As Vice President for Regulatory Affairs and Global Sustainability at Baltimore Aircoil Company (BAC) and the incoming President-Elect of ASHRAE for 2024-25, Bill McQuade brings unique insights into ...

A characteristic of any thermal power plant — whether using coal, gas or spicy nuclear rocks — is that they have a closed steam loop with a condenser section in which the post-turbine steam is ...

The number of data centers in the U.S. continues to grow in response to the enormous amount of digital information stored and streamed. The massive computer power within these data centers generates ...

Factory-assembled cooling towers formed of engineered molded plastics continue to gain favor over galvanized sheet metal models that once dominated the industry. Just as plastics have overtaken metal ...

Direct air capture machines are expensive to build, making the economics of carbon capture difficult to pencil out. But Noya wants to use existing infrastructure instead. On top of a nondescript ...

Natural gas engines replaced diesel-powered generators years ago at the world-famous Bronx Zoo in New York City. High-density polyethylene (HDPE) cooling towers were installed at the time and have ...

Electrostatic droplet capture system installed on an HVAC condenser. (Credit: Infinite Cooling) As a common feature with thermal power plants, cooling towers enable major water savings compared to ...

The Czech Republic plans to build two new reactors at its Dukovany plant to expand the country's nuclear energy capacity.