In today’s world, so-called “high-performance, sustainable” facilities are a dime a dozen. But many of these buildings rely on overly complex mechanical systems to carry out their mission. While these ...

But system design is only one factor in the reliability equation. Operations and maintenance issues can be just as critical as the initial system design. In fact, as Wally Vahlstrom points out in “A ...

Researchers in Portugal have used the so-called Arrhenius aging model to measure the temperature behaviour and reliability of different solar modules. Their analysis showed that long-term module ...