Designing high-tech K-12 schools
The technology at play in today’s K-12 schools is evolving rapidly—inside the classrooms, and in the various systems behind the scenes. Engineers handling such projects, whether the work is on new facilities or retrofits, have their work cut out for them.
Fume exhaust fan
The Mega-Stack option offers extended discharge from 10 to 15 feet in overall stack discharge height, making it ideal for low flow applications requiring higher plume rise.
Video: Decommissioning: What You Need to Know in the Absence of Standards
This case study investigates the exterior and interior of a school, identifying risks and findings with over 10 hazardous material categories that will help engineers create a more ideal demolition.
Video: Owner and Engineer’s Success with a Monitor Based Approach
This case study outlines how the monitoring system was set up and utilized throughout the process.
MEP solutions for University of Michigan Athletics and South Campus Performance Project
Construction was completed this winter on the new $168-million, 280,000 sf University of Michigan Athletics and South Campus Performance project (ASCP).
Solutions for tight spaces in HVAC design
An historic university building had tough mechanical space requirements. Here’s how these challenges were met.
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer Articles, January 18-24
Why are AHUs important, design strategies for HVAC systems, setting new engineering habits, school boiler replacement case study, and AHU component makeup were Consulting-Specifying Engineer's five most clicked articles from last week, Jan. 18-24. Were you out last week? You can catch up here.
Chilled beam design provides energy-efficient building
Specifying a chilled beam system to cool a masonry building more than 100 years old—with operable windows in a humid climate—is a risky proposition. This HVAC case study demonstrates how such an approach amid such conditions can be successful if handled properly from design, operation, and occupant education standpoints.
Case study: School boiler replacement
A Nebraska school district embraced outside-the-box HVAC design to connect existing facilities and new construction into an efficient engineering solution.
Video: The Evolution of Commissioning at the University of Texas at Austin
This presentation examines the needs of an institutional client, and the gap left by the traditional new building commissioning process.