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The dawning of a new year has PHVAC industry experts cautiously optimistic about new opportunities that lie ahead in 2021. 

Happy New Year! I hope all of you are as thrilled as I am to be getting a fresh start this year. 

The Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) has a long history of providing useful information that is not offered by other model codes. 

I frequently speak at college campuses and trade apprenticeships. Whether it be to future engineers or contractors, my technical talks typically end up covering non-technical content, specifically career development. 

An electrician walked into the equipment room to diagnose and repair an electrical problem in the school. 

Sometimes plumbing contractors struggle with social media. What do you post? 

Remember the wall-vented, gas-fired space heaters with standing pilots? 

As a leader, we have so many balls in the air; we might as well be professional clowns juggling chainsaws. 

Back in the old days when most folks burned coal, vacuum was just about everyone’s friend. 

A heating designer is asked to create a three zone radiant floor heating system using a 5-ton (60,000 Btu/h) geothermal heat pump as the primary heat source, and a mod/con boiler as the auxiliary heat source.