Consulting-Specifying Engineer Top 5 articles: July 19-25, 2024

Top articles this week covered topics including emergency lighting, RTUs and control systems replacement

By Anna Steingruber July 26, 2024
Figure 1: Steel-timber hybrid beam consisting of a cross-laminated timber slab and a steel beam with a rectangular hollow section and steel bottom plate. Courtesy: Jensen Hughes, Tampere University and Markku Kauriala Ltd.

1. How to specify emergency lighting controls under new standards

Understand how to approach revised UL listing requirements when specifying emergency lighting controls

2. Design of RTUs: Best practices

Specifying rooftop units (RTUs) involves much more than choosing unit types

3. Know whether it’s time to replace a control system

Is your control system an asset or a liability? Learn successful planning and implementation for large-scale control system replacement

4. Deciphering the codes for fire protection standpipes

There are considerations for the standpipes’ locations, sizes, pressure and flow that all must be addressed before a commercial building can be occupied

5. Know specific, unique applications of generators in mission critical facilities

Electrical engineers should consider many factors when selecting generators and generator systems for mission critical facilities


Author Bio: Associate editor, WTWH Media and Technology