Apartment meters cut water use 15%: Study
WASHINGTON A two-year study of water billing practices in the multifamily residential sector has found that the practice of installing individual water...
Beating Back Old Man Winter
Radiant heat replaces heat pump system that couldn't handle frigid northern winters There's one thing many professionals in the HVAC industry usually...
Utility moves service firm
FOLSOM, N.J. South Jersey Industries announced that the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved the transfer of its appliance service business from...
The case of the misplaced blame
by Patrick Linhardt Hydronic Heating Wholesaler THE PHONE CALL: It was strange for summer. A service manager was concerned about repeated automatic water...
Efficiency, comfort will drive U.S. hydronics market
by Bob Miodonski Of Contractor's Staff DEDHAM, MASS. Richard Trethewey probably is the most recognized proponent of hydronic radiant heating in the United...
Emergency equipment needs custom solutions
by Casey Hayes URBAN LEGEND HAS it that the emergency equipment industry was started by an industrious plant engineer who couldn't live with the status...
Advertising myths abound, PSI members learn
by Robert P. Mader Of Contractor's Staff NASHVILLE, TENN. Too many contractors are order takers rather than marketers, John Young, one of the founders...
Fire sprinkler group says Chicago is stalling
by Robert P. Mader Of Contractor's Staff CHICAGO Following a fatal October 2003 fire at the Cook County Administration Building here, passage of a high-rise...
ASHRAE to host satellite broadcast on mold
ATLANTA Concerns about mold in the building environment are no longer limited to just humid environments or North America. Mold is now a global concern...
Forker named 'Servant Leader'
ST. LOUIS Publishing executive Jeff Forker was presented with the Service Roundtable's " Servant Leader" Award posthumously in September at Penton Media's...
High-end radiant job provides comfort, water safety
WARRENSBURG, N.Y. During his career as an HVAC engineer for highrise buildings and hydroelectric plants, George Weinshenk knew the importance of hiring...
Tank and tankless technology: To store or not to store?
For centuries, man's only access to hot water was to find a hot spring. With the discovery of fire and invention of pottery, our forebears began heating...
Little Red Schoolhouse marks 50 years of industry training
MORTON GROVE, ILL Bell & Gossett can trace its origins in the plumbing business to a plumber, said Ken Graham, who came to work for the company in 1953....
NSF adds perchlorate to test list
ANN ARBOR, MICH. NSF International added perchlorate to the list of chemicals that drinking water treatment units can be tested against. Perchlorate is...
Kamco betters Web
OAKVILLE, ONTARIO Kamco Products, manufacturer of coated copper tubing, has officially launched its redesigned corporate Website, www.kamcoproducts.com....
Contractor lights 150 candles
NEW HAVEN, CONN. --Although CONTRACTOR is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, it is 100 years younger than the plumbing and heating contractor...
Entran tubing battle ends with a whimper
TRENTON, N.J. In October 1998, CONTRACTOR published a front-page story with the headline, " Rubber hydronic tubing failing." Now, nearly six years later,...
A-S names PepsiCo exec bath/kitchen president
PISCATAWAY, N.J. American Standard Cos. has named James E. Dwyer as president of its global bath and kitchen business, reporting to Chairman and CEO Fred...
Hurricane brings out the best in plumbing industry
PORT CHARLOTTE, FLA. It may be that Americans need a natural disaster every once in awhile to bring them together. It may create the realization that...
High-performance home is model of efficiency
PITTSBURGH Talk about a knowledgeable owner! Brad Oberg knows about innovative p-h-c products before most contractors. Oberg is president of IBACOS, a...
Weil-McLain intros promo
MICHIGAN CITY, IND. Weil-McLain has announced its 2004 fall "Mid Cut Hiking Boot" promotion, running from Aug. 30 through Oct. 1. Contractors and dealers...
Great John vs Big John
The U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that 30% of Americans are obese and another 34% are overweight, making almost two-thirds of...
Even low-rise buildings need sprinklers: contractor
CHICAGO Although fires in high-rise structures have received considerable media attention in the Chicago area, such fires aren't just limited to highrises...
RuB marks 10th year
MINNEAPOLIS Rubinetterie Utensilerie Bonomi, the Italian brass valve manufacturer along with its U.S. subsidiary RuB Inc., is celebrating RuB's 10th year...
Kramer marks 100 years as dealer
MEDFORD, WIS. Staying in business for more than 100 years is something most small companies don't experience, but Kramer Plumbing and Heating here recently...
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