Heating and air conditioning is something we all take for granted. We probably don’t remember that each type of heating and air conditioning system comes with a “user beware” awareness.
We are starting a new year, and I believe the HVAC consulting engineers responsible for design engineering need to make a change in 2019 as to how HVAC systems are engineered to be safe.
Years ago, I was responsible for quality control (QC) of our facility manager’s performance of outsourced building management services, and I did part of my QC responsibilities by completing walking tours of the equipment rooms.
This month’s B2B will focus on a 1,000-kW cogeneration unit with hot water energy recovery to a domestic hot water and process heating system on an existing health care campus. The pre-packaged cogeneration unit shall be located directly outside the central plant electrical room and connected to the existing electrical system.
There was a time when HVAC consulting engineering firms had a stand-alone HVAC department with a registered professional engineer as the department head.