High efficiency boilers and water heaters, and pumps — and products designed to avoid bottlenecks caused by the skills gap — were the name of the game at AHR Expo in Atlanta this week.

The AHR Expo is returning to Atlanta this month for the first time since 2001, and show organizers and exhibitors are anticipating a show chock-full of the newest innovations in heating, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, plumbing, radiant and hydronics, building automation, and more.

The SANICOMPACT toilet from Saniflo installs quickly and easily anywhere in the home with no venting required.

Pennsylvania hotel installs tankless water heaters and reaps energy efficiency benefits.

Bradley Corp.’s one-connection wash fountain accommodates up to eight users.

Plumbing manufacturer McGuire Mfg. Co. named Robert B. Williams its new president.

Uponor’s snow and ice melting system circulates a warm water and glycol solution through freeze-resistant, crosslinked PEX tubing, which is buried in concrete, asphalt or a sand bed. 

Mansfield Plumbing’s WaterSense-compliant, gravity-fed Maverick 1.0 EL SmartHeight toilet uses 38% less water, flushing with only 1-gpf and flushes 500 grams (MaP rating). 

AquaOne Technologies’ Toilet Guardian is an electronic water-saving device that shuts off water to the toilet when a leak or overflow is detected. 

Goulds Water Technology’s e-HM stainless-steel series is a horizontal multistage water pump for commercial and industrial applications.