Plumbing Engineer and PHCPPros celebrate the nearly three decades that the Code Classroom columnist has shared his plumbing and piping expertise. 

Join IAPMO’s Pete DeMarco and Hugo Aguilar as they recall a half-century of milestones that have changed the plumbing industry more than any other time in history.

Welcome to the 50th anniversary issue of Plumbing Engineer! Serving engineers in the PHCP industry has been and continues to be an honor.

Current codes call for the installation of fire sprinklers in many instances in new construction, but there are still many cases where sprinklers are not required. 

Read this month’s BF Nagy column to learn about ASHRAE Standard 241, Control of Infectious Aerosols (in Buildings) to reduce the risk of airborne disease transmission, such as SARS-COV-2 virus, the flu virus and other pathogens in buildings. Also, discover heat batteries and how they can help with decarbonization. 

As this publication celebrates 50 years of educating plumbing professionals about codes and standards, Ron George focuses attention on how five decades of those codes and standards have shaped the plumbing systems we have today.

The Building Science and Technology conference takes place March 2024 in Austin.

Carrier is building upon its support of the global youth robotics organization FIRST, with a $250,000 sponsorship.     

The company has announced that its popular three-part webinar series "Building Envelope and the Impact on the HVAC System" is now available in its entirety on the Armstrong Webinar Library.