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Eternal’s GU195S provides endless hot water and has a small reserve tank inside to maintain water pressure and avoid temperature fluctuations.

Navien introduces the NPE-S, Navien Premium Efficiency – Standard, which delivers up to 0.98 EF efficiencies.

A.O Smith, BrassCraft, Navien and Plumbine Services announce promotions and new hires.

Members of the Radiant Professionals Alliance gathered Sept. 18-20, 2013, in Philadelphia for their annual conference and membership meeting. The national convention was the second since RPA was acquired early last year by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO).

“Mastering Hydronic System Design,” an online course taught by BNP Media Plumbing Group Hydronics Editor John Siegenthaler, is now underway to a sellout class of 50 students. The course runs over a period of 10 weeks and includes about 20 hours of video instruction. The course is scheduled to run again for another 10 weeks starting Feb. 14, 2014.

The announcement further solidifies the relationship between the two organizations since Viega became a PHCC Corporate Partner last year. 

Expansion tank kits are sold 10 to a case, in two sizes.

J.C. Whitlam now offers a quick and effective way to remove scale, lime and rust buildup in tankless water heaters with its Flow-Aide system descaler kit and Whitlam Flow-Aide Descaler.

If you are like most designers or installers, I would wager that you have never read the installation manual for the piece of equipment that you design or install. And if you do not, you may be held responsible for any omissions recommended in that manual but not implemented.

The market for wood-gasification boilers is growing in North America. Most are used in rural areas where natural gas in not available, and thus the cost of firewood is often very competitive against the alternatives of No. 2 fuel oil or propane.