New Kid On The Block
There is a great scene from the movie Moonstruck where Cosmo Castorini, a New York City plumbing contractor, is giving a young professional couple an estimate to re-pipe their aging bathroom. They initially balk at the seemingly exorbitant...
By Steve Goldie
Lowering the Limit
The article titled Big Buffers in HPAC's January 2012 issue (available in the HPAC archives) reviewed the options for large thermal storage tanks used in combination with wood gasification boilers. The piping between the boiler and storage tank...
By John Siegenthaler
Basic Conversion Considerations
There is no question that the life of a refrigeration technician was simpler when it was viewed in three colours: white, green and purple. White and purple are long gone. Green…watch out...your days are numbered. As allocation...
By Dave Demma
Ethanol Handling: A Health & Safety Perspective
In the past few years, there has been an increased focus on health and safety directly related to the use of ethanol blends in the geo-thermal industry. Unfortunately, this came about due to an incident in Ontario. Following this incident there...
By Marissa Cutts
Overcoming Hurdles
Despite over 15 years of promotion, you would be hard-pressed today to make a living doing residential indoor air quality (IAQ) investigations. This seems illogical considering that many houses have legitimate problems that cause respiratory...
By Don Fugler
Time Well Served
My wife Joyce and I have lived with an array of solar thermal collectors on our house for the last 30 years. Those collectors came from Revere Solar & Architectural Products, a division of the now defunct Revere Copper and Brass, where I...
By John Siegenthaler
Maintenance Rules
Contaminant build-up and neglected maintenance are the two top causes of HVAC inefficiency and failure. Letting dust collect on coils and filters and delaying regular maintenance can lead to higher energy bills and service costs while...
Pull-out faucets stand out
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) ran its 2012 NKBA Design Trends Survey over the last three months of 2011 and received responses from more than 350 NKBA member designers. The survey identified overall trends in kitchens and...
Greenhouse Company Embraces Biomass
Les Serres Lefort Inc., a Sainte-Clotilde-de-Châteauguay, QC-based specialty greenhouse company dedicated to the production of seedlings, recently unveiled its new biomass heating system. The leading edge system consists of two 6000 kW...
By Luc Boily
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