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The ICC held its final code hearing Oct. 21-29 in Richmond, Virginia, for the technical content of the 2021 International Plumbing Code, Mechanical Code and Fuel Gas Code.
With nearly all government-related energy programs focused on carbon reduction, fossil fuels are increasingly viewed as the past, somewhat resentfully as the present and highly unlikely as the future.
The American Society of Plumbing Engineers Region 3 Director Steve Mastley, CPD, announced the appointment of QuantumFlo Founder and CEO David Carrier as the Society’s Region 3 affiliate liaison.
The members of Plumbing Manufacturers International elected Nate Kogler president of the 2019 PMI Board of Directors at PMI’s 44th annual meeting of the membership, held during the PMI Conference Nov. 5-8 in Phoenix, Arizona.
Kohler has created a program with Underwriters Laboratories to achieve third-party-certified Environmental Product Declarations for more than 1,000 of its primary kitchen-and-bath fixtures — or more than 10,000 total product SKUs when accounting for color and finishes.
Modine’s new Model BTP gas-fired, power-vented unit heater features the same functionality as its PTP unit and has been upgraded with factory installed blower assemblies, the company says.
The Elkay Smartwell is a fully integrated, intelligent bottle-filling station that offers fresh, filtered water through the company’s WaterSentry filter.
Allweiler’s OptiFix industrial wastewater treatment pump can be disassembled in five steps, eliminates the need to dismantle it from piping to change the rotor, stator, joints or shaft seal.
The REHAU BIM library now is available on the UNIFI content-management platform, allowing engineering and architectural firms to design with REHAU PEXa content directly in Autodesk Revit models.
The AquaBalance wall-mount line of combination and heat-only boilers from Weil-McLain now features an energy-saving AFUE rating of 95% on the new Series 2 version.
M•Power is a line of sensor-operated flush valves that contribute to a building’s eligibility to obtain LEED certification, earning the building up to two points in the Water Use Reduction category.
Sloan’s EFX380 BASYS automatic sink faucet with turbine energy-harvesting technology has the versatility to meet any application with varying sensor types with flow rates ranging from 0.35 gpm to 1.5 gpm, Sloan notes.
The RainCycle from Watts is a commerical rainwater harvesting system that captures, stores, pumps and treats rainwater for use in irrigation, toilets, washing and other applications.
Autodesk’s latest AutoCAD offerings for mechanical design will automate common tasks, including generating machine components, dimensioning and creating bills of materials.
Zurn’s Proceptor Dual Manway is a fiberglass gravity grease interceptor that captures and separates wastewater grease, food solids and sediment. Zurn notes the fiberglass design is easy to clean and maintain and has a lightweight construction.
GreaseShield’s GS25-PF is a proactive mechanical grease trap that works in real time by taking advantage of waste thermal energy being discharged from commercial kitchens to remove FOGs before they solidify.
AERCO’s Benchmark Platinum commercial boiler is available in eight sizes ranging from 750 to 6,000 MBH and had a patented O2-trim to ensure the system works properly with precise air/fuel ratios during combustion.