Traditionally, air conditioning large spaces is an expensive and energy-consuming endeavour. However, High Volume Low Speed fan technology can yield energy and cost reduction by putting less pressure on air conditioners, says Dean Wood, and demonstrates how
Posted: January 5, 2012
The high return on resources provided by a cooling tower’s efficient water filtration system reduces operation and maintenance costs, while meeting Green Building Initiative requirements, argue Glenn Dobbs and Roy McDougall
Posted: January 5, 2012
In this concluding portion of his two-part article, Aslan Al-Barazi focuses on solar water heating systems and general design guidelines
Posted: November 30, 2011
The importance of sealing and cleaning of HVAC ductwork to mitigate energy loss, increase equipment life and improve IAQ cannot be overstated. John Guthrie elaborates
Posted: November 30, 2011
Faulty installation of insulation material in air conditioning applications is not an uncommon occurrence. Laurențiu Pestrițu highlights typical mistakes technicians make and provides a few handy tips
Posted: November 30, 2011
Although recirculating seawater cooling tower is seen as a sustainable and cost-effective alternative to single-pass cooling, deposit formation in condensers, heat exchangers or cooling tower fill is a niggling problem.
Posted: October 31, 2011
Solar water heaters are sustainable alternatives to traditional heaters. However, a better understanding of their system design and safety measures will yield optimum performance efficiency and prevent potential hazards, says Aslan Al-Barazi, who provides detailed guidelines in this two-part article.
Posted: October 31, 2011
High standard of food safety is critical to everyone. The Person in Charge (PIC) is the latest food safety initiative, Dubai Municipality has taken to safeguard this.
Posted: September 30, 2011
In the wake of a rise in awareness about sustainable refrigeration in the food retailing sector, supermarkets have begun to increasingly advocate the use of natural refrigerants. Eurammon tracks the trend.
Posted: September 30, 2011
Seawater cooling tower system design is decidedly an economical and greener alternative to the conventional direct seawater cooling, especially in the OGP sector, argues Aslan Al-Barazi. He demonstrates that it has other collateral advantages, as well.
Posted: September 30, 2011