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High-performance buildings use building automation and other tools to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency, but the toolbox available to engineers is wide-ranging. What are the options for energy use reduction? How can the engineered systems industry improve energy efficiency? Find out the answers to these questions and more in this ES Magazine exclusive course.

How building managers can take a piece meal approach to mechanical changeouts
Dan Rettig, senior product manager for heat pumps and sustainability at Lochinvar, says building managers are often asking contractors for three different bids: One all gas, another with electrical and resistive systems, and then option C: heat pumps.
Austin Keating

Alan Jones on future proof capabilities of hydronics
White paper author argues hydronic systems are the future-proofed and sustainable heating and cooling system of choice.
Austin Keating

US can cut building emissions by 91%, modeling study shows
Researchers argue we should focus on making buildings use energy more efficiently and increase the flexibility of how energy is managed by the grid.
Cell Press

AI A-to-Z: Considerations when deploying an AI-powered BAS
Understanding some of the fundamental aspects of AI can give facility managers the confidence to know their deployment will return the biggest benefits for their building automation investment.
Sastry Malladi, Francisco Ruiz

ASHRAE publishes first zero energy and zero carbon building evaluation standard
ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 228-2023, Standard Method of Evaluating Zero Net Energy and Zero Net Carbon Building Performance, sets requirements for evaluating whether a building or group of buildings meets a definition of “zero net energy” or a definition of “zero net carbon” during building operation.
ASHRAE

Decarbonization for dummies
Adiabatic coolers are closed-circuit coolers that primarily operate dry. However, these coolers have the unique ability to supplement the cooling capacity of the equipment through the use of pre-cooling pads, which require small quantities of water for a finite period in the year.
Al LaPera

Video: Charting North America’s sustainability future
Jean-Pascal Tricoire, chairman and CEO, Schneider Electric, showcases the importance of North America in Schneider Electric’s present and future.
Herb Woerpel

Minimize HVAC system downtime with condition-based monitoring
Condition-based monitoring is a type of predictive maintenance strategy that uses sensors to continuously measure the status of equipment over time.
Jackson Tiedmann

Applying artificial intelligence to decarbonize buildings
A Texas A&M-led project aims to sustainably address the heating and cooling needs of buildings by implementing smart, efficient heat pump systems.
Steve Kuhlmann

Trimble acquires Ryvit
Trimble has acquired Ryvit, an integration Platform-as-a-Service (iPaaS) provider for the construction industry.

Los Angeles signs electrification bill
KUL Extreme is an Open RAN liquid cooling solution resulting from a close collaboration between Iceotope, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), Intel, and nVent to support far edge computing across the entire data center estate. Learn more about the KUL Extreme from Nathan Blom, chief commercial officer at Iceotope, on this episode of The Thought Cloud.
Olivia Walker, Megan Ross

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