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Geothermal HVAC

Geothermal HVAC and Temperature Glid

May 13, 2015

Jay Egg

When I was a kid growing up in the High Desert area of California, I can well remember wishing that...

Hospitality: The Mohegan Sun Hotel

May 11, 2015

The Mohegan tribe created a fairy tale destination spot in 2007 with some of northeast Pennsylvania’s finest dining, retail shopping...

Grease interceptors and water conservation

May 11, 2015

Ron George

Nathaniel Whiting patented the first grease "trap" in California in 1884. Whiting’s design was basically the same then as today’s...

Problems, problems…

May 11, 2015

Timothy Allinson

“The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting otherwise and thinking that having problems is aproblem.” –...

High expansion foam for DOD aircraft hangars revisited

May 11, 2015

Samuel S. Dannaway

In January 2014, the accidental activation of a high expansion foam system in King Aircraft Hangar at Eglin Air Force...

EPA hosts 2nd Annual WaterSense H2Otel Challenge

May 11, 2015

In February 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launched the WaterSense H2Otel Challenge to encourage hotels to “ACT" by Assess water...

Q&A with kitchen and bath leader on plumbing fixtures

May 11, 2015

The Decorative Plumbing & Hardware Association (DPHA) was founded in 2002 to serve as a cutting-edge nonprofit organization that creates...

NSF International Global Water Division weighs in with an update

May 11, 2015

Manufacturers, regulators and consumers look to NSF International for the development of public health standards and certification programs. Such standards...

Rainwater harvesting for the hospitality industry

May 11, 2015

By Richard Hanson, www.ecovieenvironmental.com and www.georgiawatertanks.com Water. Second only to air in terms of value to life. Yet, most construction projects treat...

Galvanized steel baseboard

May 10, 2015

The standardization of galvanized steel across residential hydronic baseboard was announced. A two phase manufacturing process was used to accomplish...