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 Water heater manufacturer A. O. Smith’s high-efficiency Vertex residential family of gas water heaters is now certified by the EPA’s Energy Star program. 

Home inspections to ensure safety and structural soundness long have been part of the home-buying process.

The Nexstar Legacy Foundation unveiled its Troops to Trades: Military Veterans’ Professional Training Program 

A group of masons pour a 6-in.-thick concrete slab containing 5/8-in. PEX tubing at 12-in. spacing. A nearly complete layer of extruded polystyrene insulation is under the slab. But what are they doing wrong?

Matco-Norca offers a full line of lead-free-compliant Poly PEX fittings for residential and commercial applications. 

 The new IHC Boiler Control Simulator App from U.S. Boiler Co. makes it easier for installers to get accustomed to electronic boiler controls.  

 Nuheat Chief Financial Officer David Orr recently was named CFO of The Year.  

Webstone recently launched the Webstone YouTube Channel, where contractors, engineers and other industry professionals can now view detailed videos. 

 A 227-sq.-ft. tiny home built by students of Vermont’s Yestermarrow Design Build School has an experimental hay bale-, wood chip-, sawdust-, and manure-based heating system.  

According to Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production magazine, gas heat pumps used in Europe’s commercial and industrial sector could be a major component for residential heating.