While data center fires remain relatively rare, fire-related outages can be costly. According to the 2025 Uptime Institute Report, 54% of respondents noted their most recent significant data center outage cost more than $100,000.

The science-based guidance helps building professionals reduce risks from legionella and wildfire smoke.

Let us know who you believe is an exemplary plumbing engineer in the profession by Sept. 7, 2026.

Gill brings more than 30 years of experience leading complex engineering, construction, infrastructure and military programs worldwide.

Water use in laboratories is fundamental, as professionals rely on it while searching for solutions or answers through experimentation and research. 

One of the biggest challenges for professional engineers, distributors and contractors is low or non-existent water pressure in busy spaces.

The owner of a high-rise multifamily residential building in Battery Park, Manhattan, faced a pressing infrastructure decision: replace an aging, gas-fired domestic hot water (DHW) system that could no longer deliver reliable, efficient service to residents.

As technology evolves in buildings, more systems are generating data about their own performance, and our knowledge of how to operate buildings more safely and sustainably continues to grow with it.

Nobody said 2026 would be easy.  The refrigerant transition that reshaped purchasing patterns last year did not simply resolve itself when the calendar turned.