I was lucky to have had as one of my teachers the late, great Gil Carlson. He was Bell & Gossett’s director of technical services and when he would come to New York City to speak at an ASHRAE event, my old boss would ask me to sit with Gil and keep him company during the day.
If you look deeper you’ll see that with each passing year the gap of nonbelievers shrinks.
March 28, 2014
This time last month, I was hammering away on my February editorial and simultaneously listening to President Obama’s sixth State of the Union address to Congress and the nation. I kept the YouTube stream of the speech in a tiny video player in the lower-right hand corner of my screen.
Commercial building loans and their supporting activity are edging toward pre-recession levels. As of mid-year 2013, U.S. banks had issued just short of $1 trillion dollars in commercial real-estate loans, up almost 4% from a year earlier, according to official sources.
This spring, IAPMO starts the final round of meetings leading up to the publication of the 2015 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC). The meeting was recently moved from St. Louis to Las Vegas, but the dates remain the same (April 28-30). Those dates are coincidently the same dates as the International Code Council’s Green Code hearings in Memphis, Tenn.
One of the most misunderstood portions of the commercial heating system is the gas train. The gas train is a series of components that safely feed natural or propane gas into the burner.
Without question, this winter is the most brutal I’ve experienced
February 27, 2014
Greetings. I’m coming to you from my well-heated bunker, better known as my condominium on the North Side of Chicago. Without question, this winter is the most brutal I’ve experienced.
New Jersey’s Gov. Chris Christie made national headlines when it was reported by major news organizations that a member of his administration allegedly created a major traffic jam on the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee, N.J. because the town’s mayor didn’t endorse Christie during the last governor’s election.
I like working with the control techs in our industry. They have such a passion for their craft. If left alone, they will control or monitor everything that moves, slides, shakes or switches. However, I do rein them in a bit when controlling a hydronic heating system. Several hard limits and a couple danger zones should be heeded. Of course, these should be verified with the boiler manufacturer.
Welcome to 2014. I certainly hope you had an amazing holiday season filled with quality family time. Despite a hectic travel schedule thanks to my family spread throughout the nation, I had a wonderful end of 2013. My holiday season included stops to Washington D.C., southern New Jersey, Milwaukee and a visit from our Michigan-based family.
While much of America’s future economic dynamism has been riveted on the overdue upgrading of the nation’s infrastructure (pipelines, bridges, dams, railroads and highways), little has been heard lately regarding commercial and industrial construction.