An outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in New York City this August has sickened more than 100 people and left five dead. Nationwide, reported cases of this severe form of pneumonia have risen ...

Those words spurn up a variety of thoughts and feelings. To some, hot water is the metaphorical comparison of being in trouble. To others, hot water is comforting, as it reminds them of the nice ...

Aggressive decarbonization targets set by government agencies and some owners are requiring the industry to formulate strategies to reduce the embodied and operational carbon in the built environment.

Last month I wrote about early steam heating and how experimentation led to discovery, which led to new products or piping techniques. This time I will be writing about the early days of gravity hot ...

Imagine you just poured yourself a glass of tap water to drink. If left unfinished, how long do you let the water sit before you pour it down the drain, and pour yourself a new glass? What is the ...

Scientists in the United States has developed a new photovoltaic-thermal system design that utilizes parallel water pipes as a cooling system to reduce the operating temperature of photovoltaic panels ...

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