Designing commercial-scale water-heating systems that balance capacity with space, cost, and downtime may seem like a daunting task. It doesn’t have to be. When effectively applied, modular tankless ...

Hover over main image for caption information. A typical oil fired forced hot water heating system, installed in 1980 was ready for replacement. The original boiler room equipment was removed, which ...

There are many options to consider when designing or replacing the domestic hot water systems for a structure or development. But what to use? Tanks or tankless and do I use one for each individual ...

Nothing too complicated about this project—use solar radiation, a principle as old as the sun itself, to heat water. The trick is transferring the energy from one body of water (your solar hot water ...

Researchers at the University of Zaragoza in Spain have proposed a new design for energy systems based on photovoltaic-thermal (PVT) panels integrated with an air-to-water heat pump via thermal ...

Lloyd Alter is Design Editor for Treehugger and teaches Sustainable Design at Ryerson University in Toronto. While touring the laundry rooms and closets of Olympia, Washington after the Passive House ...

When Terry McIlveen built his home in Maine in 1997, he made the unusual choice to install radiant floor heating. “People thought I was nuts,” he says. However, since that time, radiant floor heat has ...

Conventional district heating systems are generally designed around the load. However, an alternate approach would be to design around potential heat sources, including the waste heat from power ...

Hot water is an essential requirement for educational environments. From washing hands to daily cleaning tasks, access to a reliable source of hot water is vital. Depending on the school or ...