Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer content, May 31-June 6, 2024

Top articles this week covered topics including Product of the Year winners, lighting for luxury hospitality and modern data center design

By Anna Steingruber June 7, 2024
Sofitel Rome chose custom Lutron Palladiom keypads embedded into the bed’s headboard so guests can turn all lights off without getting up. Matched to the headboard’s cream leather, the keypads disappear into the room design. Courtesy: J-Ph Nuel-Gilles Trillard, Lutron

Top articles this week covered topics including Product of the Year winners, lighting for luxury hospitality and modern data center design. See links below.

1. 2024 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Product of the Year winners announced

The best products of the past year as selected by Consulting-Specifying Engineer subscribers.

2. Lighting control for luxury hospitality: A guide for electrical engineers

Sophisticated lighting controls and connected analytics can enhance guest experiences at luxury hospitality venues.

3. How to understand a company’s approach to efficiency, modularity and resiliency

BlackRock and Syska Hennessy employed a variety of mechanical strategies, including a “building within a building,” DOAS, UFAD and dual-temperature chiller plant, to achieve energy efficiency, modularity and resiliency at BlackRock’s new headquarters at 50 Hudson Yards in New York City.

4. Trends and challenges unique to modern data center design

In this Roundtable, experts answer common questions about the challenges and considerations of designing data centers in our highly connected world.

5. Weekly mergers and acquisitions update: May 31, 2024

This week Morrissey Goodale reported five domestic and five global transactions in Spain, Ireland, Canada and Norway.


Author Bio: Associate editor, WTWH Media and Technology