Infrastructure

USGBC, BRE Team Up to Advance Green Buildings, Communities and Cities

November 14, 2018

The organization’s LEED and BREEAM are the two most widely used green building programs in the world.

Challenges, Solutions of the Future Discussed at Aquatherm's BIGGEXCHANGE

October 18, 2018

Inaugural event draws more than 270 participants from around the world.

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To Sense or Not to Sense

The pros and cons of using hands-free faucets in a facility.

October 5, 2018

Some tips for deciding whether a touchless faucet will work in a client’s commercial or educational building.

The Future is Now

Radiant Design: Learning by Doing

Three projects show the versatility of radiant heating and cooling systems.

October 5, 2018

BF Nagy

Radiant hydronic systems are certainly not new but as these three projects show, they keep improving and designers continue to innovate. Could it be that radiant hydronics is finding new believers?

ASHRAE Learning Institute Announces Course Offerings for 2019 Winter Conference

October 1, 2018

ASHRAE Learning Institute will offer five full-day seminars and 15 half-day courses during the conference.

PHCC Contractors Invited to White House For Economic Summit on Small Business Issues

October 1, 2018

The briefing highlighted the positive results of the administration’s focus on tax reform, regulatory relief, infrastructure spending, workforce development and more

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The Building Research Establishment’s Green Plan

UK-based group adds to its sustainability options for the United States.

September 10, 2018

Steve Smith

BREEAM is designed to give the AEC community a place to make continuous improvement.

Tom & Steve on PVF

Tariffs, Exemptions and the Labor Force

Additional taxes on foreign-made pipe and the skilled labor shortage are hindering manufacturer efforts to maintain production levels or expand operations.

August 12, 2018

Tom M. Brown and Stephen Letko

Industry veterans Tom Brown and Steve Letko discuss the Trump administration’s new tariffs on foreign-made pipe and other materials used in oil pipelines and their impact on the PVF industry.