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Feature: Process versus technical commissioning
While processing commissioning handles all the paperwork and background research, technical commissioning ensures each building systems works as specified.
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Feature: Using demand-based reset strategies
How to clarify the methods used to implement demand-based reset strategies where the EMCS infrastructure allows, and how to make these systems work as intended.
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Top 10 ways to commission for LEED
The requirement for commissioning as part of the LEED certification process has elevated the commissioning consultant to a key player in achieving certification.
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Feature: 40 Under 40
These 40 talented and dedicated young professionals show that the building and construction industry is ripe with talent.
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NEBB conference sessions scheduled
The National Environmental Balancing Bureau features presentations and technical sessions at its annual conference.
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Search Consulting-Specifying Engineer's database of engineering firms or add your firm to this list.
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Your building project is best? Prove it—Enter CSE's ARC Awards!
Consulting-Specifying Engineer's ARC Awards honor engineers and engineering firms that have incorporated unique MEP design elements into commercial, institutional and industrial building projects.  Entries can be submitted in either of two categories: New Construction or Renovation. Enter today! Entry deadline is Aug. 29.
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The Engineering Development Center includes news and feature stories on management, new hires and promotions, and educational development.
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Engineers can register an e-mail account under a unique name at engineering.com.
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• Energy analysis software
An agreement grants Bentley exclusive worldwide rights to distribute EDSL’s Tas software for fast, in-depth energy analysis and simulation of demanding and challenging large-scale building environments.
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Thursday, October 23, 2008 11:00am PST 1:00pm CST 2:00pm EST	Emergency Power Systems for Hospitals: Sweating the Small Stuff Hospitals must operate 24/7/365, no matter how bad the weather or other prevailing circumstances. In fact, the worse the weather—tornadoes, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires—the more likely it is that the hospitals nearest the areas of concern will be needed. Many of these concerns can impact the availability of power. And everyone knows that hospitals need a lot of power all the time, and that this power must be of the highest quality because of ultra-sensitive, expensive, and life-sustaining equipment. Given the speed at which power is needed, the numerous things that can go wrong when emergency power switches on or kicks back to primary, and the critical nature of hospital electrical power, electrical engineering teams have to be knowledgeable and experienced about the smallest details. It's those minute details that are the focus of this Webcast. Based on exit surveys from previous Webcasts, CSE is assembling experts in hospital electrical design to respond to requests for details on generators, ATS, UPS; and how to coordinate the power generation, switching, and quality equipment. This webcast is free and AIA-accredited learning units will be available to all registered attendees. Register today! If you're busy that day, register anyway and view the webcast on-demand.

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	The Great Blackout of 2003: What have we learned? On Aug. 14, 2003, 50 million electrical power customers were suddenly without power in the northeastern United States, parts of the Midwest, and southeastern Canada—and it wasn’t a short-term power event. Although it didn’t affect as many people as the blackout in Italy in the same year, outage-related losses were estimated at $6 billion. But the real significance for owners and the consulting engineers who serve them is what happens in individual facilities. How do we design and commission backup power systems to prepare for the big one? On July 24, 2008, Consulting-Specifying Engineer and Pure Power magazines marked the fifth anniversary of the Great Blackout by taking an in-depth look at designing and commissioning emergency power systems for long-term ride-through. During this one-hour webcast, a panel of engineering experts presented a definitive how-to on various emergency power strategies, with a discussion of cost vs. benefits. Attendees will come away from this webcast strongly confident that they can design and install backup power systems that are right for their customers—and at the right price. This webcast is free and CEUs are available to all registered attendees. View On Demand Now
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