As winter winds down, building owners can take a breather from resident complaints about apartment temperatures, thermostats not working, radiators too noisy, and the like. In the spring and summer, they can fondly turn their thoughts to complaints about air conditioning, hot water temperatures, water pressure and all the other maintenance issues in the building. While the customer service aspects Read More
Domestic Hot Water solutions for commercial buildings must consider issues of water demand across many users, many floors, and many fixtures. Commercial DHW must comprehend how much water is needed during peak usage periods, and the maintenance of constant water pressure and temperature under all loads. DHW systems must be controlled and plumbed to prevent the growth of deadly legionella Read More
The actual phrase “penny wise, and pound foolish” is often mistakenly credited to Benjamin Franklin, but it actually originated with an Oxford Scholar named Robert Burton in his book, “The Anatomy of Melancholy” written in 1621! Needless to say, in 1621 domestic hot water wasn’t even a thing. It was before the advent of electricity, multi-story distributed hot water systems, Read More
Technology marches on and for those of us working every day to bring the best DHW solutions to the market, global and national trends will inevitably drive the adoption of new techniques and new technologies that mostly help, but sometimes hurt us. Digital and IOT based improvements to the tech surrounding DHW abound in 2020 and conversations around the “resident Read More
What is a Domestic Hot Water System? A Domestic Hot Water (DHW) system provides potable hot water to our sinks, showers, and tubs and other places where hot water may be ingested by, or come in direct contact with humans. This is as opposed to non-potable water which is not suitable for drinking and other domestic purposes but may be Read More