Ventilation and IAQ

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As one of the leading research universities in the United States, Georgia Tech has an ongoing commitment to sustainable design and architecture.

What we can learn from guinea pigs, the flu, and relative humidity.

We’ve got just enough time this month to open with some news from Chicago, where we are wrapping up another AHR Expo and ASHRAE meeting as we go to press.

A set of inspection guidelines can go a long way in eliminating HAIs.

Specified Air Solutions (SAS) recently announced the formation of two new divisions, Dehumidified Air Solutions (DAS) and Dehumidified Air Services (DASV).

Greenheck says it has promoted several executives to support a new company organizational structure.

Commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) has been a challenge to mechanical engineers for years. Part of the challenge comes from the fact that the mechanical engineer is normally not the “kitchen consultant.

What is the value of a healthy and productive human being in a building? If you go to work with a cold, work slowly, and perhaps infect your co-worker, how much money has your employer lost? What are the unseen influences of your office building, hospital room, classroom or home on your health and performance?

Royal Wine’s food processing and distribution center authorities responded to employee wintertime requests for a warmer shipping area.

The debate about the need (or lack of a need) for humidification in buildings rages on. I recently had an interesting conversation with an engineer who specializes in desiccant technology, in particular, dehumidification for operating rooms where the temperature is lowered to keep clinicians wearing sterile gowns comfortable.