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Radiant Living

Radiant Living magazine is published for professional contractors who are currently active or want to get involved in the profitable radiant heating & cooling and snow melting field. Radiant Living is the official publication of the RPA (Radiant Panel Association). Click on the link below to see an online digital version of the current issue.

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Eatherton on Hydronics

Name Hydronic heating authority Mark Eatherton writes a monthly column for Contractor Magazine on hydronic and radiant heating, from tips, advice, and best practices, to real-life stories of his experience in the hydronics industry.

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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. ...

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The Phoenix Evolution Combined Hydronic applicance melds hydronic space heating and domestic hot water in a single, 96% efficient package....

Baystone Faucet Collection

The Baystone Faucet Collection has a water flow of 1.5 GPM and is certified to meet the EPA's WaterSense criteria....

Condensing Tankless Water Heater

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Neotherm Line of High-Efficiency Boilers

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