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RPA offers education at meeting and online

Radiant Professionals Alliance gathered Sept. 18-20, 2013, in Philadelphia for their annual conference and membership meeting.

Bob Miodonski

November 18, 2013

Members of the Radiant Professionals Alliance gathered Sept. 18-20, 2013, in Philadelphia for their annual conference and membership meeting. The national convention was the second since RPA was acquired early last year by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO).

Pump control panel

SJE-Rhombus introduces a new industrial-grade 32S control panel designed to control two three-phase pumps in industrial and commercial water and sewage systems.

August 22, 2013

SJE-Rhombus introduces a new industrial-grade 32S control panel designed to control two three-phase pumps in industrial and commercial water and sewage systems.

Knobbed mats for radiant floor heating

Uponor’s Fast Trak knobbed mats provide a faster method for installing PEX tubing in a radiant floor heating system.

July 1, 2013

Uponor’s Fast Trak knobbed mats provide a faster method for installing PEX tubing in a radiant floor heating system.

Solar water-heating collectors

Caleffi’s StarMax V solar water-heating collectors are used for pumped glycol and drainback systems.

June 17, 2013

Caleffi’s StarMax V solar water-heating collectors are used for pumped glycol and drainback systems.

Interlocking polystyrene radiant floor panels

February 18, 2013

Creatherm radiant floor panels are manufactured out of BASF Styropor and Neopor EPS. The interlocking panels allow for precise tube layout.

Hit or miss

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

December 20, 2012

An installer assembles a small hydronic heating system for a well-insulated home.

Save a circulator

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

November 26, 2012

A hydronic system is to be designed to supply four panel radiators, each with its own thermostatic radiator valve, and an indirect water heater from a gas-fired sectional cast-iron boiler.

National Solar Tour: Oct. 6

Kelly Faloon

September 17, 2012

The American Solar Energy Society’s National Solar Tour is Oct. 6, in conjunction with National Energy Awareness Month.

Thermostat operates radiant floor heat and heat pump

August 30, 2012

tekmar Control Systems introduces the tekmarNet Thermostat 557, a communicating touchscreen thermostat designed to operate either a hydronic radiant floor with a two-stage heat pump for heating/cooling and a backup heating system, or two stages of heating and two stages of cooling.