One of my favorite times of the year, when the calendar hits Aug. 1 and we know summer is starting to wind down and the kids are going back to school in less than a month.

In rehabbing the space that would become the cutting-edge food emporium 4th Street Market, developer Ryan Chase had two goals: locate the water-heaters on the roof and track fuel consumption usage by tenant. Tankless technology helped him achieve both.

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

USGBC-LA Sustainable Team invites industry member to submit projects for the 8th Annual Awards.

Virtual and augmented reality can help contractors keep pace now and well into the future.

Capturing and reclaiming water, once an idea primarily of interest to environmentalists, is serious business today as municipalities’ aging water infrastructures and shrinking budgets are under stress. Combined with modern technology, these old ideas are finding new uses in commercial applications.

To achieve comfort and efficiency in a hot water distribution system, many plumbing engineers are incorporating hot water recirculation systems into their designs. But to reap the benefits of such a system, balancing valves must be incorporated into design considerations.

A contractor adds a neon backdrop to the control scheme for his home’s new hydronic system.

Remember that first hydronic system you installed? The good, the bad and the ugly?