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Taco's charitable foundation gets new name, announces grants 

Taco, Inc.’s John & Happy White Foundation is now the White Family Foundation....

Steam Goes Green with Holohan's New Book  

Dan Holohan's new book, Greening Steam: How to Bring 19th-Century Heating Systems into the 21st Century, is helping heating professionals and homeowners save energy and money....

Advanced Hydronics named Wilo 2009 Rep of the Year 

Advanced Hydronics, manufacturers representatives for leading technologies, has been named 2009 Wilo Rep of the Year. ...

Heatbank Earth Thermal Cables and Mats 

Heatbank earth thermal heating cables and mats convert "off-peak" electrical energy into a reservoir of radiant heat stored within a building's foundation....

Condensing Tankless Water Heater 

This condensing tankless water heater is able to deliver 8.0 GPM of heated water....

Orlando Joins T Brass as Business Development Manager 

T Brass has announced the addition of Mike Orlando as Business Development Manager....

RPA preps for Building Radiant conference, show 

LIVERPOOL, N.Y. — The Radiant Panel Association is accepting registrations for both attendees and exhibitors at its Building Radiant 2010 Conference and Trade Show, May 5-8, 2010 in Reno, Nev., at the Peppermill Hotel and Casino. ...

ASSE introduces lead content certification program  

The American Society of Sanitary Engineering has introduced a new Lead Content Certification Program which is now being offered for new and current ASSE listings. ...

Mestek Institute Announces 2010 Training Schedule 

The Mestek Institute has announced its 2010 Boiler Performance Optimization Seminar schedule....

Taco Expands FloPro Factory Training for 2010  

Taco’s FloPro Factory Training offers a broad range of professional development opportunities for plumbing and heating contractors....

Grundfos Upgrade Program Offers Unprecedented Savings for Converting to Higher Efficiency Pumps  

Grundfos Pumps has launched an initiative to replace old, low-efficiency pumps with new, higher-efficiency pumps, providing optimized performance as well as energy and operating cost savings....

Adventures at Hydronicahh Part 4 

I have often said that a radiant wall will deliver more radiant energy to a human body than will a horizontal ceiling or floor surface. Think of absorbing...

Ted Lowe named executive director of the RPA 

The Board of Directors of the Radiant Panel Association has announced that Ted Lowe has accepted the position of executive director of the RPA. ...

The ultimate comfort system Part 2 

What's in a name? When I decided to undertake this project, it was my goal to show other contractors and designers that it was possible, in fact feasible,...

Climate Right Systems provides pre-assembled equipment packages 

Santa Cruz, Calif. Climate Right Systems, a newly formed company spun off of the design and building construction operations of contractor Pacific Solar...

ITT to buy Laing GmbH 

ITT Corp. announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Laing GmbH of Germany, a privately held leading producer of energy-efficient circulator pumps primarily used in residential and commercial plumbing and HVAC systems. ...

Missouri governor visits Watts Radiant  

SPRINGFIELD, MO. — The newly-elected governor of Missouri, Jay Nixon, recently visited Watts Radiant’s 143,000-sq.ft. manufacturing and office facility here, supporting his program of promoting sustainable manufacturing in the state. ...

RPA hosts charity fundraisers 

LOVELAND, COLO. — Two separate charity fundraising events will be held during the Radiant Panel Association’s REXperience conference and trade show in Utica, N.Y., May 27-29. ...

Viega Honors Nine Sales People with Top Gun Awards 

On Saturday, April 18, more than 200 Viega employees from across America, Canada and Mexico attended the company’s Top Gun Awards dinner as a part of its National Sales Meeting....

Colorado racetrack pioneers track cooling 

Morrison, Colo. You installed a track cooling system? It's a question members of the Bandimere family have heard many times over the past several weeks...

Viega launches new www.viega.com 

Viega has unveiled a new look for its North American Web site at www.viega.com. The new site offers visitors improved access to product information including literature downloads and press releases for its main product lines, including ProPress solderless copper connections, gas fittings, and stainless fittings, PureFlow manifolds and PEX plumbing, and radiant products. ...

Geo-to-Radiant Comfort 

How Fitting that veterinarian Ken Hanks and his wife, Dyanne Caprio, both shared a fascination with barns, structures built to meet the needs of both man and animal. Yet, in their home state of Colorado, few of the old timbered buildings can be found. So when Hanks first played with the idea that they move and rebuild one on their new acreage in Strasburg, Colo., his search took him to Illinois, and then to Ohio. ...

The Ultimate All-Weather Patio 

Murray, Utah - In these times of economic uncertainty, here's something to keep in mind: there will always be wealthy customers, and they will always...

Green Heat Comes to Chicago 

Loveland, Colo. The radiant heating and cooling industry has taken to the green theme like a duck takes to water, said Radiant Panel Association Executive...

RPA Revamps Radiant Outfitters Program 

Loveland, Colo. — The Radiant Panel Association, a non-profit trade association based here, now is providing United States businesses with the opportunity to co-sponsor or co-host the newly revised Radiant Outfitters program....

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