The Phantom Draft and the Mentor’s WisdomMy old mentor, a man who had more soot on his hands than skin, used to grab me by the collar when we were…
The Sound of a Ticking Time Bomb in the KitchenYou can tell a lot about a restaurant by the sound of its roof. Most people just hear the hum of…
The Airflow Manifesto: Why Your Multi-Story Office is a Thermodynamic NightmareIf you think a thermostat controls the temperature in a three-story office complex, you’ve been sold a bill of goods…
The Sound of a $50,000 DisasterThe silence in a 50,000-square-foot office complex during a February polar vortex isn’t just quiet; it’s the sound of a looming lawsuit. When the pressure…
The Myth of the 'Clean and Check': Why Your Maintenance Contract is Failing YouMy old mentor used to scream, 'You can't cool what you can't touch!' whenever I’d get lazy…
I followed a guy out to a 60,000-square-foot distribution center last February who was ready to fire his entire maintenance crew. He’d just received a $12,000 gas bill, and a…
The Physics of the Void: Why High Ceilings Kill EfficiencyIn thirty years of crawling through the guts of industrial HVAC systems, I have learned one immutable truth: air is lazy.…
The Physics of the Big Box: Why Your Facility is Bleeding CashMy old mentor, a grizzled tin knocker named 'Hacksaw' Jim, used to scream at me whenever I looked at…
The Airflow Manifesto: Why Your Kitchen Is a Thermodynamic Ticking Time BombMy old mentor, a grizzly guy named 'Big Sal' who’d lost most of his hearing to the scream of…
The Invisible Boundary: Why Static Pressure is the Only Thing Standing Between Safety and ContaminationIn the mechanical rooms of a major medical center, you don't hear 'comfort.' You hear the…