Articles by Steve Smith

More than 160 contactor members and chapter executives from the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors-National Association called on their legislators in Washington, D.C., April 19, for the association’s annual “Day on Capitol Hill.”

Project hopes to cut carbon emissions and reduce energy use in existing buildings in 16 cities around the world

Drill water wells? Only one state prohibits forcing well owners to hook up to a public water line.

Legislation seeks to extend tax credits for the solar energy and other renewable energy industries.

Emerson-Swan fills many non-traditional roles to continually influence the traditional chain of distribution.

More people are reading about how to save energy and otherwise leave a smaller carbon footprint on the planet, and this year’s Radiant Heating Report takes a look at how the radiant/hydronic heating industry is attempting to do the same.

Partusch Plumbing takes the challenges of the Great White North in stride.

Rising energy prices may create a construction market worth as much as $20 billion in just three years as property owners build “green.”

Longer-term owners choose to maintain the condition of their homes rather than updating

Spending on improvements and maintenance averaged less than $1,000 a year annually from 2000 and 2005

The age of America’s housing, rising energy prices and ownership demographics will continue to propel the remodeling industry

The industry’s labor shortage wears a white collar just as much as a blue collar, according to much of the discussion at just one educational session held during the Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s annual convention.