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Is net-zero feasible? How will the HFC phaseout impact engineering firms? Herb Woerpel, editor-in-chief of Engineered Systems, gained some answers from the attendees of Daikin's recent Group Sales Meeting. 

HVACR engineering is chock full of barriers. Whether it’s a lack of qualified employees, design challenges, budgetary issues, security concerns, etc., there’s seemingly always something in the way, throttling your progress.

A university is a lot like a small city, and Montclair State University is no exception. There are 21,000 students enrolled, and more than 5,000 live on-site. The campus has a life of its own, and what keeps everything going is power.

Since the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) first opened its doors in 1883, the school has grown to employ more than 3,000 professors, enroll 51,000 students, and has garnered an impressive global reputation.

In my May 2016 article, “The Radiant Roads to School Design,” I was in the middle of designing a building with a radiant heated and cooled slab with DOAS/openable windows for ventilation for the College of Continuing and Professional Education (CCPE) at CSU Long Beach (CSULB).

Approximately six years ago, we visited the manufacturing plant of one of the largest boiler manufacturers in the country. The visit was related to a specific project that required high-efficiency condensing boilers for heating and steam boilers for humidification.

As part of a recent renovation at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida, a new air conditioning chiller was installed in Kenan Hall, the main academic building of the campus.

When the time comes to replace a cooling tower, all too often the recommendation is to source an identical replacement; however, cooling tower technology is evolving, and some building owners are reaping the rewards by researching the benefits of the newest options.