by Bradley Short | Mar 24, 2015 | Tip Of The Week
Shawn’s Tip Of The Week: This week, we’re focusing on the low-hanging fruit. Installing more efficient equipment or changing policy pays off, but it takes a lot of work, time, and/or money. Rather than focus on those, however, today we’re going to look at what’s...
by Bradley Short | Mar 18, 2015 | Tip Of The Week
Shawn’s Tip Of The Week: Use a smoke stick to stop unwanted air movement For this week’s tip, I’ll defer to the 32BJ Training Fund’s great video on air sealing. In it, Victor Nazario uses a smoke stick to detect drafts in an apartment building....
by Bradley Short | Mar 13, 2015 | Tip Of The Week
Shawn’s Tip Of The Week: Check And Change Your Air Filters Everyone knows that changing air filters is one of the most basic parts of building maintenance. But it’s easy to let simple things like this fall behind and end up with a facility that’s running...
by Bradley Short | Mar 4, 2015 | Tip Of The Week
Shawn’s Tip Of The Week: Conduct freeze rounds whenever the temperature drops As this year’s exceptionally cold weather continues to take its toll on many of our cities, engineers like you are the first line of defense tasked with keeping our buildings comfortable and...
by Bradley Short | Feb 17, 2015 | Tip Of The Week
A burst pipe on the roof of a New York City hotel on Monday forced 600 guests to evacuate, according to NBC New York. Don’t let this happen to you. Inspect any pipe or piece of equipment that’s exposed to the cold, especially your roof tanks. Plunging...
by Bradley Short | Feb 6, 2015 | Tip Of The Week
Last week, I explained how tracking make-up water levels could help you diagnose various problems in a closed-loop system like steam heat. This week, I’ll show you why you should pay attention to your stack temperature and how it can help you save thousands on fuel...