Reducing the ‘lift’ in a refrigeration cycle can cut a chiller’s operational energy use significantly, according to Trent Hunt, in a presentation at last month’s ASHRAE Conference in Atlanta. Tim Dwyer summarises the paper
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Watershed moment: closed-loop pre-treatment cleaning of pipework
A method of pre-commission pipework cleaning that could save millions of litres of water has been accepted by BSRIA in its BG29/209 guidance. Alex Smith summarises the guidance and looks at the system’s benefits
Health provider: The Samson Pavilion at Cleveland Clinic
With significant variation in seasonal temperatures and occupant density, the HVAC systems modelled at the Samson Pavilion in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, by Foster + Partners had to be highly flexible. This was borne out by its recent conversion into a Covid-19 surge hospital, as Phil Lattimore found out
New normals: Consultants predict how Covid-19 will change HVAC design
What is the impact of Covid-19 on the design of HVAC systems for future buildings? We asked four building services engineers how system specification might change as a result of recent guidance