Walk into almost any house built before modern building codes and you can feel it in the air: rooms that never quite dry out, ...

My firm recently completed the design of an off-campus student housing project. This project converted a 21-story, high-rise office building into an apartment-style student housing facility with one ...

Automation is everywhere around us - our homes, furniture, offices, cars, and even our clothing; we have become so accustomed to being surrounded by automated systems that we have forgotten what life ...

Commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) has been a challenge to mechanical engineers for years. Part of the challenge comes from the fact that the mechanical engineer is normally not the “kitchen ...

There’s a debate within the multifamily building community as to the best way to ventilate residential buildings. There are three competing design options that can be implemented in residential design ...

When the 456-meter-tall Kunming Junfa Dongfeng Square tower opens in Kunming City, China, in mid-2017, it will stand as one of the world’s tallest naturally ventilated buildings. Roughly ...

The spiral staircase leading to the lounge and sunroof of the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, seen in 1937. Completed in 1935, the Pavilion is credited as one of the ...

When envisioning the future of vessel design, considerations for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) may not always take precedence. Yet, the significance of proper HVAC systems cannot ...

When it comes to warding off COVID-19, suppression and mitigation are the two key health measures based on epidemiological modelling. These two strategic non-pharmaceutical interventions—championed by ...