The new design relies on a gear mechanism to create the orbiting motion of a scroll wrap within another stationary scroll wrap to compress a refrigerant.
Helpful information for school district facility managers, administrators, and maintenance technicians as they prepare to re-open school buildings after an extended period of shutdown.
COVID-19 left more than a few people with openings on their summer calendars. That gave some students, faculty, and staff at the University of Virginia’s School of Engineering an idea.
Successfully navigating toward the “next normal” will require holistically evaluating the interrelationships between people, education, and research delivery processes; the physical environment; the use of technology; and financial realities.
The advance shows practical pathways for designing paints that, if used on rooftops and other parts of a building, could significantly reduce cooling costs beyond what standard white ‘cool-roof’ paints can achieve.
Despite the high expectations placed by the client, extensive preplanning, effective communication, and the ability to innovate drove Hoar Construction and JonesDBR to complete the Aston Hall project at Texas A&M University in just 11 weeks.
As the necessity for a quality collegiate education grows in a competitive global marketplace, the arms race among universities to provide first-class facilities and amenities that will attract students and faculty to campus continues to escalate.