Welcome to the Better Building Systems Podcast with the Building Hotrodders. In this episode we bring on special guests Joe and Mike with RP Fedder to help discuss Cleanrooms and the Cleanroom design process along with the Building Hotrodders Clay, Mark, and Nick. If you are new to cleanrooms, they are critical environments that control the quantity of airborne particles within the space to serve a specific process. These facilities are utilized in many different industries such as pharmaceutical, biotechnology, electronics, and much more. The cleanroom experts with RP Fedder help cover many different aspects related to the cleanrooms and the cleanroom design process. We discuss the cleanroom basics such as different cleanroom classes (ISO standards/Class 100, 1000, 100000, etc), particle sizes in microns, what a HEPA filter is, where particles come from, and much more. From there we dive into airflow considerations in cleanrooms, HEPA density for different classes of cleanrooms, and construction considerations in these spaces. Cleanrooms are very critical environments that not only depend on cleanliness, but also temperature, relative humidify, and pressure. Cleanroom experts Joe and Mike discuss how these critical parameters are included in the design process as well as common design and operation principles for different classes of cleanrooms. This includes general construction, HVAC systems, and controls to support the cleanrooms. Tune into the podcast to hear some great conversation on cleanrooms and cleanroom design with RP Fedder and the Building Hotrodders and keep on the lookout for some additional episodes with RF Fedder on cleanrooms. For more information on us check out our webpages:

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Welcome back to the Better Building Systems Podcast with the Building Hotrodders! In this episode the Hotrodders bring back Steam expert Chase to continue the steam discussion, specifically on Steam, Energy Conservation at Point of Production. This discussion revolves around steam boilers and Energy Conservation Measures to help make the Boilers as efficient as possible. Throughout the episode we discuss steam boilers in general, typical efficiencies of boilers, where energy is lost in boilers, how the experts dive into energy studies with these systems, and much more. Some key discussion topics of the episode are boiler blowdown controls/energy recovery, stack economizers, combustion air preheating, and O2 trim. We also cover maintenance requirements such as trap maintenance, burner maintenance, and boiler tuning to keep boilers operating in peak efficiency. As always this was a very interesting discussion and having the experts cover how they approach steam plant energy studies, different energy conservation measures to implement, important maintenance items, and key considerations for all types of facilities implementing steam boilers was eye opening. Tune into the episode to hear some great discussion on steam boilers and key efficiency measures! For more information on us check out our webpages:

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Welcome back to the Better Building Systems podcast with the Building Hotrodders. In this episode we discuss How Might AI Tools Improve the Work of Small to Medium Sized Engineers, Consultants, Contractors, and Subject Matter Experts? The Building Hotrodders start off the discussion covering different types of AI (Weak AI, Strong AI, and Super AI) and how it is currently applied in todays society (such as AI chatbots). We also outline what we consider to be a lot of positives to todays Artificial Intelligence as well as some potential negatives to current and future Artificial Intelligence. The Building Hotrodders then take the discussion to our professional world and how it can help industry professionals in day to day tasks as well as some very complex tasks. Some examples of this is accounting, excel calculations, email writing, marketing, and then for complex energy studies, complex energy usage estimates, sequence of operations writing, and more. Overall his was a very engaging and interesting discussion to have. What we consider technology of the future is here with us today! How we utilize this technology will ultimately determine if Artificial Intelligence will truly benefit our industry or not. Tune into the podcast to hear all of our thoughts and as always be sure to let us know what you think! For more information on us check out our webpages:

https://www.vsenergy.us/

https://www.appliedfacilityscience.com/

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