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The article informs that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) demonstrates high-efficiency technology in Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) distribution warehouse. Topics include direct-fired heating products deliver warm air by combusting natural gas within 100 percent outside air supply outdoor airstream at a high thermal efficiency; and related standards that limit the output of combustion byproducts to safe levels and flame control measures to ensure safe operation.

The article focuses on Food City Supermarkets' adoption of Honeywell's Solstice N71 refrigerant to enhance energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact in its Kodak, Tennessee, store. It mentions the Solstice N71 is a low-GWP, non-ozone-depleting refrigerant optimized for various applications, including supermarkets, and helps Food City comply with regulations on high-GWP refrigerants while achieving their environmental goals.

The article offers information on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum certifications for a warehouse and hemp facility was granted to Ecofibre's hemp processing facility in Georgetown, Kentucky. It discusses that in pursuit of LEED certification, the Ecoflbre facility's design incorporates a wide array of resource-efficient technologies, ranging from solar panels and nearly 70 light-channeling solar tubes to geothermal and water capture for flushing in the bathrooms.

The article focuses on Tracking the Evolution of Industrial Refrigerants, and exploring the emergence of CO2 in industrial cold storage applications. Topics discussed include ammonia has been recognized as the preferred refrigerant in lowtemperature (LT) cold storage warehouses and light-industrial refrigeration applications; and excellent thermodynamic properties and an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) base to support it.

This article discusses several applications highlighting the hands-on approach of portable cooling equipment companies. Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, leads all U.S. airports with 85% of the 165,000 tons of fresh-cut flowers imported into the U.S. every year. In January 2005, a brand new 13,000-sq-ft warehouse wasn't prepared for the influx of flowers arriving for Valentine's Day. The facility was built and ready to house the flowers, but its cooling system was not quite ready. They looked around on the Internet and discovered Carrier Rental Systems, a Lakeland, Florida-based company. They ended up designing a unique portable cooling system for the floral warehouse that utilizes propylene glycol and consists of a chiller, air handlers, pump, generator, fuel tank, cable, fittings, flexible hose, and duct. INSET: Portable Equipment Not Limited To Cooling.

The article offers information on the ability of any prefabricated modular component to achieve speed, quality, and affordability goals depends primarily on the rigor of the design and engineering. It discusses that the Boldt Company, to develop a system of modular hospital units that could be built at a manufacturing site and deployed to a location with astonishing speed while still meeting rigorous safety and efficiency standards.

The article discusses the challenges faced by the health care industry concerning the maintenance of right temperature in warehouses. The benefits of computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models, particularly in the identification of the best site and operating parameters for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems, are mentioned. Also provided are factors to be considered when planning an HVAC system to address temperature control problems in warehouses.

The article focuses on the expansion of the Fort Worth, Texas-based training center of Quietside, a master distributor of Samsung products. It states that when the company installed a new variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems on its data center, it focuses on installation aesthetics. It also mentions that within the complex of warehousing, offices, and assembly, Matt Wall, the VRF technical trainer for the company, specified condensate pumps for vaporator coils and one mode change unit.

Reports on Tri County Distributors' establishment of a controlled-environment warehouse for beer storage. Maintenance of optimum temperature for beer storage; Shipment of beers.

Features CJW Inc.'s liquor distributor center in Racine, Wisconsin. Sections of the center; Beverages distributed by CJW; Heating and ventilation; Maintenance of suitable temperature at the warehouse.

The article offers news briefs related to engineering industry in the U.S. Hurst Boiler & Welding Co. Inc. has authorized the construction of a major building expansion in Coolidge, Georgia. Automated Logic Corp. has acquired the business of Marietta Automated Systems Inc. in the greater New York City marketplace. Lochinvar Corp. has opened a new distribution warehouse in Pompano Beach, Florida.

The article focuses on energy-saving devices. An application in which light output is cut by 90% and wattage cut by about 80% would, at an average of $.10 per kWh, yield about a seven year payback. Bi-level fixtures are standard with electronically ballasted T-8 or compact fluorescent lamps, so greater savings are possible where existing lighting is still magnetically ballasted with T-12 lamps. Bi-level lighting using motion-sensing technology may also be applied in library book stacks, storage rooms, warehouses and other irregularly occupied areas where full shutoff could create safety or security problems.

Focuses on the battery-powered dataloggers deployed in the block storage area of Tillamook Cheese to ensure that temperature conditions are optimal for successful aging in its automated warehouse in Oregon. Function of the external sensor inputs in the devices from Onset Computer Corp.; Use of a HOBO Shuttle in retrieving the collected data; Deployment of additional dataloggers to monitor current on the refrigeration compressors of the plant.

Reports on the heating system used in a 30-stall warehouse in Wilmington, Delaware. System requirements; Building configuration; Features of the recycled-oil system installed in the facility.