Lately I have been noticing new certification programs being advertised along with some other programs such as the LEED® accredited professional (AP) credentials.
The first part of this M&V discussion addressed the importance of the Measurement & Verification (M&V) plan and my suggestion that it be a prerequisite to any LEED certified job.
A Positive Purpose. Think about it -- is this Energy Credit intended to spur looking at the big picture or to look for flaws and hold someone accountable?
From videotaping an initial discussion about past projects to deploying vertical duct distribution, no idea was too unconventional for this unusual retrofit: transforming an aging hotel into a modern biomedical facility. Get the story, with an emphasis on how the different project entities worked with each other and ultimately earned a LEED® rating to boot.
It seems that our industry is on fast-forward as the events, articles, interviews, reviews, news releases, and new products cross my computer screen before finding their way to our RSS news feed.
We are in the process of producing construction documents for two major chiller plant expansions. With both jobs, we have completed the schematic phase and have been authorized to proceed
ATC: automatic temperature control sequence of operationFPT: functional performance test narrative to demonstrate the system performance to the commissioning engineer and/or building ownerNo sooner had the July edition of the