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Building Science: What is a CHP?

Building Science: What is a CHP?


July 21, 2015

We visit Yanmar’s facility in Adairsville, Ga., to learn how Combined Heat and Power units CHP), a compact and seemingly quiet technology, can power and heat an entire facility.

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NAVFAC releases guidelines for sustainable reconstruction of Navy facilities

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Free waterproofing and roofing resource handbook available from American Hydrotech

American Hydrotech is now offering a waterproofing and roofing resource handbook for all architects and design community professionals. Topics include sustainable design, waterproof product specification, and proper installation techniques for use by building professionals in designing and waterproofing roof decks, plazas, vertical foundations, reflecting pools, and green roof applications. 

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Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure

Northglenn, Colo., a Denver suburb, has opened the new Northglenn City Hall—a net zero, fully electric building with a mass timber structure. The 32,600-sf, $33.7 million building houses 60 city staffers. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, Northglenn City Hall is set to become the first municipal building in Colorado, and one of the first in the country, to achieve the Core certification: a green building rating system overseen by the International Living Future Institute.



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