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August 26, 2020
Utility companies manage incredible amounts of facility information, inventory, and tangible assets. Recently, they have been increasing their mobile offerings to consumers, which adds to the utility’s challenge of managing data. Keeping track of utility outages and other customer information will…
August 26, 2020
Army installations like Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, strive to make the next great contribution to our national defense, medical research knowledge, and worldwide communications tools. When all of the installation's cylinders are running on peak capacity, it demands close to 40 MW of energy…
August 26, 2020
Steven Eget
On August 3, 2015, President Barack Obama announced the Clean Power Plan, which establishes limits for carbon pollution from power plants. This rule differs from many air pollution regulations by putting a framework in place to allow for a shift to cleaner energy. The plan includes a set of…
August 26, 2020
Whether you rely on network, print, or electronic media for your news, headlines have been dominated by high impact weather events such as the late winter and spring tornado outbreaks, as well as one of our warmest winters on record. Inevitably, questions arise: Are these weather extremes caused by…
August 26, 2020
Jon Taber
Last week I talked about my experience designing and implementing "eco-latrines" in Cotani, Bolivia. As a member of the Oklahoma East chapter (OK East) of Engineers Without Borders-USA, our new project involves implementing experimental solar powered water heaters in the community to improve the…
August 26, 2020
Steven Eget
For the past few years, I've volunteered on the Facilities Committee at my local YMCA in Madison, New Jersey; evaluating ways to trim facility costs and keep them competitive with newer, private clubs. I'm on the committee to provide my expertise as an engineering consultant, but I've learned a…
August 26, 2020
Hal Corin
While constructing an energy model of a North Carolina hospital, I became curious about the impact of window size on an individual room’s cooling load. I took the 80-square-foot room and varied the window height. The chosen “Solarban 70” had a U-value of 0.27 and a shading coefficient of 0.27. The…
August 26, 2020
I've had an opportunity to help engineer a number of projects for Dominion Virginia Power, and have recently been working on the largest and most complex project yet—a new 230kV transmission line and electrical substation at a military installation in Arlington. This important project, soon to be…
August 26, 2020
Scott Ehrhardt
Recently, Duke Energy came to us with a significant challenge related to the operation of one of its coal-fired generating plants. What was at stake? A major power supply, a pristine river, a diverse ecosystem that included threatened and endangered species, and the support of a regional community…
August 26, 2020
Timing is key. This was our mantra during a recent assignment to design and plan a 2.2 megawatt solar farm for Saint Peter's Healthcare System. Strict regulatory milestones drove our effort to complete the project without jeopardizing its funding. Although meeting the regulatory benchmarks were…
August 26, 2020
Larry Hlavacek
Last year, I had the opportunity to attend an interesting panel presentation in Indianapolis on “Solar Power in the Midwest.” Other participants included representatives from, the U.S. General Services Administration, the U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Indianapolis Power &…
August 26, 2020
Larry J. Hlavacek
A couple of years ago, I led a team of professionals on an American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) project for the General Services Administration (GSA) at the General Emmett J. Bean Center in Indianapolis, Indiana. GSA selected the Bean Center for a landmark pilot project involving the…
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