Engineered Systems articles from August 2005

Engineered Systems archives from August 2005

Raising the IQ for green and CAD, too.(editor's note)
August 1, 2005... A pioneering idea doesn't always involve reinventing the wheel. Sometimes it can just entail being the first to see something working well in one area of endeavor, and noticing that maybe it could be applied to another area. This phenomenon is...

Calendar of events.(editor's note)(Calendar)
August 1, 2005... SEPTEMBER 2005 For more events and details, visit ESOnline at www.esmagazine.com. 4-9 Indoor Air 2005: The 10th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality and Climate ASHRAE Beijing, China. For info, visit...

Helpful hints.(Back to Basics[TM])
August 1, 2005... * Refer to this month's "HVACR Designer Tips" associated with this cGMP clean room application. This month's "Back to Basics" enhances the July 2005 test by focusing in on the Class 10,000 (ISO 7) space exhaust and heat recovery mode of...

Maintenance responsibility vs. operational turnover.(commissioning)
August 1, 2005... What do we do when somebody moves in before everything is checked out? One of the primary benefits of the commissioning process is to ease the pain that most noncommissioned projects experience at the end of construction. Why is it, then,...

The BuilConn crystal ball.(building automation)
August 1, 2005... What's in store for BuilConn overseas and over the next year? As this year's winners of the Vision award at BuilConn in Dallas, my wife Jane and I, editors and owners of AutomatedBuildings.com, were presented an award for our vision of...

Design review and terminal equipment startup checklist for cGMP clean room application:--with 100% outdoor air and exhaust with energy recovery system.(hvacr designer tips)
August 1, 2005... Equipment type: Reheat coils with ceiling-mounted HEPA filters Equipment designation: RC-1 Bar code designation: 111111 Area served: cGMP clean room Equipment location: Interstitial space above cGMP clean rooms HEPA...

Take CADvantage one step further.
August 1, 2005... Is there any reason not to provide the owner with useful record drawings for day-to-day needs? Once upon a time, there wasn't much of a need. Now there's a need, but the industry still relies on once-upon-a-time methods. Ultimately, CAD...

Design and testing pitfalls of smoke management systems in covered malls and atria.
August 1, 2005... Sometimes, as with design fire selection, it pays to be pessimistic. Elsewhere, skepticism toward design aids like established plume equations can result in wasted time and an unnecessary visible smoke test. And did you know that unbalanced...

A family circus.(Cartoon)
August 1, 2005... "I forget. Does holding the door open let the cold air in, or the warm out?" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Crossflow cooling towers.(products in focus)
August 1, 2005... These corrosion-resistant, galvanized steel cooling towers are available in 5-to 125-ton capacities, and all models can be broken down and re-assembled on the job site. Stainless steel distribution pans, small footprints and factory-installed...

Heaters.(products in focus)
August 1, 2005... The company's 384-hole heater is designed for integration into high-throughput PCR thermal cycling applications in the medical diagnostic industry. The heater uses Thermofoil[TM] technology to achieve critical temperature uniformity and...

Cooling towers.(products in focus)
August 1, 2005... The company's TM Series cooling tower expands Delta's unit capacity up to 2,000 cooling tons. Features include a unitarily molded seamless leak proof sump with I-beam pockets, non-clog large orifice spray nozzles, double-wall seamless...

Glossary.
August 1, 2005... Here are some common abbreviations and terms found in the pages of Engineered Systems. A A/C--air conditioning ach--air changes per hour AE--architectural and engineering; or architect and engineer AFD--adjustable-frequency drive...

Growing greener buildings with automation: the seeds are being sown with GridWise, LEED[R], the CABA Intelligent & Integrated Buildings Council, and others.
August 1, 2005... Growing greener buildings is not a new concept. In September 2003, I presented a paper at the Worldwide CIBSE/ASHRAE gathering of the building services industry in Edinburgh, Scotland. The conference addressed the issue of delivering...

What's the role for advanced technologies in green building design? The latest innovations will disappoint unless the entire project team adapts to work together in a new way that will embrace new technology and help the owner make the most of a system's potential.
August 1, 2005... The history of the green building movement to date shows a subtle but persistent bias by architects away from the application of more advanced technologies in the comfort systems that serve these buildings. There are rational and valid...

What is an intelligent building? Part 1: an introduction to intelligent building design.
August 1, 2005... Over the last 20 years, there has been a lot of discussion and debate about the concept of an "intelligent building." Work has gone on in many forums to define and quantify what the term really means. The end result of all of these efforts is...