ASHRAE Journal - July 2014 - 3

Contents Vol. 57, No. 7, July 2014

staNDiNG COLumNs
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42 engineer's notebook

Fire & Smoke Damper
Application Requirements
By Stephen W. Duda, P.E.
46 builDing sciences
32

Features

Luftwaffe, Ballast and
Shipping Containers

Overestimating Energy and Cost
Savings of Installing VFDs
By Adam K. Wolfe, Ph.D., P.E.

Do All DOAS Configurations
Provide the Same Benefits?

58 refrigeration applications

Sparkling Water
By Andy Pearson, Ph.D., C.Eng.
66 Data centers

IT Equipment Load Trends,
Part 5

Shaping the Next...Global

By Joseph W. Lstiburek, Ph.D., P.Eng.

By Donald L. Beaty, P.E.
70 energy moDeling

Improving Infiltration in
Energy Modeling
By Lisa C. Ng, Ph.D.;
Andrew K. Persily,Ph.D.;
Steven J. Emmerich

By Shihan Deng; Josephine Lau, Ph.D.; Jae-Weon Jeong, Ph.D.

2014 asHrae teCHNOLOGY aWarDs

Design Build Manufacturing Plant
By Charles E. Gulledge III, P.E.; Rich S. Conyers; Bradley M. Poe;
Charles M. Kibby

High-Rise Energy Efficiency
By Shengwei Wang, Ph.D.; Wai-Keung Pau

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