For a comprehensive understanding of the water supply for a fire sprinkler system, fire protection engineers should identify the water resources, understand large water users, research historical data and adjust for variability.

The International Energy Agency notes that since 2010, improvements in energy intensity have averaged 1.7% a year, saving about 10 times as much primary energy as solar and wind additions. Energy efficiency programs are one way to help accelerate our energy transition.

Design, installation and maintenance are all important for properly operating a building’s hot water system. Who an owner hires to maintain the building is critical. Most maintenance personnel may not know how to troubleshoot hot water issues properly. Ron George has provided a checklist for domestic hot water systems’ design, installation and commissioning.

The Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award is presented annually by the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation and A. O. Smith Corporation.

McKinnon has more than 20 of engineering and training experience developing new curricula and training modules.

Johnson Controls has been awarded a $33 million grant from the DOE Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains to help increase domestic production of electric heat pumps by expanding three U.S.-based manufacturing sites.

Shamim Rashid-Sumar, PE, FSFPE, has been elected secretary-treasurer; and John Denhardt, PE, ET, FSFPE, CWBSP, Albert Simeoni, PhD, PMSFPE, and Jeffrey Tubbs, PE, FSFPE, have been elected as directors on the SFPE Board of Directors.  

The conference, hosted by the COP 28 UAE Presidency, will take place in Dubai from Nov. 30 to Dec. 12, 2023

New this year, PHCPPros is taking the experience to the next level by also traveling around the show with a professional film crew to capture the latest technology and products.