Mechanical Hub Team

With the fitbit® step-monitoring devices all on overload, daddy needs a new pair of shoes. Much to see and do on day 2 at the KBIS/IBS show, so little time. But the second day was just as good as the first. In fact, attendance numbers were released from the show organizers, and it was all Read more

Day two of the KBIS/Builder’s Show is set to begin here at Design & Construction week in Vegas. Day one was full of wonderful surprises — meeting old friends, and getting up to speed on some of the latest trends, products and technology. Last year kicked off the first of theses co-located shows, and since Read more

This is an updated version of a blog I wrote last year. While traveling this past week, it reminded me of the great cattle prod in the sky. We  were all set, seated and ready to take off when the pilot made the announcement that the flight was delayed temporarily because the toilets needed to Read more

Coming from a large family—sixth of seven—the blueprint for my education was pretty much drawn up. In my family, when high school was over, you went to college. That’s just what you did. Not that my parents were ever adadmant about guiding me in that direction, but it was the pattern I knew. Graduate and Read more

Smoke ’em if you got ’em. Or something to that effect. The new Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, one of the greenest hotels in the world, sits on a natural aquifer in which the hotel “mines” for a sustainable passive HVAC system, a similar methodology to geothermal here in the States. “In order for energy consumption Read more