Facilities using smart plumbing fixtures can save time, manage facility workflow and improve efficiency and sustainability. Advanced sensors detect changes and track product performance, providing maintenance staff with real-time insights into the performance of the facility’s smart products.

Health care needs in rural areas may differ from urban areas, but facilities are usually sparse, and services are more limited and less specialized. Designing simple, maintainable and resilient plumbing systems helps avoid additional challenges to health-care facilities with limited resources.

By incorporating redundancies, zoning considerations, and efficient scheduling, healthcare facilities can improve their medical gas systems' safety, reliability, and efficiency. ASSE 6060, Medical Gas Systems Designer, has improved reliability, safety, and operational efficiency in healthcare facilities.

NIBS was established by Congress to support public and private building technology advancing the nation's structures.

The Building Enclosure Science & Technology Conference takes place March 18-20 in Austin, Texas.

BI2024 will cover resilience, building technology, and building performance and sustainability.

Three year-end 2023 acquisitions by IMEG — JQ Engineering, E&D Company, and ES² — help expand the firm’s national industrial capabilities and full-service offerings in the Northwest and Texas. 

The Smithsonian Institution’s Bird House at the National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute underwent a six-year, $69 million project to upgrade the space with efficient water systems and an innovative HVAC design. More than 170 individual birds representing 70-plus species are on view.

BF Nagy recalls some of the energy technologies that have grown over the last year, including three projects using wastewater energy recovery to heat buildings. 

After 46 years of teaching the principles of fire protection engineer-ing at the University of Maryland, Jim Milke retires as an industry icon. Read on as Tom Gardner recalls studying under him and reflecting on Milke’s contri-bution to fire protection and life safety.