Educators in higher education often have the opportunity to share the latest advancements with students and student employees in engineering, design, or construction programs, fostering ongoing learning and professional development. However, there is also a necessity to provide a foundational knowledge on the essential systems.
For this Workforce Wednesdays blog post, director, associate professor, and primary investigator of the Integrated Design and Construction Laboratory (ID+CL), Dr. Julia Day and Shelby Ruiz, research associate at the ID+CL and instructor at Washington State University have the pleasure of diving into a topic that often flies under the radar of design and construction professionals: education about pumps—specifically, smart pumps—and their incredible potential for generating energy savings in our buildings. [Read more…]