Sheridan College invested $47.5 million in 2016 to construct a new, state-of-the-art learning facility dedicated to skilled trades at its Davis Campus in Brampton, Ontario.
Greater efficiencies, more connected products, and better sustainability — that is the future of HVACR products. But don’t take our word for it. Read what some of the 2018 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners had to say about the next phase of the industry.
A variety of standards and codes took center stage in some AHR/ASHRAE highlights, although some of them seem to be heading in completely different directions.
Chaos and order, maybe even yin and yang … however you want to describe it, this year’s AHR and ASHRAE gathering reflected eternally opposing forces at work.
Last month, this column explored the best time to functionally test new systems. This month and next month, I want to back up and talk about the best time to prepare the functional performance test procedures (or “scripts” as some people call them).
Quite often, design engineers choose decentralized HVAC systems because of first-cost benefit, packaged equipment, simplicity of design, and the repetitiveness of the installation, to mention just a few of the features.
Understand the thinking behind a system that blends condensing and non-condensing boilers, from the attack on oversizing to a controls strategy that shifts with the weather.
Although thoroughly tested and proven, PEX is still sometimes misunderstood by mechanical contractors and engineers.
February 1, 2018
More than 17 billion feet of PEX, or crosslinked polyethylene, has been installed worldwide. That’s enough to stretch to the moon and back almost seven times.