A plumbing designer questioned the necessity of the California Plumbing Code and the standards of the California Department of Health Care Access and Information. This raises the question: Are these additional standards truly beneficial?

ASHRAE has announced the recipients of 36 Society scholarships, totaling $208,500, for the 2024-2025 academic year.

This resource hub provides data center design and operations professionals with the latest standards, guidelines and best practices, helping them stay compliant while enhancing sustainability.

By design, Taco Comfort Solutions’ new Project Builder 2.0 design tool helps commercial hydronic engineers and designers to quickly select the right products and assemble all related documents into one complete project file.

Decarbonization remains a major topic in the plumbing and HVAC industries in 2024. Our cover story this month addresses this growing trend.

Water hammer arrestors absorb the shock from changes in water flow in hydronic systems. They are commonly found in restroom plumbing fixtures. While there is a lot of information available about water hammering and its solutions, let’s explore this topic further.

On May 8th, I presented at the LADWP La Kretz Innovation Center for the ASPE LA Chapter on California’s adoption of the Water Demand Calculator. I spoke about the intersection of water and energy, emphasizing their crucial link in modern civilization.

Last month, the DOE announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to decarbonize the buildings sector, responsible for over one-third of US greenhouse gas emissions.

The first Women in ASHRAE Leadership Symposium will be held in Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 26-27, 2024.

Encountering the Blowhard in any industry is common. I recently came across one and thought it was worth writing about.