2019 Leaders in HVACR/Hydronics Innovations
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 8, 2019
Meet some of the technology leaders in the HVACR/Hydronics market and review the technology and new products they're bringing to the market.
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Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 19, 2024
Pay attention to the performance curve to keep your hydronic system running smoothly. The real secret?
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Most influential people in the plumbing, hydronics industry
Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
We at CONTRACTOR magazine believe these individuals deserve recognition of the mark they have made in the plumbing and hydronics industries; hence we give you our cream of the crop: the most influential people in the plumbing and hydronics industry. Media Galleries'
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2017 Hydronics forecast
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 8, 2017
Positive signs can be attributed to hydronics’ niche market for 2017, as economic indicators seem favorable to start the year. ‘New Hope’ or ‘Rogue One’? read more.
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AHR 2019 Session: Value with Hydronic Snow Melting
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 15, 2019
The Plastic Pipe Institute and Viega team up to sponsor an educational session on the basics of hydronic snow melting systems.
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Student residences get the PEX hydronic treatment
BD+C
MAY 15, 2017
Apartment buildings and student residences currently using electric systems are prime candidates for conversion to hydronic heating systems, and sometimes even water-based cooling systems. Increases in energy costs are leading many building owners and facility managers to look for more cost-effective ways to heat and cool their buildings.
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Contractor Magazine
JULY 7, 2016
While Stevensville, Maryland, enjoys a climate with fewer heating degree days than much of hydronic country, the wind off the bay is enough to turn the tides in favor of a hot water system. A boiler by the bay. read more.
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Celebrating American made plumbing and hydronic products
Contractor Magazine
JULY 9, 2014
We’re celebrating American plumbing and hydronic products made by American workers in American factories for American contractors. Media Galleries Registered User'
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New elephant facility to use hydronics for heating
Contractor Magazine
DECEMBER 16, 2014
By the end of this year, some elephants in Wales will be happily heated by solar hydronics, according to Energy Matters’ blog. Green Hydronics' Content Classification: Curated.
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Greenbuild features plumbing, hydronics solutions
Contractor Magazine
DECEMBER 3, 2013
Green Building Council held its annual Greenbuild Show in Philadelphia in November, featuring a number of interesting plumbing, hydronic heating and mechanical products. Green Hydronics Plumbing' Here are a couple of nuggets from the show. As I See It.
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Florida Mechanical Contractor Cuts Installation Costs 70% with Prefabricated Hydronic Piping System
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 7, 2023
Colwill Engineering combines Uponor’s new pipe prefabrication services with timely job-site deliveries to reduce installation time, crew size on high-rise apartment job.
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Mickelson Hydronic Radiant System
Contractor Magazine
OCTOBER 11, 2013
Video Hydronics' Mickelson plumbing rennovates old building''s heating system. Energy efficiency results in lower utility bills through this creative approach.
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Go with the flow: Getting the flow rates right with hydronics
Contractor Magazine
JULY 14, 2017
Hydronics: of, relating to, or being a system of heating or cooling that involves transfer of heat by a circulating fluid (such as water) in a closed system of pipes. Source: Merriam Webster.)
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Glycol in hydronic systems
Contractor Magazine
JUNE 4, 2015
Bob “Hot Rod” Rohr, Caleffi training and education manager, takes an in-depth look at glycol and its common uses in hydronic systems on Thursday, June 25 at 12 noon CDT. read more.
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Caleffi Publishes the 13th Edition of idronics: Hydronic Cooling
Contractor Magazine
AUGUST 19, 2013
This edition of idronics, Caleffi''s complimentary design journal for hydronic professionals, explores several methods of hydronic cooling using currently available products and highlights the benefits and performance advantages of these systems. Hydronics'
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New Hydronics Roundtable Raises The Bar For Radiant & Hydronics Contractors
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
On September 11 and 12, ACCA, the nation’s largest organization of indoor environment and energy services contracting businesses and its Radiant & Hydronics Council (RHC) held its first-ever Hydronics Roundtable at the Providence Downtown Marriott in Providence, RI. read more.
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Many positives for 2015 hydronics market
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 7, 2015
All of the economic indicators point to a positive hydronic heating market in 2015, although there are a couple of interesting anomalies. Best Practices Hydronics Systems Registered User'
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Hydronics manufacturers decide to fight back
Contractor Magazine
JULY 8, 2014
Hydronics Industry Alliance — Commercial firmed up marketing plans at a meeting. Manufacturers of hydronic heating and cooling equipment for the commercial market see a usurper taking market share away from them and they have decided to fight back. Hydronics Systems Registered User'
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40 Designing hydronic systems at Little Red Schoolhouse
Contractor Magazine
AUGUST 22, 2016
Bell & Gossett’s Little Red Schoolhouse offers many plumbing, hydronic courses. The Little Red Schoolhouse offers many seminars — from a service and maintenance of water based HVAC systems seminar to a plumbing systems design seminar — for industry professionals. read more.
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2024 AHR Expo: Hydronic Snow and Ice Melting System Design to Optimize Performance and Efficiency
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2024
Many hospitals, schools, senior facilities, and commercial buildings install snow and ice melt systems for safety -- and to reduce liability.
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73 SHREK is the key to hydronic heating
Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
SHREK was put on earth to be an acronym for all things important to hydronic heating! Hydronics Systems Registered User' Steve Swanson. It was so clear and so plain to me.
40 Caleffi releases the 19th edition of idronics: Proven Hydronic Distribution Systems
Contractor Magazine
AUGUST 8, 2016
A thoughtful examination of complete hydronic distribution systems and the interactions of components within properly designed systems is investigated in the newly released edition of idronics™: Proven Hydronic Distribution Systems. read more.
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HYDRONIC MIXING BLOCK
Contractor Magazine
AUGUST 5, 2013
THIS HYDRONIC MIXING BLOCK simplifies wiring, piping and programming for radiant heating systems. Green Hydronics Radiant'
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40 New whitepaper from Xylem compares hydronic to VRF systems
Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
collects data from ASHRAE and a 2014 report from the Hydronics Industry Alliance to compare hydronics and VRF systems head-to-head. The final analysis finds hydronic systems outperforming VRF systems in most cases. This whitepaper by Kyle DelPiano, market development manager, Southest territory for Xylem, Inc.,
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After a decade, hydronic system reaches its summit
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 10, 2013
Everest, but you can’t keep a house comfortable with mangled hydronics. And at home, his dilapidated hydronic system was about as unpleasant as a Himalayan snow squall. —You can lead a blind man to the top of Mt. Mike O’Donnell ought to know. Because, in fact, he has lead a blind man to the summit of Mt. read more.
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New Hydronics Roundtable Raises The Bar For Radiant & Hydronics Contractors
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2012
On September 11 and 12, ACCA, the nation’s largest organization of indoor environment and energy services contracting businesses and its Radiant & Hydronics Council (RHC) held its first-ever Hydronics Roundtable at the Providence Downtown Marriott in Providence, RI. read more.
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40 Viega approved by ASSE International to offer Series 19000 Hydronic Training
Contractor Magazine
DECEMBER 16, 2016
is the first applicant approved for training for the ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Standard 19000 Hydronic Systems Certification Program. The Viega Educational Facility in Nashua, N.H., read more.
Uniform solar energy hydronics code initiative moves forward
Contractor Magazine
MAY 27, 2014
The IAPMO proposed Uniform Solar Energy Hydronics Code has made its way through the first phases of code development and is now available for any interested party to read. Eatherton Hydronics Registered User'
40 New Fire Stations Get High-End Hydronic Systems
Contractor Magazine
JUNE 20, 2023
Moore Engineering installs Thermal Solutions Apex boilers, Taco circulators, for two new fire stations in Lancaster, PA.
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Plumbing, hydronic contractors talk training at Mechanical Town Hall during AHR Expo
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 21, 2014
At The Mechanical Town Hall today, during the AHR Expo, in New York City, attendees asked panelists Eric Aune, Bob ''Hot Rod'' Rohr, John Barba, Dave Yates and Brian Nelson about a variety of issues affecting the plumbing, hydronics and HVAC industries. Sustainably Speaking. Best Practices'
Weil-McLain celebrates 135 years of hydronic heating innovations
Contractor Magazine
JANUARY 27, 2016
Leading manufacturer of hydronic comfort heating systems traces its history to Chicago in 1881. One hundred and thirty five years ago, Isadore and Benjamin Weil opened a modest plumbing business located on Randolph Street in Chicago’s Loop – now a major company known as Weil-McLain. read more.
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Lessons in radiant, hydronics at ACCA 2013
Contractor Magazine
MARCH 26, 2013
contractors had the opportunity to attend Radiant and Hydronics Learning Labs, focusing on the history of radiant, how to integrate radiant into an HVAC business, and how to estimate fuel and electrical costs in residential hydronic systems. — This year at ACCA 2013 , Feb. 27-March 1, in Orlando, Fla., read more.
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50 Five economic indicators could signal an upswing in the hydronics market
Contractor Magazine
OCTOBER 31, 2013
Recent travails with the economy have put the hydronics market in a holding pattern, yet positive indicators suggest the economy may be softening, and industry experts are forecasting modest growth in the near term for the market as a whole. Hydronics Systems' BY JOHN MESENBRINK.
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52 Updating a 40-Year-Old Hydronic Heating System
Contractor Magazine
JUNE 24, 2022
Improvements in technology and changes in system design tell a fascinating story.
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Mechanical contractor solves office building’s heating problems during hydronic retrofit
Contractor Magazine
DECEMBER 6, 2013
Hydronics Systems' We’re Associates hired the mechanical contracting firm, “C Me 4 Pipe” based in Holtsville, N.Y., to install the strainer in the mechanical room. Heat for the building comes from two, 175 HP Scotch Marine steam boilers.
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IAPMO releases reports on pools, hot tubs, solar energy and hydronics codes
Contractor Magazine
MARCH 25, 2015
IAPMO has released 2015 Uniform Swimming Pool, Spa and Hot Tub Code (USPSHTC) Report on Comments book and the 2015 Uniform Solar Energy and Hydronics Code (USEHC) Report on Comments book. Hydronics'
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DOE Announces Six Finalists in Home Electrification Prize
Pro Builder
MAY 2, 2023
Aris Hydronics Aris Hydronics, Inc. Hydronic Shell Technologies Hydronic Shell Technologies (Long Island City, N.Y.) Hydronic Shell Technologies Hydronic Shell Technologies (Long Island City, N.Y.) Milwaukie, Ore.)
ACCA kicks off Radiant & Hydronics Council
Contractor Magazine
OCTOBER 4, 2012
Air Conditioning Contractors of America did a good job assembling the right people at its first Radiant & Hydronics Council meeting here in mid-September. — In any business, the people are more important than the widgets. read more.
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Hydronic HVAC Made Real with Radiant
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 8, 2020
The best place to locate the tubing panels is typically the walls and ceilings.
73 Eclipse Tools Explains Its Award-Winning Hydronic Component
Contractor Magazine
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
Mark Ward provides Contractor Magazine''s Bob Mader with further details on the BoilerMag hydronic heating system filter. BoilerMag hydronic heating system filter won the Showcase Award for the best hydronic heating product introduced at Comfortech 2013 in Philadelphia. Video Technology'
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Hydronics industry is looking for good plumbers
Contractor Magazine
AUGUST 6, 2014
Hydronics, or heating with water as a heat transfer medium, is a natural fit for plumbing contractors interested in larger jobs, higher margins and reduced competition. Marketing Michel Registered User'
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Caleffi releases the 18th edition of idronics: Water Quality in Hydronic Systems
Contractor Magazine
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
The 18th edition of idronics discusses problems that can develop within hydronic systems when water quality is ignored. It lays out the company's procedures for converting raw water into high quality water with an emphasis placed on demineralization. read more.
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GRUVLOK KNX SERIES HYDRONIC HOOK-UP KITS
Contractor Magazine
NOVEMBER 5, 2012
THE GRUVLOK KNX SERIES HYDRONIC HOOK-UP KITS integrate 54 components required to connect piping to hydronic heating or chiller system equipment in a pre-engineered, pre-assembled package. read more.
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RPA and ASSE International certify first 11 professionals to become Hydronics Systems Instructors
Contractor Magazine
DECEMBER 5, 2016
The RPA and ASSE International are pleased to announce the certification of the first 11 hydronics and radiant industry professionals to pass the ASSE/IAPMO/ANSI Standard 19210 Train the Trainer Course. read more.
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