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Strategies to Achieve 30% Energy Savings Over and Above ASHRAE 90.1
Written by: Nelson Long, PE, LEED® AP Affiliated Engineers
ASHE PDC 2010 - March 2010


Techniques employed to increase efficiencies in energy and water usage at The University of North Carolina's new Hillsborough Hospital, subject to recently enacted aggressive state performance standards.

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Humidification and Dehumidification
Written by: Bruce McLay, PE, LEED® AP Affiliated Engineers
Engineered Systems Magazine - September 2009


Technologies and Strategies to Manipulate Psychrometric Effect
The increasing globalization of scientific research, advanced health care, and other specialty facilities is expanding the range of climates in which facilities with specialized HVAC needs are sited. At the same time, rising energy prices and the volatility of global energy markets have driven some rethinking of traditional means of humidification and dehumidification of buildings. This article examines a number of tools that may be used alone - or, in select cases, more effectively together - to reduce energy consumption, be it in Jeddah or Seattle, in Hyderabad or Hyde Park.

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Successful Commissioning of BSL Facilities Requires Teamwork
Written by: Paul Stasiewicz, PE, Affiliated Engineers; Stephen Keiss, Colorado State University; Randall Larson, The FWA Group; Michael Sholders, AIA, Hensel Phelps
Tradeline - November 2008


New Developments and Solutions Call for Coordination Among Stakeholders
The successful commissioning and subsequent start-up of complex biocontainment facilities can be achieved with teamwork and collaboration ...


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Planning for the 100-Year Hospital
Written by: Paul Petska, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.,
Based on an interview with Richard Peck, Editor-in-Chief
Healthcare Design Magazine - July 2008


It all started with the University of Kentucky, which wanted to construct a healthcare facility that would be a local icon...

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Collaborative Research in the Heartland
R&D Magazine, 42nd Anniversary Lab of the Year - June 2008, Vol. 50, No. 6


Indiana University's Simon Hall creates an environment for current and future research in a setting that maintains one of the strongest architectural heritages in acadamia.

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Commissioning Labs for Safety
Written by: Michael Click, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Laboratory Design - June 2008, Vol. 13, No. 6

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INSYNC - Basics of Health Facility Commissioning
Written by: Paul H. Stasiewicz, PE, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Health Facilities Management - March 2007

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GlaxoSmithKline Rolls Out FlexiLab Design In U.S.
Written by: Nick Caronna, PE, LEED® AP, Affiliated Engineers, Inc. and Jim Holloway, PE, GlaxoSmithKline
Retrofitting R&D Space to Accommodate Rapidly Changing Research
Tradeline, Inc. - September 2006

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Carolina Connectivity
Written by: Sanjyot Bhusari and David Brooks, PE, Affiliated Engineers, Inc., and Jay Evans, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
Affiliated Engineers uses IT tactics of enterprise proportions to connect the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's building automation systems.
Consulting-Specifying Magazine - January 2006

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Do You Need An Engineering Lab Planner?
Written by: Robert H. Sherman Jr., PE, LEED® AP, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
This specialty consultant can be crucial to the outcome of your job.
R&D Magazine's Laboratory Design Handbook - October 20, 2005 Vol. 10, No. 11

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Chill the Ceilings and Achieve Cool Energy Savings
Written by: Dave Barista, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
A look at Affiliated Engineers approach to chilled beam technology and its importance as an emerging sustainable HVAC technology.
Building Design and Construction - November 18, 2005

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Commissioning Laboratories, Getting the Owner's Perspective
Written by: Marc LeBrun, PE and David Brooks, PE, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Consulting-Specifying Magazine - August 12, 2005

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All in the Timing Project Team Overcomes Challenges and Maintains Fast-Track Schedule
Written by: Amy Eagle
An overview of the MD Anderson Cancer Center Ambulatory Clinical Building, engineered by Affiliated Engineers.
Health Facilities Management - July 2005 Vol. 18 No. 7

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