Radiant & Hydronics - Articles - Page 43

Dan Holohan: The guy I never met

Complicated problems do not have to have complicated-sounding solutions.

November 14, 2018

In 1970, when I started in the heating industry, there was a battle going on between the folks who believed in catching and controlling the air in a hydronic system by holding it inside a plain-steel compression tank, and those who thought it was best to catch the air and just get rid of it using automatic air vents and diaphragm-type compression tanks.

John Siegenthaler: Modern biomass meets state-of-the-art hydronics

This wood-pellet system example is intended to supply space heating and domestic hot water.

John Siegenthaler, P.E.

November 14, 2018

There will always be fringe markets for products that use renewable energy to provide marginal heating comfort. These markets survive because early adopters willingly sacrifice superior comfort as the perceived price for using renewable energy.

Baxi appoints McLaughlin director of sales

McLaughlin’s responsibilities include overseeing the company’s channel management partners as well as leading the North American sales team

November 9, 2018

Roger comes to Baxi with a wealth of experience in the construction and building materials industries.

Baxi establishes operations in North America

Move facilitates delivery of products, service and support “factory direct” to North American customers

November 8, 2018

Baxi will transfer all North American Baxi business and support to its Baxi North America factory operations.

Triangle Tube announces new operations director

Andy Sutton comes from Triangle Tube’s parent company, Groupe Atlantic

November 7, 2018

Andy Sutton is an expert in his field and has supported several group-wide projects.

Richard McNally is hydronic business development manager at Legend Valve

Richard McNally to lead hydronic sales & training at Legend Valve

November 6, 2018

McNally’s background for the past 20 years has been with Watts Water.

Legend Valve & Fitting hired Wade Tennant as director of marketing.

Legend appoints Wade Tennant as director of marketing

November 6, 2018

Tennant is an experienced veteran in the building materials industry and spent more than a decade with CertainTeed Corp.

AHRI: Residential water heater shipments up slightly in September

Industry data are aggregated from the information supplied by AHRI member companies

November 2, 2018

A shipment is defined as when a unit transfers ownership; a consignment is not a transfer of ownership.

PPI introduces new PEX plumbing design course

The one-hour course has five learning objectives and advances at the pace of each student

November 1, 2018

Topics include properties of PEX tubing and fittings, types of plumbing layouts, designing for optimized performance, installation techniques, and design resources.