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Voltex Water Heater stars in PBS’ “Ask This Old House”

New water heater reduces family’s monthly electric bill.

September 11, 2019

Richard Trethewey is the heating and plumbing expert on the popular PBS home improvement show “Ask This Old House.” For an October 2018 episode, Trethewey met with homeowner Scott Sanders, who needed to replace an ailing 20-year-old electric tank water heater.

Dave Yates: Heat pump mayhem

Think twice before you act.

Dave Yates

September 11, 2019

Mmanufacturer of air-to-water heat pumps called asking if I would be willing to visit a home to perform a heat loss/gain calculation where two of its heat pump systems had been installed and determine why the home was not heating and cooling to the homeowners satisfaction.

John Siegenthaler: Picking winners

Are geothermal heat pumps economically sustainable in an unsubsidized market?

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

June 10, 2019

The U.S. geothermal heat pump industry was breaking out the champagne on Feb. 9, 2018. That’s the day President Donald Trump signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, a bill that boosted government spending by hundreds of billions of dollars.

John Siegenthaler: Btus in a box

There’s more to comfort than balanced energy flows.

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

May 10, 2019

Have you noticed the strong interest in cold-climate air-source heat pumps over the last couple of years?

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A. O. Smith’s Commercial Heat Pump Water Heater

May 3, 2019

A. O. Smith introduces Commercial Heat Pump to full line of Energy Star Commercial Water Heaters.

Water-to-air geothermal heat pump from Bosch Thermotechnology

April 29, 2019

The Glitch and Fix: How hard can it be?

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

April 16, 2019

An installer was asked to include an air-to-water heat pump into a low-temperature radiant panel heating system supplied by a mod/con boiler.

John Siegenthaler to host modern hydronics educational session

April 9, 2019

The educational event runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 22 at Landmark College in Putney, Vermont.

John Siegenthaler: 5 products the hydronics industry needs

These products would help fill needs within the hydronics market.

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

February 26, 2019

All companies that supply hydronic heating hardware to the North American market strive to offer products that are currently in demand. Some even look farther down the road, anticipating where the market is headed.