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Manufacturer News: Griswold Controls Unimizer Valve
The Griswold Controls Unimizer® Valve is no ordinary valve. According the Griswold literature, it has better than globe valve performance at better...
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If you haven't yet heard of Metraflex's new LPD Y-Strainer, it's probably time for you to get in the know. This incredibly innovative new Y-strainer...
Continue ReadingLessons from Flint: Why Water Purification Solutions are Critical in Commercial Building
Most people have heard of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan. But how many of us in the commercial HVAC and plumbing worlds stop to think of the...
Continue ReadingGreen Building: ORC Technology Helps Recover Waste Heat
Efficiency and energy management are hot button topics in the building industry. Not surprisingly, according to a 2013 study from Elsevier, world...
Continue ReadingLegionella Risk Management for Hospitals
There was a terrific article in Healthcare Facilities Today last week about Legionella risk management especially in protective care facilities. It's...
Continue ReadingTACO Webinar: Software Training Webinars with Ra Puriri
HVAC engineers and designers can save dozens of design hours on every job and virtually eliminate errors. You might be asking how? Use Taco's...
Continue ReadingHVAC Design: Reinventing the Y-Strainer
Most of us don’t even really think much about Y-strainers when it comes to designing our piping systems. We know where we need them. We know why we...
Continue ReadingGet Connected: HVAC Systems and the Internet
You may find a scruffy old-timer still out there who longs for the old days when equipment in mechanical rooms was a mass of gurgling, lurching,...
Continue ReadingDo Your Commercial Pumps Perform to the DOE Standard?
In 2016, the US Department of Energy (DOE) issued the Energy Conservation Standard for Clean Water Pumps based on efficiency levels negotiated by...
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