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Plumbing & Mechanical Engineer

  • Plumbing & Mechanical Engineer
    • Decarbonization | Electrification
    • Fire Protection
    • Geothermal | Solar Thermal
    • Piping | Plumbing | PVF
    • Christoph Lohr: Strategic Plumbing Insights
    • David Dexter: Plumbing Talking Points
    • James Dipping: Engineer Viewpoints
    • John Seigenthaler: Renewable Heating Design
    • Lowell Manalo: Plumbing Essentials
    • Misty Guard: Guard on Compliance

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Continuing education: Designing right-sized plumbing systems for housing affordability, water efficiency and public health

Continuing education: Designing right-sized plumbing systems for housing affordability, water efficiency and public health

This article provides plumbing engineers and system designers with strategies for right-sizing residential plumbing systems based on modern water use data and highlights how traditional sizing methods, like the Hunter’s Curve, often lead to oversized systems that increase costs and wastewater.


By: Andrew A Hunt
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    The Ceiling Became a Plenum After I Piped It

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  • A heat pump system in a mechanical room.

    Hydronic and Heat Pump Hybrid Solution Presents Path for Efficiency Progress

    By: John Monaghan
  • An infographic with "Water Heater Shipment Data" over a chart.

    Water Heater Shipments Remain Mixed

    By: Kristen R. Bayles
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    Rheem Broadens Hydronics Boiler Offerings with Heating and Hot Water Solutions

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Areas of Focus

  • Decarbonization | Electrification
  • Fire Protection
  • Geothermal | Solar Thermal
  • Piping | Plumbing | PVF
  • Christoph Lohr: Strategic Plumbing Insights
  • David Dexter: Plumbing Talking Points
  • James Dipping: Engineer Viewpoints
  • John Seigenthaler: Renewable Heating Design
  • Lowell Manalo: Plumbing Essentials
  • Misty Guard: Guard on Compliance

Podcasts

  • Mike Tamani, Richard Long and Khan Porch
    The Modern Mechanical Room
  • And so it flows - Missed Calls
    The cost of missed calls
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  • Webstone Valves introduced its new, innovative The Isolator valve at the 2016 AHR Expo in Orlando.

    2016 AHR Expo

    By: John McNally
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