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Equipment shipment data courtesy of the Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).

Danielle Putnam, president of Women in HVACR and The New Flat Rate, gave the keynote address at the Ninth Annual Celebrating Women in the Mechanical Trade Industry Luncheon.

CK Mechanical currently has more than 20 employees, between the office staff, master plumbers, journeymen and apprentices.

Milestones include one billion installations worldwide, including contributions to Eiffel Tower, Hoover Dam and other historic projects. 

In an era when plumbing systems are continuing to advance from metal to plastics, contractors are speculating which plastic piping system is best.

When most people think about solar, they think about photovoltaic panels that generate electricity, but they don’t often think about solar thermal. When considering heating water, solar thermal is incredibly efficient by comparison.

Hot water in the supply pipe cools when no one draws hot water. Hot water recirculation saves lukewarm water from being dumped down the drain while waiting for hot water.

In order to understand the influence professionals have in specifying, recommending, purchasing and/or installing specific categories of plumbing products, RJ 2.0 surveyed its west-coast readers in November 2018.

Bradford White Corp. announced the passing of its chairman A. Robert “Bob” Carnevale.