Engineering with Joe D

Our engineering team recently devised an efficiency solution that potentially applies to every manufacturing plant using air-cooled oil-injected air compressors. The concept focuses on the re-engineering of compressors into a cogeneration system producing high-grade...

As a result of recent customer feedback, IMEC has elevated our project manager job title to that of project director. Our leaders on the front line have always been "directors" more than managers. They combine traditional PM duties with the key responsibilities of a...

Natural gas driven equipment can produce the same benefits as electric cogen with up to 20% higher efficiency. A long-time customer was concerned about increasing power costs, as one of its manufacturing plants in Massachusetts was facing rising utility “demand...

In this age, there is no justification for using a closed controls environment. Most of our mechanical design and build work involves retrofitting existing facilities with customized systems that require nuanced energy and data management. As you would expect,...

Happens all the time. We walk into a facility for an initial visit and see a proliferation of pumps—here, there, everywhere. Nothing drives us crazier, because the overuse of pumps is inefficient and expensive, and with a little forethought and creative thinking,...

Single Accountability is the crucial factor in the smooth sailing of a design/build engineering project. It seems out of fashion to take responsibility for one’s actions these days. The lack of accountability in today’s society has become an epidemic. We offer a...

“The great tragedy of Science: the slaying of a beautiful hypothesis by an ugly fact.” – Thomas Huxley In high school, one of my science teachers had a penchant for trying to inspire students with clever quotations. One of his favorite proclamations was that “many a...

Collecting Data Before and After a Project Will Validate Your Process and Provide Utility Companies with Modeling for Rebate Incentives. When embarking on a utility system engineering project, in order to properly assess existing systems such as compressed air, steam,...

Steam is Yesterday Using steam to create heat is the equivalent of using an incandescent bulb to create light. So why do engineers continue to use steam? The most common response is: “because we’ve always done it that way.” This blog briefly explains the shocking...