PROBLEM: The parking garage of this high-tech building in Miami has an unusual problem. There are four super-chillers located just above the garage ceiling, which causes the concrete to stay at a much lower temperature than the outside air. This in-turn causes the ceiling to condensate high amounts of water down onto the parked vehicles and any pedestrians in the garage. Compounding this is the first solution the building owners used: fiberglass insulation. The water continued to condensate and infiltrated the open cell fiberglass which caused it to deteriorate and added to the mess on cars, parking areas, and people...
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