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ASHRAE Competition Gives Students Practical Experience

Engineering practices such as building information modeling (BIM), geothermal, and combined cooling, heating, and power were highlighted in the winning entries in the 2010 ASHRAE Student Design Competition.

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WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extending Motor Life

This Web Exclusive article is contributed by Electro Static Technology, maker of AEGIS shaft grounding products.

Increasing Sustainability Of Motors In Manhattan’s Time & Life Building

A preventive maintenance plan that reduced the total life cycle cost of operations in a prominent building at the heart of New York City serves as an example of how the push for more sustainable building management has led to a growing awareness of a chronic, widespread problem with HVAC motors —  electrical bearing damage.

The 48 story Time & Life Building in New York’s Rockefeller Center

The problem is all too

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Cooling Cleanup Volunteers

Kohler Rental is providing air conditioning and power generation equipment to assist wildlife cleanup in the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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MovinCool $25,000 Sweepstakes Open

MovinCool, designer and manufacturer of spot cooling products for facilities, has launched the “Dare to Dream” $25,000 Sweepstakes. The contest runs through September 30, 2010, and the winner — to be selected randomly from among all entrants — will receive $25,000.

No purchase is necessary to enter, and registrants may enter once per week. To enter, visit www.movincool.com/daretodream.

The company also recently announced its Online Product Selector. Facility managers can use this tool to assess which MovinCool air conditioning equipment best fits their particular needs. Situations posed on the site include: “I don’t have any A/C”; “A/C turns off

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NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: iCOMM Monitoring By A.O. Smith

The iCOMM system allows facilities to manage and monitor their A. O. Smith water heaters and boilers remotely.

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