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In the ground beneath the Honda Smart Home’s backyard, eight 20-ft. deep boreholes allow a geothermal heat pump to heat and cool the home’s floors and ceiling throughout the year.

The Copper Development Association has developed a new seven-minute video demonstrating how to properly solder copper tube and fittings to the newer, no-lead, brass and bronze copper alloys.

Judy Garber presented Plumbing & Mechanical columnist Dan Holohan with a certificate recognizing him for all he has accomplished on behalf of the OESP scholarship program.

Conservation Corps Iowa showcased the first home with a so-called “solar furnace” at a recent open house event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, according to a report from KCRG.com.

The new City Energy Project, an initiative from the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Institute for Market Transformation, is designed to create healthier, more prosperous American cities by targeting their largest source of energy use and climate pollution: buildings.

SunTrac Solar’s SmartPanel is a concentrating solar thermal panel with a computerized sun-tracking control system to adjust the concentrators.

Webstone now offers the 3/8” compression size in its line of thermostatic mixing valves.

The three photos, provided by a friend of the industry, are all from the same hydronic heating installation.

The borough wants geothermal heating, not boilers, in New York City Housing Authority homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy.