By Heidi Schwartz, on February 28, 2006, at 9:21 am This article comes from the California Energy Commission’s PIER program. For more articles from this free resource, click here.
The ductwork that distributes conditioned air throughout many large commercial buildings is often leaky, letting air out through cracks and gaps and increasing the energy consumption of supply- and return-air fans. Efforts to address this problem have been hampered by the lack of an accurate way to measure the leakage. In addition, sound methods for comparing the efficiencies of thermal distribution alternatives, such as air versus water or central versus distributed systems, have not been available.
To address the problem
Continue reading Duct Leakage: If You Can Measure It, You Can Cut It
By Heidi Schwartz, on February 28, 2006, at 9:16 am Stephen P. Ashkin, president of Bloomington, IN-based The Ashkin Group – and a Green cleaning expert – applauded outgoing New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey’s executive order mandating the purchasing of environmentally friendly cleaning products by all state agencies. Commenting on Executive Order No. 76, Ashkin called the move part of a growing trend for state agencies to implement green cleaning programs.
“The executive order requires the State of New Jersey to figure out what is Green,” said Ashkin. “Obviously, we would like it to be consistent with the work that has already been done on the issue
Continue reading State of New Jersey gets behind green cleaning
By Heidi Schwartz, on February 28, 2006, at 8:24 am This Web exclusive comes from Leslie North, PE and Jack Black (pictured below)
Electromagnetic Interference, or EMI, has been a subject of considerable discussion, regulation, and public concern for years. While the effect of EMI can be as insignificant as a buzz on the car radio when driving underneath a power line, it can also be catastrophic, such as when interfering with the proper functioning of a life support monitor in a healthcare facility or compromising the operational integrity of sensitive safety equipment.
While many of the most frightening EMI-related events tend to occur in medical or scientific research
Continue reading WEB EXCLUSIVE: Fluorescent Lighting & EMI
By Heidi Schwartz, on February 24, 2006, at 8:37 am BioFit® Engineered Products introduces the seating industry’s first online Build Your Own Chair Configurator for designing ergonomic chairs to meet customer specifications for office applications. Visitors to the BioFit Web site can use the Build Your Own Chair Configurator to assemble managerial and task chairs that meet their specific needs.
Customers can see how different chair components and options would look and perform in their particular applications. After a new chair is configured online, a customer can e-mail the result to BioFit for a price quote within one working day.
The Build Your Own Chair Configurator covers hundreds of
Continue reading Build the ergonomic chair of your dreams
By Heidi Schwartz, on February 24, 2006, at 7:59 am For anyone obsessed with being connected at all times, this could be a very interesting day indeed…especially for customers reliant on the BlackBerry operating network. As a result of a patent infringement lawsuit, Research In Motion (parent company for the BlackBerry line) may have to shut down its U.S. operations if proceedings continue on the same path.
To read TFM‘s coverage of portable technology, see “Cell Phones And Facilities” from the archives.
The suit between RIM and NTP is nothing unusual, but its impact on facility professionals and other “road warriors” could be inconvenient, to say the least. This
Continue reading Bye bye BlackBerry?
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