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In many parts of the U.S., the summer of 2013 was a banner season for solar energy collection. Many solar thermal systems, especially those in the over-baked western part of the country, undoubtedly collected enough heat that they reached the upper temperature limit of the storage tank and had to dump excess heat.

Construction activity will increase as the need to attract young people to the trades grows. Last month, Supply House Times interviewed Viega LLC CEO and President Dave Garlow at his office in Wichita, Kan., on issues facing the plumbing-and-heating industry.

MacroAir promoted Barry Warner to the position of national sales manager.

Service agreements and tune-ups or “preventive maintenance,” as is required by most A/C equipment manufacturers to fulfill warranty obligations, too often is poorly done by servicing dealers. Frequently, more harm is done than good.

During the 2013 AHR Expo in Dallas, the trade show’s leaders distributed a survey to its 55,000 attendees. The results were a tad surprising coming out of the industry’s premier HVACR event. Nearly 18% of attendees say they are interested in plumbing products and technologies. The show’s organizers and exhibiting companies have responded in earnest to those results.

Gastite launches new website at www.gastite.comfor its yellow flexible gas piping, FlashShield ‘enhanced protection’ flexible gas piping, and underground polyethylene systems.

Acquisition enables Rheem to expand its product line and grow the HTPG brand.

2014 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners to showcase industry-leading technology.

Joseph R. Martin, 90, died October 6, 2013, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Kohler Manager of Codes and Standards Shabbir Rawalpindiwala is the recipient of the 2013 Joseph K. Seidner Award at the Canadian Advisory Council on Plumbing.