Designing plumbing systems for these facilities, particularly their scope and instrument reprocessing areas, can be a daunting task even for designers familiar with them.

When facilities managers use remote 24/7 monitoring of their backflow preventers, grease interceptors and restrooms, they can sense, respond to and anticipate issues with greater efficiency. 

When I think about the best projects I have worked on, it’s been these two behaviors that were prevalent. 

A better way to cool data processors is through fluid immersion cooling. 

Will everything soon go back to normal? Or are we going to permanently change when it comes to working at home, designing our homes and thinking about the air quality at home? 

The use of UL-listed antifreezes helps meet the intent of NFPA freeze protection requirements and the requirement of using an agency-listed antifreeze in both new and existing systems.

The international codes — plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas, building, residential and property maintenance — each contains, in the beginning, administrative provisions.