John Vastyan

John Vastyan

Vastyan, a journalist whose work focuses on the plumbing and mechanical and radiant heat industries, owns Common Ground, a trade communications firm based in Man-heim, PA. Vastyan is a graduate of Penn State University. He also served as a US Army journalist for four years, winning the DINFOS Journalist of the Year award in 1984. He can be reached at    717-664-0535.
Articles

ARTICLES

Hot Water Goes Digital

Hot Water Goes Digital

Modern mixing technology checks into a Kansas City hotel to give guests and staff the first-class experience.
John Vastyan
John Vastyan
September 4, 2017

Most hotel managers have learned through experience that their toughest, crankiest customer is an unhappy guest at midnight or 5 a.m.


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Shopping In Utah's Great (Semi-) Out-doors

In-slab radiant heating and cooling, cooling towers, and a serious array of pumps and tubing create just the right retail environment in this 20-acre downtown complex.
John Vastyan
John Vastyan
May 1, 2014
There’s a new and shimmering upscale tourism and retail destination in the heart of Salt Lake City that has won the attention of city planners worldwide.
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Getting Into The Flow

John Vastyan
John Vastyan
May 1, 2011
Commercial system experts see flow as a key step to optimizing system efficiency. Cutting down required tubing size, insulated PEX for district systems, and variable-speed pumps to pin down a chiller’s exact needs are three points of attack in the modern campaign against waste.
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Hospitality

Energy Demon At The Door

John Vastyan
John Vastyan
April 1, 2011
Having lived with an ancient heating system and no cooling for years, a Pennsylvania congregation now sings the praises of the updated hydronics and new mini-splits that brought a mechanical renaissance to the church’s various spaces.
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