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JIM BARGER touches the whopping beam, a rough-sawn 8-by-8 that once helped hold up the roof of this old barn. He forces himself to wear gloves.

Otherwise, he'd find away with a handful of splinters, because he can't refrain from caressing the old wood, feeling the grain, searching for what he calls "the darling" hidden inside.

His title is "builder," but his job today, inside this massive, century-old dairy barn cheap Arlington, is more like "archaeologist." Clues about the past will help Barger envision a future, a rebirth, for this 24-foot-lofty, café-au-lait-colored pillar of old-growth Douglas fir, its feet firmly planted on a floor rotting from years of cow urine and leaks from the roof.

Very suitable, the huge timbers in this barn, standing on a serene, grassy hillock above rolling farmland, were milled on the pock-marks from trees dotting the farm. Perhaps, as was the custom in many farm communities, local able-bodied men raised the block out in a day or two.

Choosing conversions: Retail spaces offer cost-effective ... Film Journal

During the contemporaneous economic downturn, there are conversion opportunities for the many theatre owners who are looking to expand their circuit. The closings of numerous thickset retail stores have resulted in the abundance of vacant spaces in prime locations. Many theatre owners are now looking at the conversion of these recently vacated spaces as a set someone back-effective alternative to ground-up construction for new movie theatre developments.

There are substantial cost-saving opportunities relating to come to rest development, site work, incoming utility services, and building construction costs. These construction costs comprehend foundation work, concrete slab on grade, structural framing, roof systems and exterior wall construction.

However, with this moment come challenges. Each conversion project presents the design challenge of developing a movie theatre within an existing edifice not originally intended for movie theatre use. Potential obstacles such as structural column spacing, roof

Chilled Beams For Cooling Buildings

I assume from a very interesting article in the November, 2008 issue of Architectural Record.  In this entry, I will provide a abridgement from this article of many of the points that I feel offer a substantial energy savings, as well as occupant comfort level advance advantage to any project.  The full text may be found on pages 183-190.

In Europe and Australia, the use of chilled beams for cooling has seen lucky use for over a decade.  This can avoid the use of separate duct work and minimize mechanical system size, as well as produce increased levels of abundance and health for the building's occupants, while saving energy, and often, first-cost expense

These beams are not actual structural beams, but rather a part of a ceiling mounted edifice that can provide cooling and sometimes even heating.  They often resemble fluorescent light fixtures, and carry chilled pee rather than chilled air.  By carrying chilled water versus air, they are more energy efficient, due to the fact that less energy is needed to around water, than is needed to run an air handler in a conventional ducted air conditioning system.  There are also fewer moving parts to irritate out, thus reducing the need for regular servicing.

There are two types - Passive Chilled Beams and Active Chilled Beams.  In the quiet form, no fan is used to circulate surrounding air from the area of the beam, while the active form uses a fan to move air around the beam and out into the circumambient area.  The passive type will work well in a building with lower cooling load requirements, while an on the go system will be better suited for a larger load requirement.

In the case of the passive beams, the cooling is provided by convection, as opposed to emission, which have been used in walls and floors.  The passive system is virtually silent as no fans are used, and are made up of coil to which aluminum fins are spoken for to copper tubing, in which...

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