We engineers love our equations. Imagine asking an engineer a question, and they hold up a finger gesturing for you to wait quietly while they punch numbers into their calculator. 

I’m sure everyone reading this column has heard the adage “a picture is worth a thousand words.”  

A team of ASHRAE volunteers led a highly successful building campaign to garner support for the renovation project. Thirty-one corporate donors committed more than $9.7 million in monetary support and gifts of equipment and services.

NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code provides performance criteria for healthcare facilities that follow a risk-based approach, where it is the risk posed to patients, staff or visitors that defines safety guidelines. 

Anyone can become ASSE-12080 certified by completing 24 hours of approved education and then passing the ASSE-proctored exam.

Energy efficiency has become a priority for an increasing number of builders, contractors and engineers who work on and support green projects. 

The iconic Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, plays host to the National Basketball Association’s Charlotte Hornets, as well as various events and concerts each year.

At 17 years old, a man working concessions asked Chris Winnie what he wanted to be when he grew up. 

When our local water company started adding Watts No. 7 dual-check backflow preventers to all water services, we soon discovered water heaters were failing at a rapid pace, with gas fired models exhibiting telltale signs where the cold/hot water lines skewed off making them look like a bow-legged cowboy! 

Is it just me or has there been a lot of big words being thrown about lately?