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5/8/2008
Texas City Aims for Energy Efficiency
The city of Lufkin, Texas, is implementing $872,500 in facility enhancements designed to improve operations, comfort and efficiency in seven city buildings
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4/17/2008
Birds Not Welcome at Vermont Hospital
When Fletcher Allen Health Care set out to restore the original construction of the Mary Fletcher Hospital building at its Burlington, Vt., campus in 2005, bird control was a serious consideration. The building’s wide window sills had become havens for pigeons
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4/9/2008
Television Station’s New Roof Generates High Ratings
Lafayette, La., is home to high temperatures and humid air. Maintaining a comfortable indoor atmosphere to ensure occupant health and safety while monitoring utility costs is a constant concern for property managers and building owners
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4/3/2008
Airport Decides To Renovate – Not Replace – Ceiling System
Before a recent renovation, Denver International Airport had a 12-year-old ceiling system with discolored or sagging panels. So the city of Denver hired Wong Strauch Architects to design a new system.
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3/19/2008
Butler Did It: Saving Energy By Planning
In his 17 years managing operations at Butler University, Mike Gardner never has shied away from a difficult project, and he understands the value of proper planning to ensure a successful outcome.
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3/14/2008
Quick Action Saves X-Rays
Patsy Dellis thought she was standing in a horrendous rainstorm. That is how the imaging services director at Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital in Rocky Mount, Va., describes her experience after a water line burst one floor above the file storage area where she works.
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3/7/2008
Parks and Recreation Department Partners with Jacobsen
In the fall of 2006, the Overland Park, Kan., Parks and Recreation Department began accepting bids for an extensive package of new turf equipment. The city needed enough machinery to maintain two public golf courses spanning 54 holes, along with hundreds of acres of athletic fields and parks and recreation facilities.
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2/28/2008
Kansas School District Learns Lessons in Energy Use
The Highland (Kan.) Unified School District 425 has completed $369,000 in facility enhancements designed to improve operations, comfort and efficiency in its facilities.
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2/21/2008
Water Heater Meets Restaurant’s Peak Demand
Replacing like-for-like is practically standard operating procedure in the world of commercial water heaters. If a unit has met the demand for hot water until the end of its equipment life, why specify something different?
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2/14/2008
Newspaper Publisher Specifies Innovative Lighting Solution
The New York Times Co. demanded innovation for its new headquarters and, after a rigorous testing process involving the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), selected Lutron’s EcoSystem lighting controls to help create an energizing work environment and reduce the building’s energy consumption.
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2/8/2008
Insulation Controls Art Center’s Acoustics
When designing a performing arts venue, addressing acoustic control is important to enhance performance sound and minimize unwanted noise.
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1/31/2008
Hail Resistance Key to Selecting Roof System
The Maury County School District in Columbia, Tenn., had to replace numerous roofs that received multiple applications and repairs during the past 20 years. The area had sustained a considerable amount of hail, and the original roofing systems, which were installed without a cover board, had been damaged substantially over time.
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1/25/2008
Chiller Replacement Improves Efficiency, Lowers Costs
Officials at Regina General Hospital look well into the future to provide progressive and innovative care for the people of southern Saskatchewan. A recent expansion and renovation of the hospital has resulted in significant changes, including an emergency ward, an energy center, and a tunnel connecting different buildings.
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1/17/2008
Wireless Communications Upgrade Hospital Without Disruption
At St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, Siemens Building Technologies Inc., recently demonstrated the potential of wireless building controls in hospitals. Without disrupting patient care or hospital operations, the Apogee® Wireless Field Level Network solution helped provide a more flexible and reliable system.
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1/11/2008
Medical Center Automates Maintenance Department
To ensure compassionate care occurs throughout a patient’s experience, St. Charles Medical Center must keep everything in order at all times, and this mandate applies to both of the medical center’s locations, in Bend and Redmond, Ore.
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1/4/2008
Small Boilers Yield Big Results
The John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, a 135,000-square-foot facility, features a nine-story concrete building, a glass-enclosed pavilion, and an 18,000-square-foot museum.
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12/28/2007
San Antonio Landmark Features Energy Efficient Elevators
Kone Inc. recently unveiled a new elevator system that is improving energy efficiency at the historic Emily Morgan Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The ReSolve with Unity Drive™ control system cuts electricity use in half and enhances service by providing improved passenger-handling capacity and modern controls.
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12/20/2007
Texas Building Gets Energy Efficient Roof – Quickly
Balancing installation speed, quality and performance of a finished roofing system is an ongoing challenge for many roofing contractors. This challenge becomes even more difficult as building owners request cool-roofing materials that help offset building energy costs.
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12/11/2007
N.C. County Makes Investment, Reaps Rewards
Wilson County, N.C., has reduced its utility costs by $107,000 annually since completing a $900,000 facility upgrade to improve operations, comfort and efficiency at 10 county buildings.
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12/5/2007
Lamps Help Transform Georgia State Capitol
Before undergoing a lighting renovation, the Georgia State Capitol building and its glittering gold dome stood tall on the Atlanta skyline during the day. But at night, the building and dome lost much of its luster with a lighting scheme that created uneven lighting.
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