In late November, PM sat down with Drake to discuss the happenings of a rising industry, the public relations nightmare that struck in October and where the radiant industry expects to go.
Larry Drake oversees a trade organization that’s become as hip as swing music. Like swing, radiant heating has been around for what seems like eternity. The Radiant Panel Association, where Drake is the executive director, is growing at a 30 percent clip every year. Born in 1994, the RPA can trace its roots back to the now defunct Hydronic Radiant Heating Association in the mid-1980s. The RPA enters 1999 with some 620 member companies, and a shining future.