AAMI/ISO 11607-1:2006/A1:2014 : Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices - Part 1: Requirements for materials, sterile barrier systems and packaging, Amendment 1
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AAMI/ISO 11607-2:2006/A1:2014 : Packaging for terminally sterilized medical devices - Part 2: Validation requirements for forming, sealing and assembly processes, Amendment 1
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IES RP-20-14 : Lighting for Parking Facilities
The primary purpose of this document is to provide recommendations for the design of fixed lighting for parking facilities. This document deals entirely with lighting and does not give advice on construction. It provides recommended practices for designing new lighting systems for parking facilities and it is not intended to be applied to existing lighting systems until such systems are redesigned. However, this document does represent current good practice.
These recommendations include interior and exterior lighting practices for the reasonably safe movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in parking facilities, the enhancing of personal safety and security and the deterring of vandalism and theft, while optimizing energy use and minimizing maintenance.
Excluded from this practice:
These recommendations include interior and exterior lighting practices for the reasonably safe movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic in parking facilities, the enhancing of personal safety and security and the deterring of vandalism and theft, while optimizing energy use and minimizing maintenance.
Excluded from this practice:
- Computer-controlled, automated vehicle parking facilities that utilize mechanical means to store and retrieve vehicles in an unoccupied storage vault.
- Curb parking along streets.
- Single family residential parking pads and garages.
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AI MS-17 : Asphalt Overlays for Highway and Street Rehabilitation - Third Edition
This is the new and revised edition, which has been developed to provide the state-of-the-practice for evaluating and designing asphalt overlays for both asphalt and concrete pavements. Emphasis has been placed on alternatives to combine sound pavement management principles, accurate distress identification, and a detailed structural analysis for an asphalt overlay design to carry the projected vehicular loading.
This new edition has been rewritten to reflect changes in rehabilitation strategies that took root in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
This new edition has been rewritten to reflect changes in rehabilitation strategies that took root in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
- Chapter 1 has been written to capture the asphalt applications available to meet demands placed on an aging national highway infrastructure.
- Chapters 6 and 10 on Nondestructive Testing and Fractured Slab Technology respectively have been added.
- Chapters 12, 13 and 14 have been developed as Guide Specifications for the more popular rehabilitation techniques for concrete pavement - Rubblization, Crack/Break and Seat, and Saw-Cut and Seal.
- Chapter 15 on Drainage has been expanded to include the latest innovations using longitudinal edge drains and permeable bases for use in conjunction with rehabilitation of concrete pavements.
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AI MS-19 : Basic Asphalt Emulsion Manual - Fourth Edition
The industry's key publication for explaining the characteristics of asphalt emulsions and their uses. The Basic Asphalt Emulsion Manual also contains information about when, where and how emulsions should be used. This manual will help you evaluate pavement systems for construction and maintenance, and choose the emulsion that best fits your project's specific conditions.
This new edition includes:
This new edition includes:
- the latest information about emulsion testing, grades and uses;
- new best practices guides and troubleshooting lists;
- coverage of all emulsion applications;
- improved organization and layout;
- a glossary and index.
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ASHRAE 140-2014 : Standard 140-2014 -- Standard Method of Test for the Evaluation of Building Energy Analysis Computer Programs (ANSI Approved)
This standard specifies test procedures for evaluating the technical capabilities and ranges of applicability of computer programs that calculate the thermal performance of buildings and their HVAC systems.
This Standard Method of Test can be used for identifying and diagnosing predictive differences from whole building energy simulation software that may possibly be caused by algorithmic differences, modeling limitations, input differences, or coding errors. The current set of tests included herein consists of 1) comparative tests that focus on building thermal envelope and fabric loads and mechanical equipment performance and 2) analytical verification tests that focus on mechanical equipment performance. This procedure tests software over a broad range of parametric interactions and for a number of different output types, thus minimizing the concealment of algorithmic differences by compensating errors. Different building energy simulation programs, representing different degrees of modeling complexity, can be tested. However, some of the tests may be incompatible with some building energy simulation programs.
The PDF product is a zip file that includes a pdf of the standard as well as spreadsheets and testing files. The print product is a hard copy of the standard as well as a CD containing spreadsheets and testing files.
Keywords: Building Energy Analysis; Method of Test; Test; Computer Programs
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Cold-Climate Design Guide
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Chilled-Beam Design Guide I-P
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Chilled-Beam Design Guide SI
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HVAC Applications: Chilled Beams Selection
Chilled beams have been prevalent in Europe for many years, and have become one of the latest HVAC products to be adopted by engineers in the U.S. In fact, millions of square feet (square meters) are heated and cooled with these devices every day. Simply put, they are air-to-air induction diffusers with a coil. Much like any other piece of building equipment, there is a need to balance both first cost and effective performance. However, the complexity of the product is such that if improperly selected, may lead to unsatisfactory room temperatures, drafty conditions, or wasted energy. In this column, Dan describes the process for selecting chilled beams.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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Celebrating 100 Years of ASHRAE Standard 15
In November 1914, a committee comprised of engineers from the American Society of Refrigerating Engineers began consulting with fire department officials from New York City to develop a regulation aimed to enhance the safety of refrigerating plants in the city. Out of this initial effort grew the nation's first refrigeration safety code, which eventually become Standard 15.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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Refrigeration Applications: Heat Pumps: The Brutal Truth
The brutal truth about heat pump economics is that, unlike refrigeration, there are many ways of providing heat to a space. Refrigeration guy Andy Pearson says if it is proving to be too difficult to justify a heat pump system against other forms of heating, it might sway the purchasing decision when you provide a way to use the cooling effect.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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IAQ Applications: What ASHRAE Says About Infectious Disease
With the Ebola outbreak in the news, the author decided it was a good time to remind ASHRAE members that ASHRAE has relatively new position document regarding airborne infectious disease, and he discusses the role engineers have in dealing with disease.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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Engineer's Notebook: Select & Control Economizer Dampers in VAV Systems
Steve Taylor explains how to select and control economizer dampers in VAV systems.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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ASHRAE Technology Award: Revamping Ho-Hum Strip Mall
Designers transformed a 1970s ho-hum strip mall into a high performance office building within a tight timeframe and even tighter budget. The building uses variable capacity heat pump and energy recovery ventilation systems to achieve a low EUI of only 26.7 kBtu/ft2.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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Technical vs. Process Commissioning: Ongoing Commissioning
An ongoing commissioning program provides the framework to maintain the persistence of building performance over the life of the facility, while providing a method to continually improve building performance. This article discusses best practices for ongoing commissioning.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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Data Centers: X-Factor Explained
Don explains "x-factor," which refers to a dimensionless value of relative server failure rate vs. ambient inlet temperature. Determining this value allows data center owners and operators to make business-centric decisions on how to operate their data centers and establish the right balance between reliability and energy-efficient operation.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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90.1 and Designing High Performance Commercial Kitchen Ventilation Systems
The authors discuss the new Standard 90.1 requirements in context with designing energy efficient CKV systems that strive to improve comfort conditions in kitchens
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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ASHRAE Technology Award: Efficient Labs for University
Because the mechanical system supplying the lab area of the Otto Maass Building at McGill University in Montreal had not been renovated since 1964, the building was one of the largest energy consumers on campus. Following a renovation, building energy consumption dropped from 13% to 5% of the total energy consumed on the entire campus.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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Building Sciences: Walking the Plank
Wood floors have been around forever. You would think folks would know how to install them. Ha. We used to know. Then we forgot. Then it got weird. Wood changed into "waswood". And then we began to install both wood and waswood on surfaces that were not easy to install stuff on. Like concrete. Joe talks best practices for installing wood and waswood onto concrete slabs.
Citation: ASHRAE Journal
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