At the September meeting of the Eastern Michigan Chapter of the Radiant Panel Association (EMRPA), members explored several options for installing cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing for radiant floor heat applications.
Rising energy costs and conservation concerns have helped spur renewed attention in infrared radiant heating technology. While factories, warehouses, agricultural buildings, and other industrial applications have used infrared for decades, there are new uses and markets contractors can tap into.
The Little Red Schoolhouse is 50 years old this year. As part of the celebration, there was a party for many of those who have been a part of the school during the last half century.
With the installation of new, high-efficiency boilers, the U.S. Water Polo National Training Center is one step closer to becoming the state-of-the-art facility its sponsors and operators envision.
The theme of the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute (HRAI) of Canada annual general meeting was "Expand Your Comfort Zone." One way HRAI is encouraging members to expand their comfort zone is by exploring the uses of fuel cell technology.
Brian Walters knows a good thing when he sees it. The owner of Ace Plumbing & Airtec Heating & Air Conditioning in Kelowna has positioned his business to take advantage of the commercial and residential building boom in this busy resort town.
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute opened this year's Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Expo-Mexico with a speech from David R. Pannier, chairman of the institute's board of directors.
The Healthy Indoors Partnership (HIP) held a panel discussion at the HRAI annual general meeting, aimed at informing attendees about products used to maintain healthy indoor air.
Will this hurricane season ever let up? With Florida and other areas of the Southeast having been heavily buffeted already by this freakishly persistent hurricane season, HVACR contractors are facing a multitude of challenges - including those that may persist long after all the storms have gone.