If we're designing for changes in conditions, like occupancy, use, public safety, etc., are we also accounting for the possible changes in temperature, weather patterns, and natural disasters — not the historical or average but the undocumented, yet to come?
We're all guilty of doing things a certain way in our personal and professional lives simply because that's how we've always done them. But, imagine what would happen if we started asking ourselves and our peers questions that forced us to really think about the "Why?" before we decided on the "How?"
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 99 is a code that sets vital health care safety regulations for the protection of patients, staff, and the general public within health care facilities.
Are there lessons from Fibonacci ratios that could be used by engineers to improve fans blades for air movement, size HVAC ducts, or design economical mechanical systems?
Air cleanliness, space pressurization, required air changes, and equipment placement are just a few of the many important factors that must be considered
Air cleanliness, space pressurization, required air changes, and equipment placement are just a few of the many important factors that must be considered
First place in the HVAC Design Calculations category was awarded to Eslam Mohamed Ali, Ahmed Mohamed Soltan, Amr Gamal Fawzy, Moustafa Ahmed El-Saeid, and Mark Magdy Fouad of Cairo University, Giza, Egypt. Faculty advisors are Dr. Mahmoud Fouad and Dr. Moustafa El-Sallak.