Energy Efficiency
Plant-based food manufacturing growth benefits
The plant-based food market has become a major force in the food and beverage industry and companies are working to catch up with the momentum.
Codes and standards keep the wheels turning
Unlike a hamster wheel, on which the rodent goes nowhere, codes and standards can take engineers anywhere and everywhere
Lab, research facility design: Codes and standards
Learn tips on how to design labs and research facilities — some of the most high-tech buildings around
Case study: Energy-efficient clean rooms
Designers formulated several energy-saving strategies that can be implemented into the HVAC system design of a pharmaceutical-grade clean room suite
Designing an energy-efficient lighting system
Understanding codes, controls and commissioning are key to an effective lighting design for a new or existing building
Ask an expert: Hospitals, health care facilities: Codes and standards
Health care facility designers are expected to keep pace with increasingly complex, advanced engineered systems and features
City of Phoenix Terminal 3 Modernization: Keeping a desert airport terminal open during renovations
This $590 million modernization project included the complete renovation of a high-traffic 1979 terminal into light-filled public space with multiple atria and new great hall, visually integrating with the Sonoran Desert site.
Building Energy Modeling: Present state and progress
A distressingly tiny fraction of building projects use simulation models to inform design.
The Department of Energy’s $47M Investment Signals Impending Change for MEP Providers
In April, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced the Buildings Energy Efficiency Frontiers & Innovation Technologies 2019 Funding Opportunity for $47 million.
Innovations at sea: Lowering the costs of offshore wind
The key to expanding the development of offshore wind energy is bringing down development and operating costs.