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c 66 72 76 contents FEATURES L LEED Or 36 Out Of, TheGet (It) Way? O ® September 2008 COVER STORY 36 We often think of the road to green and the road to LEED® as o being one and the same. However, if your destination is a data center, mapping the current LEED requirements reveals that the true green path may bypass this popular certification. — by Kevin Dickens, P.E., LEED® AP PH PHARMACEUTICAL HVAC R Race To Market Ph Pharmaceutical lab and plant design is complex enough, but adding time urgency driven by both municipal and product add concerns can be a tough pill to swallow. Fortunately, exceptional teamwork and computer modeling avoided many potential complications and assisted this firm in achieving the cure for the common deadline. — by Scott Tunnell, P.E. , LEED® AP Steam Humidification In S Pharmaceutical Facilities P One steam is clean. Another steam is chemical-free. Are they ste interchangeable? And what effects do pharmaceutical manufacturinterchange ing best practices and regulations have on the usual humidification specification process? Let this brief but specific article be your prescription for wiser design. DEPARTMENTS Advertiser Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Application Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Back2Basics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Building Automation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Case In Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Commissioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Computers & Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Editor’s Note. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 HVAC Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HVACR Designer Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Literature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Tomorrow’s Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 98 — by Mark A. Butler and Samuel R. Colucci, P.E. DATA CENTERS Outside Air, Inside Data Centers O Data centers are expensive propositions, so incorporating some free cool is financially attractive as well as green. However, reachcooling ing the real savings involves more than just incorporating economizers. You i th l need the controls to execute an overall sequence of operation that handles the transitions in chilled water plant performance, too. — by William Gembinski P.E., Kris Johnson, and Mark J. Lepore P.E. BUILDING AUTOMATION BU 81 F Forecast: Increasingly Cloudy A And Under Control As the burden of building data gets heavier, strategies for managing it take to the sky, so to speak. Whether it’s sorting managi your services smartly or learning to use SCADA or OPC, modern building automation aims to help you succeed by keeping your head in the clouds and your feet on the ground. you — by Ken Sinclair 45 4 CO R R E C T I O N B BACnet Supplement G Get the latest on what BACnet International can mean for business, the details on Plugfest ’08 and other member news, and more in this month’s special supplement. news In the August 2008 issue, the website of the Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency was misidentified. The correct website is www.dsireusa.org/. Engineered Systems regrets the error. En gi neer ed Sy stem s September 2008 http://www.dsireusa.org

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Engineered Systems - September 2008 Contents Editor's Note HVAC Challenge Back2Basics Case In Point Commissioning Building Automation HVACR Designer Tips Application Checklist LEED®, Or Get (It) Out Of The Way? BACnet Supplement Race To Market Steam Humidification In Pharmaceutical Facilities Outside Air, Inside Data Centers Forecast: Increasingly Cloudy And Under Control Products Computers & Software Literature Glossary Classifieds Advertiser Index Tomorrow's Environment

Engineered Systems - September 2008

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