Radiant & Hydronics

Manure heats student-built tiny house

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

April 24, 2013

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.

Can gas heat pumps be used for residential heating?

Gas heat pumps used in Europe’s commercial and industrial sector could be a major component for residential heating.

April 24, 2013

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.

Radiant Professionals Alliance seeking members’ best projects

The Radiant Professionals Allianceis now accepting entries its System Design Showcase 2013 competition.

April 24, 2013

The Radiant Professionals Alliance is now accepting entries its System Design Showcase 2013 competition.

Overpowered

March 2013: The Glitch and the Fix

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

April 10, 2013

An installer decides to use a four-way motorized mixing valve to interface between a gas-fired, cast-iron boiler and a low-temperature radiant panel system.

Commercial boiler control integrates temperature, ignition and safety

April 10, 2013

The new modulating or stage-fire VERSA IC boiler control from Raypak fully integrates temperature control, ignition, safety and individual fault monitoring

Electric anode system for large storage tanks

April 10, 2013

Niles Steel Tank now offers new electric-powered anode systems for large, glass-lined storage tanks.

Hydronic mixing block simplifies radiant heating installation

April 10, 2013

The new Viega hydronic mixing block simplifies wiring, piping and programming for radiant heating systems.

On the road: At ISH Frankfurt 2013, the largest heating and plumbing show in the world

April 10, 2013

Plumbing & Mechanical Editor and Group Publisher Bob Miodonski journeyed to Germany mid-March to attend the popular ISH trade show

NYSERDA home performance contractors recognized by DOE for energy-efficiency projects

March 31, 2013

Fourteen building trades contractors participating in the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s Home Performance with Energy Star program received 2012 Century Club Awards from the U.S. Department of Energy

NCI unveils performance-based program to increase contractor profits

March 31, 2013

National Comfort Institute members and guests were introduced to the 4-Dimensional Performance-Based Contracting Business Model at the group’s annual summit