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Home » Authors » Pete Skinner P.E.

Pete Skinner P.E.

Peter Skinner, P.E., owner and founder E2G Solar LLC, designs, installs, repairs, researches and teaches about residential and commercial solar thermal systems and their integration with heat pump systems in New York and neighboring states. Skinner previously worked for the NYS Attorney General’s Environmental Protection Bureau supervising a team of scientists on environmental litigation, legislation development and policy development for 33 years. He is a NYS registered professional engineer and has worked as an engineer, educator and legislative and policy advocate in the environmental field for the past 50 years. Skinner is an engineering graduate of Lehigh University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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 Do Compact Plumbing Systems Actually Work?
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Do Compact Plumbing Systems Actually Work?

Design and performance testing at multifamily projects.
January 3, 2022
Pete Skinner P.E. and Gary Klein
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There are many ways to approach a plumbing design task for multifamily projects. 


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Practically Perfect Plumbing In Multifamily

Our theories applied on a three-story multifamily project
August 31, 2020
Pete Skinner P.E. and Gary Klein
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Gary and I have covered a lot of ground in our last six articles in this magazine. We focused on transforming high performing building hot water systems fired with hybrid solar thermal and heat pumps.
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Insulate ‘dem pipes – Please!

Hot water pipes are long radiators
July 5, 2020
Pete Skinner P.E. and Gary Klein
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On the Road to Practically Perfect Plumbing

Pricing fast hot water delivery
June 1, 2020
Pete Skinner P.E. and Gary Klein
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In our last article, we dealt with what hot water users really want, and could expect, from their hot water system – if it was designed properly.  Namely, we argue, fast arrival of domestic hot water – short time to tap values.  
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Haste makes NO waste

What people want from their hot water system
May 4, 2020
Pete Skinner P.E.
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In this article, we will focus on what people want from their hot water system and how long they should wait for hot water to arrive.
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Where did all the pressure go?

Small is beautiful — but choose size wisely.
March 30, 2020
Pete Skinner P.E.
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In this article, we will start a conversation about distributing that hot water to users in the building.
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Solar Thermal and Heat Pump Hot Water Hybrid

Cold climate NetZero multifamily complex
February 3, 2020
Pete Skinner P.E.
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Electrification of buildings has become a policy imperative of numerous states concerned about climate change. They are implementing policies that aim to de-carbonize electricity production by greater reliance on renewable energy sources.
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