Photos: (clockwise from left): Undergraduate Chemistry Teaching Laboratory, Penthouse Air Handling Unit and Piping, Underground service tunnel piping, 2000 Ton Chiller, Central Utility Plant Roof Equipment

Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning

Atkinson Engineering Inc. has provided a diverse variety of HVAC engineering services for all types of projects ranging from commercial and institutional, to light and heavy industrial. Designs have encompassed everything from the typical packaged rooftop units to unique custom-built air handling systems with variable volume controls for energy efficient and code-compliant operation with occupant health and comfort always a priority. Specialized systems are an Atkinson Engineering Inc. strong suit with examples such as:

• Multi-fan manifolded laboratory fume hood exhaust systems.
• Hybrid variable volume dual duct air conditioning/outdoor air ventilation systems and controls for large multi-use institutional buildings.
• Central plant district cooling chillers, cooling towers, variable flow primary pumping systems and tunnel piping networks.
• Glycol systems for both cooling and heating decoupled through heat exchangers for winter heat reclaim on chilled water district cooling.
• Industrial boilers for steam generation with economizers.
• Reverse osmosis, cooling tower chemical treatment and water softener systems.
• Process cooling water systems for laboratories and industrial processes utilizing bay water, chilled water heat exchangers and direct contact cooling towers.
• Ventilation systems for industrial plants and processes utilizing both natural and mechanical exhaust systems.
• Custom air distribution designs for clean rooms, animal holding rooms, operating rooms, hospital wards, laboratory fume hoods for research and teaching, radioactive and bio-hazard labs.
• Critical space HVAC for x-ray, mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance equipment.
• Local exhaust systems for industrial and laboratory processes.
• DDC electronic control and building automation systems.