Project Name: Brick Hospital, Brick, NJ Owner: Ocean Medical Center, Brick, NJ Project Application: Emergency Diesel Generator Re-entrainment Remediation Equipment: “Tri-Stack” High Plume Dilution Fan Manufacturer: Strobic Air Background: Emergency diesel generators are necessary evils at all hospitals. No one likes to have them around, but they must be available to provide immediate backup electrical power in… Read more »
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Project Snapshot: 27 Melcher St. | Thermo-composite AHU’s
Project Name: 27 Melcher St. – HVAC Upgrade Owner: Synergy Investments Mechanical Engineer: Allied Consulting Engineering Mechanical Contractor: Associated Mechanical Services Equipment: 10 Outdoor Air Handling Units Manufacturer: Annexair Size: 61,200 CFM Total DAC Sales Engineer: Rick McGinley Project Overview: Synergy Investments is a Boston-based real estate investment and development firm focused on the acquisition… Read more »
Major Cost Savings | Hospitals using Heat Pipes
Hospital Recovers Energy Without Risk of Supply Air Contamination The Challenge Hospitals provide an enormous opportunity for energy recovery due to their 24/7/365 operations. Energy from the exhaust air stream can be recovered in the winter and summer to precool or preheat supply air to the hospital and save a lot of energy dollars in the… Read more »
Ask Rick: Pumped Glycol Energy Recovery | What size systems make sense for Konvekta?
Q. What size systems make sense for Konvekta? I am working on a project where we are considering glycol run around coils for heat recovery. I would like to consider using a Konvekta system.The building in question is an existing hazardous materials storage building with 24×7 exhaust air requirements. There are 16 separate exhaust… Read more »
Indoor Pool Design: Part 3 of 4 – Air Side Design
Ralph Kittler, VP Sales, Co-Founder Seresco Technologies Inc. presents the A to Z of indoor pool design in a series of short segments that focus on key issues for engineers and architects. Here is Part 3 in a series of 4 videos. Part 3: Good indoor air quality can be a challenge in an… Read more »
Project Snapshot: MIT Media Lab | Server Cooling Units
Project Name: MIT Media – Server Cooling Units Owner: MIT Mechanical Engineer: Allen Consulting L.L.C. Mechanical Contractor: Austin Services Equipment: 5 – Custom Vertical Fan Coil Units Manufacturer: Cambridgeport – Canton MA Size: 5000 cfm – ECM Fans DAC Sales Engineer: David Goodman The MIT Media Lab applies an unorthodox research approach to envision… Read more »
Pumped Glycol Energy Recovery | Konvekta Energy Recovery System Controller
Konvekta is the only supplier of high efficiency pumped glycol run-around energy recovery systems in the world. They have been in the business of pumped glycol energy recovery since 1949. That’s all they do. Konvekta offers complete systems – high performance heat exchangers, energy recovery system controls and hydraulic assembly. Konvekta high-performance energy recovery systems… Read more »
Case Study – Swegon Chilled Beams | Astra Zeneca, Waltham, MA
Swegon teams with Astra Zeneca to create a showcase project. A PARASOL case study where the many advantages of four-way air distribution convinced AstraZeneca to go for our ground-breaking comfort modules instead of the conventional two-way air distribution of chilled beams. New technology often requires two equally committed partners. The first is the developer… Read more »
Project Snapshot | Hudson Valley CC – Konvekta System
Hudson Valley Community College (HVCC) is located in Troy, New York. To provide its students with the best possible learning facilities, HVCC began construction of a new 100,000 square foot Science Center in 2011. The Science Center has 24 labs, 11 classrooms, a science study center, greenhouse and faculty offices. The multi-story, glass and steel… Read more »
Fresh Air Pool Dehumidification Unit
Question: What do you get when the #1 compressorized pool dehumidifier manufacturer in the world decides to build a ventilation unit? You get a ventilation solution designed specifically for pools — and that’s really important! Why? As you know, pools really are different. If a dehumidifier is going to last, it must be able to… Read more »