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Immensely popular in Europe, radiant cooling is steadily gaining popularity in the U.S. because of its potential to reduce energy consumption. About half of net-zero energy buildings use radiant cooling to help them achieve the balance between energy consumption and renewable energy creation.

Here's how wet heat technology helped a large college apartment building reach LEED-Silver certification, a Kentucky high school save up to 35 percent in monthly utility costs, and a local pizza restaurant go green.

My daughter Erin, along with her three sisters, grew up listening to me talk nonstop about hydronic heating. Erin recently bought a house with a furnace.

Inside the 15,000-square-foot house, the state-of-the-art heating system — complete with Wi-Fi and remote programming capabilities — is powered by a Bell & Gossett (B&G) pump system.

Representing all major segments of the HVACR marketplace, the winning entries were honored in 10 categories as the most innovative new products among the thousands that will be displayed at the Jan. 26-28 event in Chicago. 

Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.

The CREST® line of condensing boilers was expanded to include three models with 750,000-Btuh, 1-MBtuh, and 1.25-MBtuh-inputs. 

The Rheem Water Heating Division in Montgomery, Alabama, celebrated the graduation of its 5,000^th Generation III Tankless Training Program professional: Ed Phillips, master plumber and owner of Ed Phillips Plumbing, located in College Station, Texas.

To minimize reliance on fossil fuels and reduce carbon emissions, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, conducted extensive research into biomass fuel technology. After looking at almost two dozen plants, the county purchased a Hurst biomass boiler district heating system with a backpressure steam turbine/generator.

At up to 94 percent AFUE, this Energy Star-rated boiler uses a stainless steel heat exchanger and Sage 2.1 Control System with factory presets to speed installation.