Craiberly Enterprises fabricates and installs ductwork in commercial buildings in the Hampton Roads Area of Norfolk, Virginia. Above is a photo of Deonte Osborne and Jakob Simmons after the shop team made all of the individual parts for a large radius elbow for the Sentara Cancer Center.

Authored by lead builder Jonathan Wright, “Living Building Makers: Creating Sustainable Buildings That Renew Our World” shares candid stories about the challenges and charms of green building.

ALL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS FOLLOW THE SAME BASIC FORMULA. And that’s the problem, according to the MacLeamy Curve, a concept developed by renowned architect Patrick MacLeamy. In a traditional design, bid, build process, the further along you are along in the construction process the higher the cost of a design change.

In all, Kaempf & Harris Sheet Metal utilized 600,000 pounds of galvanized ductwork to construct a commercial-grade HVAC system for the 270,000-square-foot Frederick High School in Frederick, Maryland. 

All signs point to sustainability, safety and BIM technology when it comes to future success in the HVAC industry. But where do you begin? 

ASHRAE has announced the technical program for its Building Performance Analysis Conference, which takes place Sept. 27-29 at the Atlanta Marriott Buckhead Hotel & Conference Center.

Petersen Aluminum Corp. supplied five different Pac-Clad roof and wall products to a 43,000-square-foot facility in New Castle, Delaware. 

With a rising deluge of buzzwords and phrases ranging from sustainability and climate change to energy efficiency and green building seeping into nearly all industries, it’s hard to ignore HVAC’s role in lessening the environmental impact of buildings in the United States and worldwide.

An Oklahoma health care facility is pursuing an environmental certification, thanks in part to its metal roof. 

In the city of Temple Terrace, Florida, an extensive audit of its public buildings conducted by HVAC construction contractor ABM Industries revealed 57 percent of the surveyed HVAC equipment was 15 years or older.