28
Sep
Lighting enlightened: Three strategies to harness natural light for your business
Category: Blogs
In a recent blog post, we discussed some of the most commonly cited environmental factors that affect worker productivity and workplace efficiency. Today, we’ll examine in more dep...
21
Sep
Productivity and the indoor environment
Category: Uncategorized
This is an exciting week for all of us here at CPP. While our North American wind tunnels are staying put, most of our Fort Collins-based engineering, administrative, and business ...
07
Sep
Snow loading and drifting
Category: Blogs
Developers who build structures in snow-prone regions must consider winter weather in their designs. If the wind is calm, snow weighs down whatever it falls upon with a gravity loa...
31
Aug
What is the stack effect?
Category: Blogs
A frequently discussed phenomenon in air quality, natural ventilation, and smoke mitigation studies is the so-called stack effect. Sometimes called the chimney effect, the stack ef...
25
Aug
Why did the wind speeds increase in ASCE/SEI 7-10?
Category: Blogs
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) publishes Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures (ASCE/SEI 7-10), which descr...
17
Aug
CPP welcomes Tom McGimpsey to board of directors
Category: Blogs
CPP, Inc. is pleased to announce that Tom McGimpsey has joined our board of directors. Tom currently serves as Executive Vice President of Corporate Development and general legal c...
10
Aug
Anatomy of a tropical cyclone
Category: Blogs
In an earlier post, we took a look at the differences between hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones. All three names refer to the same weather phenomenon, a tropical cyclonic storm, a...
27
Jul
Why our wind tunnels are so large
Category: Blogs
Visitors to CPP’s facilities are often surprised to discover just how big our wind tunnels are in person. When asked why they’re so large, our response is always the same: Because ...
20
Jul
How poor ventilation design can cause indoor odor problems
Category: Blogs
Indoor air quality refers to how pure air is within an occupied indoor space. While most of us intuitively understand that contaminants like mold, carbon dioxide, and secondhand sm...
13
Jul
How door operability problems work
Category: Blogs
The tallest building in Cambridge, Massachusetts, stands on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The Cecil and Ida Green Building, a 21-story I. M. Pei de...