In This Issue: CFD Advantages and Practical Applications Glumac: 30 Years and Growing The Power of Information, Collaboration, and Experience Optimize LEED® Points With Solar Hot Water Career Opportunities Contact Us Jack Sargent Editor-in-Chief Diana Volovelskay Editor    CFD Advantages and Practical Applications Heejin Park, Director of CFD Modeling INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD) CFD is an acronym that refers to "Computational Fluid Dynamics". CFD uses numerical methods to solve the fundamental nonlinear differential equations that describe fluid flow (the Navier-Stokes and allied equations) for predefined geometries and boundary conditions. The result is a wealth of predictions for flow velocity, temperature, density, and chemical concentrations for any region where flow occurs. A key advantage of CFD is that it is a very compelling, non-intrusive, virtual modeling technique with powerful visualization capabilities, and engineers can evaluate the performance of a wide range of HVAC/IAQ system configurations on the computer without the time, expense, and disruption required to make actual changes onsite. CFD has seen dramatic growth over the last several decades. This technique has widely been applied to various engineering applications such as automobile and aircraft design, weather science, civil engineering, and oceanography. Today, the HVAC/IAQ industry is one of the fields that has initiated utilizing CFD techniques widely and rigorously in its design.         Glumac: 30 Years and Growing Glumac is proud to have been a strong contributing member to the design community for over 30 years. At the grand opening of the new downtown Los Angeles office location, a small timeline was created to commemorate Dick Glumac's accomplishments. The Power of Information, Collaboration, and Experience       Leonard Klein, P.E., LEED®AP, Portland Associate Principal  To provide easier access to search and find documents within Glumac's Intranet, we are utilizing an in-house search engine. This allows quick access to our corporate database of 26,011 files, 2,593 folders and 19.59 GB of combined electronic data from each of Glumac's offices. Our search engine utilizes the crawl, mine and search technology developed by Google. This technology, the Google Mini, is an Enterprise level hardware and software solution that provides up-to-the-minute access to file information across the existing network. The Mini's crawler indexes all information within the file and folder name and contents, allowing instant search results based on keywords located within the file and filename. The results are presented in the typical Google search result format, allowing additional sorting by application type, date, relevance, etc., providing employees with instant access to a wealth of information.   Optimize LEED® Points With Solar Hot Water Mitchell Dec, Portland Energy Analyst, Glumac Energy Services and Geoff Winslow, P.E., Portland Senior Associate Solar thermal systems use the sun to heat either water or other heat-transfer fluid in a collector. The heated fluid is then held in a storage tank until needed. A conventional system may require additional heating from a supplementary heater. Along the west coast, the simple payback we have seen ranges from 2 to 10 years depending on contractor pricing and the rebates available at the project location. The use of solar hot water heaters has a surprisingly long history. Career Opportunities Glumac is looking for talented, creative, energetic professionals to participate in our continued success. If you are interested in sustainability and working with other talented people, we want to talk to you. We offer outstanding compensation and benefits. Send your resume to careers@glumac.com today! Contact Us! Contact us at the numbers below or via email at: info@glumac.com Seattle - 206.262.1010 1325 4th Avenue, #1515 Seattle, WA 98101 Portland - 503.227.5280 320 SW Washington Street, #200 Portland, OR 97204 Sacramento - 916.934.5103 910 Glenn Drive Folsom, CA 95630 Las Vegas - 702.990.3686 3960 Howard Hughes Parkway, #500 Las Vegas, NV 89169 San Francisco - 415.398.7667 150 California Street, 3rd Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Irvine - 949.833.8190 16735 Von Karman Avenue, #250 Irvine, CA 92606 Los Angeles - 213.239.8866 617 West 7th Street, #500 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Silicon Valley - 408.720.8904 525 Del Rey Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085 We want to keep you up to date on relevant engineering news that may affect the way you design, build and maintain your buildings. We value your privacy. If you choose not to receive future newsletters from us, simply click here to unsubscribe and type "unsubscribe" in the subject line. If this newsletter was forwarded to you, you may click here to subscribe.