ASHRAE Journal

May 2021

Industry professionals discuss how augmented reality could help the HVAC&R industry evolve. Also, William Bahnfleth shares core recommendations of the Epidemic Task Force and David Rothamer and his coauthors discuss minimizing transmission of COVID-19 in high occupant density settings.

Features:
COVID-19: Minimizing Transmission in High Occupant Density Settings, Part 1
Using Occupant-Centric Control For Commercial HVAC Systems
Technology Award: School Pushes IAQ, Energy-Efficiency Boundaries

Standing Columns:
IEQ Applications: ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force Core Recommendations: Reducing Airborne Infectious Aerosol Exposure
Industry 4.0: How Augmented Reality Could Help the HVAC Industry to Evolve
Engineer’s Notebook: Control System Design: It Really is About Lags
Building Sciences: Consider These Five Integrated Pest Management Strategies
Refrigeration Applications: Refrigeration Engineer’s Toolkit

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ASHRAE Journal Historical Articles for 125th Anniversary

Since 1894, ASHRAE has seen technological advances from primary/ secondary cooling to thermal energy storage for cooling applications. A series of articles exploring the evolution of these technologies and more are being published monthly in ASHRAE Journal. They include:

Using Modular to Build For the Future

How HVAC&R Changed the World

Evolution of Thermal Energy Storage for Cooling Applications

History of Cleanrooms

The Golden Age of Cooling

The Evolution of Primary/Secondary Cooling

Inventing the Ammonia Refrigeration Compressor

Variable Speed Oil-Free Magnetic Bearing Centrifugal Compressors

AMCA inmotion

The 2020 edition of Air Movement and Control Association International’s award-winning magazine includes engineering guidance on the use of UV-C light for HVAC air and surface disinfection, mitigating system effect, modifying life-safety dampers in the field, interpreting fan curves, and specifying high-temperature fans.

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