After a skyscraper has been around for a few years, for some of us, it begins to fade into the skyline. And after a few decades, when buildings begin to wear ar...
Dust mites consume shed human skin and other organic waste. Their feces can induce allergic reactions and are responsible for about 25 percent of all allergy di...
After talking to energy and HVAC experts, we uncovered some real-world examples of problems they’ve seen unfold in both newer and older facilities. Read on to see what other facilities professionals have had to deal with in their high-rises, and pick up some pointers on preventing these situations in your own building.
Chilled beams contain no moving parts, which ultimately reduces regular maintenance requirements; there are no fans or filters to clean or replace. Diagram cou...
When benchmarking more than 400 buildings for New York City’s Local Law 84 this year, we found that median energy consumption for buildings taller than 20 stori...
Towson City Center, a 15-story office high-rise in Towson, MD, sat vacant for ten years after being declared a sick building due to ventilation problems. In 20...
Facilities across the globe are using thermal energy storage to air-condition spaces, from one of the tallest buildings in the world (the T&C; Tower in Taiwan) to the first U.S. commercial skyscraper to achieve LEED Platinum certification (Bank of America Tower in New York).
Portable air conditioners, sometimes called spot coolers, are most often associated with emergency cooling in heat waves. But portable units can actually provide flexible year-round solutions to a wide range of cooling challenges in high-rise buildings – from emergency use, to planned temporary cooling, to long-term supplemental cooling of critical areas.
The downturn in the economy has forced many companies and organizations to make some tough choices in spending cutbacks. A common place to cut back is outside v...
