ASHRAE Journal

September 2019

The San Francisco Art Institute transformed a historic Army warehouse into an energy-efficient home for 21st-century art students. Energy bills indicate the space is performing 76% better than modeled and that the PV solar system produces 100% of the required electricity for the building. Also in this issue new guides for residential air cleaners, pressure sustaining valves, and specifying pipe flow meters.

Features and Columns from the September 2019 issue:
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Features:
New Guidance for Residential Air Cleaners
Pressure Sustaining Valves
How HVAC&R Changed the World
Achieving Resiliency in the Cold Chain: Strategies to Maintain Food Safety
2019 ASHRAE Technology Award: Renovation Extends Building Life 100 Years
Standing Columns:
Engineer's Notebook: Selecting and Specifying Pipe Flow Meters
IEQ Applications: Opportunities for Connected Devices to Improve IEQ
Productivity – ASHRAE: Do Indoor CO2 Levels Directly Affect Perceived Air Quality, Health, or Work Performance?
Productivity – CIBSE: Identifying the Knowledge Gaps for IEQ
Refrigeration Applications: Refrigeration on a Budget

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AMCA inmotion

This year's AMCA inmotion includes guidance on using fan energy index (FEI) in variable-air-volume-system design, how remote automated testing of life-safety dampers works, and a summary of recent air-curtain research. An article on air distribution design for comfort in high performance air systems furthers discussion started in a 2018 inmotion article.

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