Category: Tech Tips

COVID-19 Strategies for Healthcare Facilities

COVID-19 Strategies for Healthcare Facilities

As health systems scramble to cope with current or anticipated surges of patients infected with COVID-19, engineering strategies are emerging. Some involve renovations in existing healthcare buildings (both operating and previously shuttered) to create more beds for...

Keeping Non-Healthcare Buildings Healthy Under Reduced Occupancy

Keeping Non-Healthcare Buildings Healthy Under Reduced Occupancy

Healthcare buildings are under extreme operational demands due to the COVID-19 virus. At the same time, non-healthcare buildings may see the reverse conditions, with limited occupancy and sharply reduced operational hours. G/BA offers this guidance to help facilities...

How Trend Analysis Leads to Better and Lower Cost Operations

How Trend Analysis Leads to Better and Lower Cost Operations

G/BA's Trend Sumoâ„  software makes comprehensive analysis of air-handling unit trends faster, better, and cheaper than before. Are the air-handling units in your building operating at the lowest possible cost? How can you be sure your AHUs are performing effectively...

Hotel Headaches: Handling Electrical and Plumbing Issues

Hotel Headaches: Handling Electrical and Plumbing Issues

G/BA engineers have developed strategies to help with common pain points for hotel and resort facility managers. Contact us for assistance if you're experiencing any of the following electrical or plumbing issues, and refer to our prior blog for Part 1, HVAC....

Hospitality Headaches: Addressing Mechanical Issues

Hospitality Headaches: Addressing Mechanical Issues

G/BA engineers have developed strategies to help with common pain points for hotel and resort facility managers. Contact us for assistance if you're experiencing any of the following HVAC issues, and stay tuned for Part 2, Electrical/Plumbing, next week....

Why and How to Verify Circuit Breaker Settings

Why and How to Verify Circuit Breaker Settings

Checking breakers against a short circuit and coordination study is a crucial step to ensuring safe and efficient electrical systems.Electrical problems are among the worst facility nightmares plaguing owners, managers, staff, and occupants. A professional electrical...

ComEd Funds Studies for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems

ComEd Funds Studies for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Systems

ComEd continues to offer incentives for feasibility study of combined heat and power (CHP) systems, sometimes referred to as cogeneration or "cogen" systems. Potential benefits of CHP systems include:Alternative source of power to increase reliability and uptime –...

New Outbreaks Highlight Legionella Risk

New Outbreaks Highlight Legionella Risk

Legionella, the bacterium that causes serious illnesses including Legionnaire's Disease, thrives in contaminated water News media have publicized periodic incidents since the first cases were recognized in 1976, when an outbreak after a convention held at a...