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Archive for April, 2018
That’s the title of a fine book by my dear friend, Ellen Rohr. Ellen wrote it years ago and she offers great advice to anyone in business who’s looking to stay in busines...
I got a letter from a friend who is a relocated New Yorker. He now lives in a part of America where people with excess money build second homes that they’ll use for a few...
This document, published in 1924 by the Department of Commerce Bureau of Standards, contains information about Emissive Tests of Paints for Decreasing or Increasing Heat ...
Paul DuPont, a consulting engineer in Portland, Oregon, dropped me a line and suggested I write a bit about Hartford Loops - how they came to be, what they do, when you s...
Why do we work on heating systems during the winter? Because we’re working on air-conditioning systems during the summer! Makes sense in a last-minute, panicky way, but i...
The ideal fluid in a hydronic heating or cooling system is a fluid without any impurities, air bubbles or dissolved gases. But how is that accomplished? Kevin Freidt, dir...