Some existing systems were never hydraulically calculated. Some were designed around pipe schedules. Some have little or no remaining safety margin. Add a backflow preventer without understanding the available water supply, system demand and device pressure loss, and a system that once appeared adequate may fail to deliver.

In a 2025 article in Health Facilities Management titled “Deferred maintenance and master planning,” author Mike Mochel discusses the growing need for organizations to prioritize infrastructure renewal due to building age and systems that are beyond their serviceable life.

Discover how Eastern State Hospital transformed its century-old infrastructure with a state-of-the-art hydronic retrofit, significantly improving patient comfort and operational efficiency.

Contractor Warren Systems worked with a team of pros to provide retrofit at a much lower upfront cost than a conventional VRF installation.

This resort property case study demonstrates that condensing tankless water heaters can be used in commercial buildings with high water demand.

Commercial retrofit leads to a 40 percent savings in fuel costs.

The Advanced Water Heating Initiative is a coalition of utilities, engineers, federal agencies, state and local governments, manufacturers and others working to scale heat pump water heater installations across the U.S.

Steam boiler systems may have evolved over the years, but Big Apple Installations in Brooklyn knows it’s still a niche that requires a specific skillset.

Significant renovation was needed to meet modern code, ADA and educational programming requirements at the 125-year-old Corcoran School of the Arts & Design. Modern technologies aided in designing the new and upgraded building systems.