Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: February 18-24, 2022

Read the best articles from the past week. Smart building essentials, electrical power quality, metal-clad cable and busways, electrification and chilled water system design.

By Chris Vavra February 25, 2022
Courtesy: Stanley Consultants

Consulting-Specifying Engineer‘s top 5 articles online over the past week covered smart building essentials, electrical power quality, metal-clad cable and busways, electrification and chilled water system design. Were you out last week? Catch up with a link to each article below.

1. Top smart building system essentialsThese three critical considerations, three best investments and three common pitfalls will help in the design of a smart building.

2. Electrical power quality and system harmonics: Practical options existHarmonic distortion resolution of variable frequency drive motor applications will provide the most beneficial actions for IEEE 519 compliance.

3. How to specify metal-clad cable and busways Wiring methods like metal-clad cable and busways, using premanufactured components, can offer significant labor savings, but their limitations should be understood before specifying them.

4. Combatting the climate crisis through building electrification What exactly should we first do with our buildings to combat the climate crisis?

5. Video: Chilled water system design with Henderson Engineers Two mechanical system design experts take a holistic view of chillers and chilled water systems.


Author Bio: Chris Vavra is web content manager for CFE Media and Technology.