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Uponor Wins PPI Project of the Year for Pier 15 Exploratorium’s Radiant Heating and Cooling

On May 7, the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI), a manufacturing-based trade association, announced the Pier 15 Exploratorium as their Project of the Year in the Building/Construction division.The award-winning project ...Read More

Lange, Johnson join WaterFurnace International, Inc. to lead utility market development

WaterFurnace International, Inc., the leading manufacturer of geothermal and water source heat pumps, announces the appointments of Will Lange as director of utility development for the company and Greg Johnson ...Read More

Bosch Experience Center at Serenbe Showcases Energy Efficient, Sustainable Home Solutions

Bosch Thermotechnology Corporation will open an educational and interactive demonstration center in partnership with Serenbe, a 1000-acre sustainable community development south of Atlanta, on the morning of May 31st. Visitors ...Read More

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Radiant Beginnings, May 2013

Ever wonder how radiant heating got started and where it wandered along the way? Here's a travelogue for you. Read More

Radiator cover-up, April 2013

Do radiator covers help or hurt? Read More

Thank Denis, March 2013

Ever wonder who invented the pressure-relief valve? Yeah, so did I. Read More

We Put the Fish in Efficiency, February 2013

What exactly is high efficiency higher than? Read More

Still Reaching, January 2013

Twenty years later, some things still apply. Read More

Vertical Heating, December 2012

A contractor installed thermostatic radiator valves on the supply side of all the radiators. The steam looked at those TRVs, shrugged and used the return lines to overheat the radiators. Steam is like that. It’s just looking for an air vent. Read More

The House by Cedar Hill, November 2012

The child is father to the man. Read More

Stuff to Watch for in An Old Boiler Room, October 2012

A quick checklist for you. I hope it helps. Read More

Gianni, September 2012

It’s a tiny tale of life in an old New England city, but if repeated enough, it could be the way America comes back. Read More

What Might Have Been, August 2012

At its start, the Pierce Foundation provided the funding for the Bureau of Research of the American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers (which became ASHRAE). Somewhere along the way, the money got away from ASHRAE. It’s out there doing what I suppose is very noble work, but I wonder what Mr. Pierce would have thought of all of this. Read More