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Between here and there Bob and I were getting some fresh air out in front of our hotel in Reykjavik. It was March; it was snowing, and Bob and I were on our way back to N...

Until recently, hydronic contractors have managed to avoid heat pumps with few professional consequences. But heat pumps are an important part of the future of hydronic h...

Some are square! I was in a hotel in Stockholm, Sweden when I first noticed the way the Europeans run their pipes. It was wicked cold outside and there was a panel radiat...

It's not news that the hydronics industry is changing. The news is that terminology once limited to computer-controlled HVAC systems found in large commercial buildings i...

I got involved with the Internet in 1996, when we built our first Web site. I wasn't sure the Internet would take off in those days. Brilliant, eh?

Over my 37 year career in HVAC, I have been involved investigating many commercial and residential air quality problems. This article is intended to help homeowners to un...

You could replace a thermostat with a light switch, and the heating equipment would never know the difference. One day long ago, when I was newer in this industry than I ...

You can't make this stuff up. Some years ago, The Lovely Marianne and I visited Rome with friends and on a gorgeous Sunday morning in early spring, we got up early to att...

I was doing a seminar and during the morning break a contractor told me a story about something he has been doing for the past few years. I thought you'd enjoy this as mu...

Here on Long Island they've turned nearly all the "Blob" diners (remember that Steve McQueen movie from the '50s?) into grandiose castles. They've taken all those wonderf...