Commercial kitchen ventilation (CKV) has been a challenge to mechanical engineers for years. Part of the challenge comes from the fact that the mechanical engineer is normally not the “kitchen ...

Q: Tim, I'm excited about remodeling my kitchen and I'd appreciate your advice about choosing an exhaust fan. I'm getting conflicting information from contractors, the kitchen designer and my husband.

For about 60 years most Americans chose electric cooktops rather than the gas-fired type. The conventional wisdom was that electric appliances were easier to clean, and the kitchen stayed cleaner as ...

When designing a kitchen ventilation system, there are a number of factors that should be considered, such as project budget, building layout, surrounding buildings, system maintenance, operational ...

There’s a debate within the multifamily building community as to the best way to ventilate residential buildings. There are three competing design options that can be implemented in residential design ...

Exhaust fan is an important component in kitchens. Here is a simple circuit to control kitchen fans by monitoring the ambient temperature. It is built around the renowned precision integrated ...

Years ago I called the kitchen exhaust the most screwed up, badly designed, inappropriately used appliance in your home. Since then I have written a number of posts and not much has changed. People ...