The Science of ComfortTM
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines a high performance school as energy and resource efficient. Creating a high performance school is not difficult, but it requires an integrated, “whole building” approach from the beginning of the design process.
Topics: LEED for Schools, Beams, Displacement, System Efficiency, HVAC Fundamentals, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering
Displacement ventilation provides low velocity air at around 65°F that relies on buoyancy forces to drive the air motion. Supply air spreads across the floor until encountering thermal plumes from heat sources that naturally drive the clean, conditioned air up through the breathing zone. Heat and particulate are carried up to high-level return or exhaust grilles instead of getting recycled through the space. The result is high ventilation effectiveness and improved thermal comfort delivered in an energy efficient manner.
Topics: Displacement, Thermal Comfort, HVAC Fundamentals, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Tech Tip
One of the most frequent questions that customer and reps ask us is “Can you model this?” Even though the answer is always a resounding yes – we love a challenge – every rep and customer is still
surprised at the broad array of applications that benefit from a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis. This means that a myriad of designs currently in use in different sectors of the building industry could have been improved.
Topics: Mock-Up, Heat Transfer, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Tech Tip, CFD
In collaboration with 701 Architecture Inc., our warming hut design for the arts and architecture competition is currently on the Centennial River Trail at the Forks in Winnipeg, MB.
Topics: Acoustics, Noise Control, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, Events, Architecture
Published in August 2020 ASHRAE Journal, written by Ryan Idema and Jesse Hendershot
Price Industries is incredibly proud to have partnered with Michigan Air Products, one of the leading manufacturer’s representatives for commercial and industrial HVAC solutions, on this sizeable and impressive project.
Topics: Displacement, Thermal Comfort, HVAC, Engineering, Design Engineering, ASHRAE 62, Engineering Update
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