Online Exclusives

Mar/Apr 2007 Online Exclusives

CORTEX One LEED Credits Achieved: In their article “CORTEX One: Half-empty or Half-full? A Lesson in Water Conservation,” Paul Todd Merrill, PE, LEED AP, and Steve Niehoff, CID, CIC, CLIA, explain the design process behind constructing a LEED-certified building. Find out exactly what credits the building achieved and the innovative systems they used to achieve those credits.

Jan/Feb 2007 Online Exclusives

Design Phase Submission Requirements: January/February 2007 Peer to Peer author Doug Page offers these proposed submission requirements for all disciplines and the plumbing discipline. Use these as a guideline when drafting your own company’s design submission requirements or when meeting with other trades during the planning stages of a project.

Hydronic Equations: As a complement to the January/February 2007 feature article “Keeping Hot Water Hot,” author Harold Olsen offers these hydronic equations commonly used in hot water circulation system design.

Commonly Used Conversions: As a complement to the January/February 2007 feature article “Keeping Hot Water Hot,” author Harold Olsen offers these conversions commonly used in the design of hot water circulation systems.

Pump and Pipe Size Decision-making: Follow author Harold Olsen’s decision-making process in this brief discussion to introduce you to the uniform pressure loss method for pump and pipe size selection.

Nov/Dec 2006 Online Exclusives

What Does the Future Hold for the 2006–2008 Board of Directors?
ASPE’s 2006–2008 board of directors was inducted at the 2006 Convention in Tampa, Fla. You can read President Julius Ballanco’s vision for the next two years in the November/December 2006 Plumbing Systems & Design (“From the President’s Pen”). But what about the other board members? They’ve graciously agreed to provide their outlooks for their terms for us. Follow the links below to learn what the vice presidents and secretary/treasurer plan for the next two years.

• ASPE Vice President, Technical, Outlook
• ASPE Vice President, Legislative, Outlook
• ASPE Vice President, Membership, Outlook
• ASPE Vice President, Education, Outlook
• ASPE Secretary/Treasurer Outlook
  

Sept/Oct 2006 Online Exclusives

CPVC Testing Procedures: The September/October 2006 article “Specifying CPVC Fire Sprinkler Systems” explains when and how to use CPVC piping for fire sprinkler applications. Now find out what tests CPVC piping must undergo to obtain FM Global and ATMS approvals and Underwriters Laboratories (UL) Listings.

Netherlands Water Supply Decree: In December 2004, the Netherlands Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment adopted a plan to combat Legionella contamination in the country’s collective water systems. Here is a summary of the paragraphs relating specifically to Legionella prevention. Read the September/October 2006 International Digest to learn how to perform a risk analysis as detailed in the regulations.

July/August 2006 Online Exclusives

AAV Survey Respondents’ Write-in Comments: In addition to the raw data presented in the Product Survey Results column on air-admittance valves, survey respondents provided numerous write-in comments to two questions: what do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of AAVs? Read those comments here.

July/August ASPE Report Online

Board of Directors April Meeting Highlights: Learn what actions the board of directors is taking on numerous Society issues.

Design Standards Committee Update: Committee Chair David Dexter explains the current standards under review and the process for creating standards.

May/June 2006

Manning’s Formula Spreadsheet: “Computer Corner” columnist Mike Olson created this spreadsheet to simply Manning’s Formula calculations for a project in which he was involved. He’s made it available for download, so you can use it for your projects.

Domestic Hot Water Distribution System Checklist: In the May/June 2006 “Peer to Peer,” columnist Doug Page discusses issues relating to the design and installation of domestic hot water systems. He’s developed this checklist to help streamline this process.

Who’s Reading What?: Coming Soon! The PS&D publishing staff sent the “Who’s Reading What?” survey to all PS&D readers as an insert with several past issues. Find out what your peers think about several industry magazines and what they’d like to see published in future issues.

Mar/Apr 2006

Design Flow Curves Graph PDF: In his March/April 2006 “Lessons Learned” column, Joe Scott discussed a graph that converts drainage fixture units to gallons per minute. Developed by Robert S. Wyly and Herbert N. Eaton in their scientific paper “Capacities of Stacks in Sanitary Drainage Systems for Buildings/Plumbing Stacks Capacities,” the graph is known as “NBS Monograph #31” and was published by the U.S. Department of Commerce in 1961.

Jan/Feb 2006

Seismic Design for Fire Sprinkler Systems: Practical Example for Designing and Sizing Seismic Bracing and Components