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When a crew in Maine needed to renovate the heating system in an elementary school, they were up against two challenges — time and cleanliness.

In order to achieve a more environmentally friendly footprint for its new education and research campus in Narre Warren, Australia, IAPMO and the Plumbing Industry Climate Action Centre (PICAC) chose one technology rooted quite literally in the earth.

While the history of radiant heating stretches all the way back to the Roman hypocausts more than 2,000 years ago, the technology is still growing in popularity today.

In August, IAPMO and the Hydronics Industry Alliance – Commercial (HIA-C) presented the inaugural Les Nelson Achievement Award to the late leader of IAPMO’s Advanced Energy Systems’ widow and two children during a ceremony broadcast online from World Headquarters West in Ontario, California.

A little over eight years ago, The IAPMO Group purchased the assets of the Radiant Panel Association. 

Free to all as a downloadable work tool, the Pump Savings Calculator factors the impacts of potential energy savings, based on the HI Energy Rating, alongside other variables, such as initial cost, installation, maintenance, etc.

Registration for the School of Better Heating residential contractor class is $25 per day. Registration is required for each event contractors plan to attend, and participants may elect to attend one, two or all three days.

The climate control systems in most commercial buildings have very little similarities to their residential counterparts. 

Homeowner sales were up 57.3% and trade professional sales were up 4.6% in consolidated sales for Q2 2020 when compared to the prior year period.

The training facility, designed for the plumbing industry, will generate all energy required to support the operation of the building on site through the incorporation of several renewable energy technologies.