Belt, Suspenders, or Both?

You properly selected a cooling tower. You’ve gone back and forth with us, the architect, and the structural engineer. You coordinated clearances, connections, weight, performance, power and controls.

Is the Cooling Tower Mission Critical or Not?

We all know the context and the quote. It was 1909, and the Ford Model T was in heavy production. His sales teams claimed they could sell more cars if multiple colors were offered. Mr. Ford stated, “Any customer can have a car painted any

EER Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story on Water Source Heat Pumps

There’s always tension between “right way” and “better way.” “Right way” implies experience and expertise, avoiding past problems and sleeping well at night. It also can feel like “right way” just wants to be left alone, doesn’t want to talk about it anymore, because it’s

The lesson learned first is the lesson learned best!

EER (Energy Efficiency Ratio) is a great way to compare two like products at full load. Where it’s not so good is in evaluating part load performance. The chiller industry has solved this by using part-load metrics like IPLV, but the heat pump industry –