, wove together the best of 1950s innovation with today’s energy standards

Recovering sensible or total heat, wheels or cubes, optional add-ons like fans and filters and assorted sensors ... it takes some homework to specify the right energy-saving recovery ventilator for your school application.

When you have to individually go verify whether 128 air curtains meant to ensure air balance in the original design’s branch ductwork are still there or not, you’re not having an easy time of it.

“Think Globally, Design Locally” could’ve been the slogan for this opportunistic design on the Maine coast.

After 40 years and other engineering studies, a large university building still suffered from humidity problems. Our intrepid author dug into the data and the dark corners of the building in pursuit of the culprit — or culprits?