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Ventilation in Schools

There has never been more focus on ventilation in school buildings. This leads to the obvious question – what do we actually know about ventilation in schools, and how important it is? Many studies use indoor CO2 to characterize ventilation, because the primary source in

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A Quick Blueprint for Building Readiness

Are you a building owner or property manager wondering if you are ready to let people back in your building? Are you an employee or occupant wondering if the space you are getting ready to occupy is as safe as it can be? Are you

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Covid-19 and Buildings

In December 2019, SARS-CoV-2, a novel Coronavirus, was identified in the city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, a major transport hub of central China. The earliest COVID-19 cases were linked to a large seafood market in Wuhan, initially suggesting a direct food source transmission pathway. Since

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What is the WELL Building Standard?

What is a WELL Building? The WELL Building Standard is the first building standard to focus exclusively on the health and wellness of the people in buildings. The WELL Building Standard is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment

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Prices and Lead Times on HVAC Equipment

Prices and lead times on HVAC equipment are on the rise and the reason why is two-fold. The current administration’s recent tariffs almost exclusively apply to goods American companies import. These new tariffs have significantly increased the costs of production across the U.S. manufacturing sector.

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ONICON Expands Product Offering

ONICON is pleased to announce the addition of two new meters to their expansive product offering. The model F-2700 and F-1500. The new F-2700 Insertion steam flow meter utilizes the same electronics and has the same optional features as the existing vortex flow meters. Vortex

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USGBC Announces Extension of LEED 2009

Good news for everyone that has a project in the early design stage and is considering a LEED Certification. The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced last week that it will allow LEED users to register projects under the LEED 2009 rating system until Oct.

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DOE Establishes 90.1-2013 as Building Energy-Efficiency Standard

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a ruling that establishes ASHRAE/IES’s 2013 energy-efficiency standard as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes. The move comes after preliminary analysis that the 2013 standard contains energy savings over the 2010 — specifically,

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