What Is an AHU? Air Handling Units Explained

HVAC ENGINEERING What Is an AHU? Air Handling Units Explained An AHU, or Air Handling Unit, is the equipment that conditions air, filtering it, heating or cooling it, and adjusting its humidity, before distributing it through a building’s ductwork to the rooms it serves. It’s the central piece of hardware behind climate control in any […]

What Is Dew Point? A Facility Manager’s Guide to Condensation

HUMIDITY SCIENCE What Is Dew Point? A Facility Manager’s Guide to Condensation Risk Dew point is the temperature air must be cooled to, at constant pressure, before it becomes saturated and moisture starts condensing out as liquid water. It is measured in degrees, not percent, and unlike relative humidity, it does not shift just because […]

What Is a Clean Room?

CLEAN ROOM ENGINEERING What Is a Clean Room? A clean room is an enclosed, engineered environment in which the concentration of airborne particles is held below a defined limit, and in which temperature, humidity, pressure and airflow are controlled to keep it there. It is not simply a room that gets cleaned thoroughly. It is […]

Cannabis Climate Control: The Complete Guide

CANNABIS CULTIVATION Cannabis Climate Control: The Complete Guide Cannabis climate control means holding four variables inside a narrow band at the same time: temperature, relative humidity, vapor pressure deficit, and CO2. Miss any one of them and the others stop working. Get all four right and you have consistent yields, intact terpenes, and a batch […]

Cannabis Curing Humidity: The Range That Protects Your Harvest

CANNABIS CULTIVATION Cannabis Curing Humidity: The Range That Protects Your Harvest Cannabis curing humidity should sit between 58 and 62 percent relative humidity. That is the short answer, and for a licensed European producer it is also the start of a more demanding problem than most growing guides admit. At jar scale, a humidity pack […]