Blog Archives: Buildings & Campus
Controlling Building Humidity Roundtable: Dews & Don'ts
Posted by Entech Engineering on Saturday, August 21, 2021
Humidity can be a fickle thing in buildings, especially ones that have seen their fair share of summers. And seemingly small operational changes can have a disproportionate impact on humidity. ...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Mechanical | Engineering | Building Humidity
Ceiling Fans: Summertime Savior or Super-Spreader?
Posted by Stuart Heisey on Friday, May 21, 2021
With the warm temperatures arriving in the northeast, you may be thinking about turning on those ceiling or box fans, to bring some much-needed relief. But does that additional air movement and...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Mechanical | Health & Safety | COVID-19
Maximizing COVID Mitigation Projects on Campus
Posted by Stuart Heisey on Monday, April 26, 2021
Use data-driven strategies to tackle urgent challenges with long-term vision Are you trying to upgrade your spaces to get your students and instructors back to full-time in-person learning...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Mechanical | Budgeting & Funding | Facility Planning & Management | Engineering | Health & Safety | COVID-19
COVID-19 & HVAC: How to Reduce Your Risks
Posted by Stuart Heisey on Thursday, August 13, 2020
Aerosol spread of COVID-19 has been confirmed by the CDC as a transmission source. There are things that can be done with HVAC systems to reduce risk in occupied spaces. Additionally, every one of...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Mechanical | Health & Safety | COVID-19
Building Humidity: Issues, Problems, & Causes
Posted by Stuart Heisey on Friday, July 31, 2020
Why is humidity suddenly such a common problem?Are you a building owner or facility manager that has experienced high levels of relative humidity in your buildings or high volumes of complaints about...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Mechanical | Building Humidity
How to Implement a GIS Program on the Modern Campus - Webinar On Demand
Posted by Katie O'Regan on Wednesday, July 1, 2020
My colleague, Leo Scott, Jr., AICP, and I hosted a webinar to discuss how GIS can help colleges and universities tackle the challenges presented by rapidly evolving campuses and pedagogy. We covered...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: GIS Mapping
Preventing Humidity Issues in Vacant Buildings
Posted by Stuart Heisey on Friday, April 3, 2020
During these unprecedented times, schools, offices, restaurants, hotels, and many other businesses and organizations are shut down. One of the biggest questions now faced by facilities staff: what to...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Mechanical | Engineering | COVID-19 | Building Humidity
Act 50 PA One Call Updates: Not Just for Excavators Anymore
Posted by Christine Gunsaullus on Tuesday, June 12, 2018
We’re all familiar with the Pennsylvania One Call System. My first two co-op jobs at Aqua PA and Sun Pipeline introduced me to the “Call Before You Dig” rules, and over the years,...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus | Industrial & Manufacturing | Municipal Infrastructure | Oil & Gas Infrastructure | Entech, Engineering, & Beyond
Tagged: Regulations
De-Icing Without Damaging Historic Masonry
Posted by Joshua Kiehl on Thursday, March 15, 2018
As winter arrives, bringing with it ice and snow, historic building owners are faced with the additional challenge of keeping walkways and steps around their facilities safe for pedestrians and clear...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus
Tagged: Architectural | Historic Preservation
SRBC Registration of Grandfathered Water Uses
Posted by Mary Peters on Monday, November 27, 2017
More than 1,300 facilities received a notice this month from the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), outlining their new program to register unapproved water withdrawals and consumptive water...
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Categories: Buildings & Campus | Industrial & Manufacturing | Municipal Infrastructure
Tagged: Potable Water | Regulations