Engineers & Specifiers - Articles - Page 199

Save Your Seat: Register for Legionella Water Safety and Management Specialist Training

July 5, 2022

The program is offered by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), in conjunction with Special Pathogens Laboratory (SPL).

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Sprinklers (Didn’t) Save Lives

The Station nightclub’s 2005 fire resulted in unnecessary fatalities because fire sprinklers were not installed.

July 4, 2022

Christopher Culp, PE, CET

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Protection of Plumbing from Expansive Soil

While expansive soil is not explicitly mentioned in the current plumbing codes, that will change with the 2024 International Plumbing Code.

July 4, 2022

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Underground Pipe Insulation Failures I Have Seen

Tips for designing and installing these types of piping systems.

July 4, 2022

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Do Compact Plumbing Systems Actually Work? — Part 2

Post-construction performance testing at multifamily projects.

July 4, 2022

Pressure losses in the shower can create unhappy tenants. And problems can occur even with proper planning and design.

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Estimating Water-Based Fire Protection System Demand

The approach outlined here will help fire protection engineers confidently provide water demand assessments in the early stages of a project.

July 4, 2022

Proper hydraulic demand calculations are critical in the early stages of a water-based fire protection project.

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Indoor Ice Rinks: Design Considerations for High-Performance Ice

A strategy to reduce convective heat transfer at the ice surface for hard, fast and energy-efficient ice.

July 4, 2022

Maintaining high-quality ice in an indoor ice rink can be challenging.

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Systems Supporting Forensic Science

A critical piece of the public health infrastructure, these spaces should support the needs of the staff for efficiency and productivity.

July 4, 2022

Lowell Manalo

To be the most effective, forensic science facilities must be customized to fit the communities where they are located.

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Automation and Autonomy Reduces Cooling Tower Maintenance

Commercial and industrial cooling systems have become even more economical to own and operate.

July 4, 2022

The most efficient method to cool large commercial buildings or industrial process loops has been through water-based cooling systems.

The Future is Now

Greening Industrial Processes

Technology for low-energy homes, green cement and green steel is making inroads to decarbonization and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

July 4, 2022

BF Nagy

Early adopters of new technologies are considered visionaries, thinking years ahead of the majority. Mainstream entities fight this technological evolution — especially when it has economic ramifications.