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 ...

Author and engineer C. Don Manuel, P.E. invites readers to learn how to create a comfortable home capable of reducing the sweltering heat of the tropics. The informative pages of his new book contain ...

Although the offshore industry lacks standardized guidelines, this article identifies some criteria that an engineer should consider in the design of offshore heating, ventilating, and ...

ASHRAE Standard 62.1, “Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Air Quality,” is the gold standard for maintaining indoor air quality in occupied spaces. The standard allows for engineers to demonstrate ...

Does living without air conditioning sound too difficult? Learn from old home design techniques to save energy and money while relying less on air conditioning. Most people have limited tolerance for ...

The contaminants identified as cancer-causing include benzene, formaldehyde, butadiene, toluene, acrylonitrile and isocyanates, among others. These chemicals are emitted as gases and soot during a ...

Students from eight countries competed in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ 2016 Student Design Competition, which put their engineering skills to the test ...

23 Years of Commitment: Fostering an Innovative Platform for HVAC Since its launch in China in 2002, the Midea International HVAC Design Contest has been jointly organized by the China Innovation ...

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 ...