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As plumbing engineers, we need to constantly expand our knowledge to stay current with an ever-changing landscape (especially in today’s world where COVID-19 brings further uncertainty).  

There are sorted opinions about using expansion tanks within closed geothermal earth loops. 

For many customers and projects, selecting a propane tankless water heater is a smart decision. 

In my last column, I talked about a number of personality metrics available to you and I ranked those metrics.

Gas-fired appliances are commonly used for space heating, water heating, cooking and more.

I’m fortunate to be living next door to a very unique hydronic heating/cooling system.

Webstone, a brand of NIBCO, introduces the new Thermostatic Mixing Valve for high-temperature solar heat sources.

In my last column, I wrote about the concept of personality metrics and how our industry and other markets are using them. 

Some renewable energy heat sources require large thermal storage tanks. Examples include systems’ biomass boilers and solar thermal collectors.

BNP Media Plumbing Group Multimedia Editor Nadia Askar recently sat down with Michael Whiteside, president and owner of Chicago-based MIFAB.