Caleffi North America announced The Socha Company as its representative for the State of New Mexico and El Paso County, Texas. The new rep will sell and support Caleffi’s line of engineered components.

Steam-and hot-water heating joined hands a long time ago to make up what we today call “hydronics.” Both systems run on water, and they’ve been around for hundreds of years. The Institute of Boiler and Radiation Manufacturers coined the term hydronics in 1946 to make the science of heating a building with water sound sexy — like “electronics.”

Fifty years from now I doubt I will be predicting anything, and yet, hydronic heating, in some form, will hopefully still exist.

Gillis has more than 20 years of engineering and application experience.

HydroSketch is a cloud-based software for drawing piping and electrical schematic diagrams to document hydronic heating and cooling systems. It was designed for users who need to make a simple drawing, without the lengthy learning curve associated with most CAD software.

Before I retired in 2016, I’d get a lot of calls from lawyers who wanted to hire me to be an expert witness at a trial. They were almost always representing a building owner. I always said “no thank you,” because I like to keep stress out of my life.

These webinars are free to attend, and aimed at designer and engineers.

REHAU is mourning the loss of company founder and honorary president Helmut Wagner. He passed away last Sunday at the age of 95 in Switzerland surrounded by his family. The news of the death of the popular founding father, who was highly committed to the end, has moved REHAU employees around the globe. 

 

The Caleffi 520 Series AngleMix thermostatic mixing valve offers angled geometry, reducing costs as the domestic hot water tank outlet is piped in-line with the valve’s mixed water outlet, requiring fewer fittings and less space.

REHAU announced the appointment of Mark Hudoba to vice president of building solutions for the Americas region. Hudoba will lead the business division and drive growth of the company’s plumbing and mechanical product lines including radiant heating/cooling, pre-insulated piping, geoexchange, snow melting, plumbing and municipal water service.