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Cafes at Saint George
Tour of cafes and light snack spots within the university proper.
Air Conditioning
Today at 15:00 UTC we review the latest in best practice literature for air conditioning systems in common education, healthcare settings and in the information and communication technology systems that supports activity in all of them.
Refrigeration
Walk-in refrigerators play a crucial role in food preparation areas in education communities; residence halls, hospitals, research laboratories and large football stadium not the least of them. There is only one markup open for public consultation, and a relatively minor one at that (harmonization with the ASME Boiler Pressure Code).
Quadrivium: Summer
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 15:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We are tooling up for the NFPA 2029 National Electrical Code Technical Committee Meetings in September and the IEEE Industrial Applications Society Meetings in October.
Allston District Energy
The facility provides multiple buildings with steam, hot and chilled water, and 13.8 kV electricity through Combined Heat & Power systems. A noteworthy element is a 1.3 million gallon tank for storing chilled water produced off-peak, when electricity is less expensive, and distributed during daytime hours to buildings as needed.
Rewind: District Energy
From our 2010 VIDEO ARCHIVE: Lucas Hyman author of "Sustainable On Site CHP Systems: Design, Construction and Operations" published by McGraw, explains the fractal nature of district energy systems . Co-Editor Martin Meckler is a graduate of the University of Michigan. Mike Anthony contributed Chapter 23 -- Government Mission Critical - A combined FMECA and time value of money study on Critical Operations Power Systems.
Scouser District Energy
Rachael Hanmer-Dwight from the University's Energy team discusses the Combined Heat and Power Energy Centre and Heat Network which generates up to 90% of campus electricity and can be adapted to take different fuel blends.