The kitchen may prepare individual meals, but its ventilation system was a smorgasbord of unusual and/or ineffective measures. Sample the task force’s recipe for success.
This article describes the remodeling of a hospital kitchen in which workers experienced high temperature and humidity levels, as well as turbulent airflows most of the year.
All outside air isn’t created equal, neither is the available engineering guidance, and there isn’t enough preliminary owner/consultant discussion about the pros and cons. Welcome to the air filtration design process.
This month’s B2B will focus on the B2B July test for HVAC applications of an existing emergency space renovation and is based on chapter 8 (Health Care Facilities) in the 2015 ASHRAE Handbook — HVAC Applications, It is focused on the temporary HEPA filter systems installed within the construction space to maintain a negative pressure in this space.
Most of us in the developed world spend the majority of our time indoors, breathing clean-smelling air that is mechanically warmed or cooled and then perhaps filtered and recirculated.
Many facilities built in the 1970s and ’80s continue to operate and maintain aging induction-based air conditioning units originally installed in each room or space.
Life safety design on campus is hardly an academic exercise, but systems built to comply with older codes often get stuck in a senior slump. Execute a smart assessment to identify your upgrade options.
Atrium smoke control systems built during the 1980s and ’90s are commonly found in buildings at colleges and universities throughout the United States.