What do turf wars, battle lines, and tug of war have in common? They are all being mentioned by people involved in the creation of two rival commercial HVAC load calculation standards, one from the ...

The U.S. Department of Energy’s office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Building Technologies Office (BTO) has issued a request for information to solicit feedback from industry, ...

In recent years there has been a push in the electric power industry for more customer involvement in the electricity markets. Traditionally the end user has played a passive role in the planning and ...

As the commercial HVAC industry shifts toward decarbonization and increased sustainability, the role of mechanical design engineers is evolving rapidly. For new mechanical engineers entering the field ...

Electrical professionals have long observed the “underloading” of customer-owned transformers, which, in part, is brought about by National Electrical Code (NEC) Chapter 2 design demand rules. This ...

Researchers in Hong Kong Hong Kong fabricated a thermochromic bifacial photovoltaic glazing system prototype that passively regulates solar heat gain while harvesting energy from both sides.