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Meet Alaina Schwall, application engineer at Victaulic
Alaina Schwall: Applying Her Passion
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Adjustable Thermal Hot Water Balancing
Thermal balancing valves are a temperature solution.
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Don’t Let Your Energy Go Down the Drain
Using Sewage Wastewater Energy Exchange to heat and cool buildings by capturing and re-using expended energy.
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Using Pressure Regulators for Site Distribution in Natural Gas Pipelines
A pressure-regulating station provides a ‘break’ in the system.
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Q&A: HoldRite Expands HydroFlame Firestop Product Line
HoldRite officially launched its expanded HydroFlame line of firestop offerings to include caulks, wrap strips and more.
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2019 National Fire Protection Association Conference & Expo
Everything big in fire, electrical and life safety is coming to Texas.
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Lindy Gibbons
Lindy Gibbons, CPD is an Associate Principal and Plumbing/Fire Protection Department Lead for Meyers+ Engineers in San Francisco. After working in New York City and San Francisco for more than 13 years, she has gained experience in almost every market sector, including educational, government, residential and commercial, and in a multitude of geographic locations both in the U.S. and internationally. On the design side, Gibbon's focus is on high-rise mixed use buildings with integrated sustainable solutions. As department head, she is responsible for technical standards, staff training, and quality control. Some of her projects include Rutgers Livingston Business School, Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse, 181 Fremont, and City Center Bishop Ranch. Gibbons graduated with a Bachelor’s in Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. She also serves as the ASPE Vice President Technical for the SF Chapter.
Ralph Kittler
Ralph Kittler, P.E., is vice president of sales at Dehumidified Air Solutions (DAS), Montreal, Quebec. Kittler is the co-founder and former vice president of sales/marketing at Seresco Technologies, an Ottawa-based mechanical dehumidifier manufacturer brand of DAS. Kittler, is an ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer and the reviser responsible for Chapter 25 (“Mechanical Dehumidifiers and Related Equipment”) for ASHRAE’s 2012 Systems and Equipment Handbook. Kittler recently created a video that qualifies as a Professional Design Hour (PDH) continuing education credit for HVAC engineers and contractors. The video is based on a publication he authored, Natatorium Design Manual. Both the video and the manual are free and available for download at www.serescotechnologies.com. Kittler can be reached at ralphkittler@dehumidifiedairsolutions.com.
Pete Prydybasz
Pete Prydybasz has worked in the HVAC trade for 37 years and in the geothermal trades for 35 years. He is a member of ASHRAE and is on the marketing board for IGSHPA. He is a principle at PsP Consulting – Training and Designs for Geothermal, and is a manufacturer’s representative in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware for BJ Terroni.
Pete DeMarco
Pete DeMarco is the executive vice president of Advocacy and Research for the IAPMO Group. His responsibilities include oversight of IAPMO’s government relations department, water efficiency and green building initiatives, standards development activities, domestic and international plumbing programs, industry outreach programs and development of research projects relating to water efficiency. DeMarco is the founder of the Plumbing Efficiency Research Coalition (PERC), an organization dedicated to conducting research pertaining to plumbing systems in consideration of the emerging trends towards lower water consuming plumbing fixtures and appliances. He is the lead facilitator for the American National Standards Institute’s Energy Efficiency Standardization Coordination Collaborative. Notably, DeMarco also co-chaired the Steering Committee for Water Efficient Products, which helped to foster the development of the U.S. EPA WaterSense program. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for the Alliance for Water Efficiency (AWE) and previously served on the Board of Directors and on the Executive Committee for the Plumbing Manufacturers International (PMI). You can reach him at pete.demarco@iapmo.org.
