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January 2013

What You Need to Know About Pressure Booster Design Under Standard 90.1
Q&A with Kevin Ruppelt, President and CEO of Eemax
Where Will the Next Generation of Mechanical and Plumbing Engineers Come From?
Heavenly Heat: Integrated team approach pays off for a church boiler upgrade
Designer's Guide – Hot water dead-ends and ASHRAE 191P
Code Classroom – Prevention of Legionellosis Associated with Building Water Systems, Part 2
FPE Corner – The engineer and the technician revisited
Solar Solutions – The cost of DHW recirculation
Alternative Solutions – Climate middle ground
Modern Hydronics – You need how much hot water?

February 2013

Demystifying the Specification of Heat Exchangers for Special Plumbing Applications
Industry Q&A with Melissa Bowers, E.I.T.
Designer's Guide – World Plumbing Day
Code Classroom – How safe is our water supply?
FPE Corner – Modeling sprinkler performance
Solar Solutions – Solar Heat Storage Tanks: The 2P3T Piping Configuration
Sustainable Design – Low-flow fixtures and drainline blockages

March 2013

Why all the Problems in Backflow Protection Design and Install?
Education Construction Forecast
Code Update: ICC
Lead the way on no-lead legislation
Industry Q&A with Ed Moran, OmegaFlex
Designer's Guide – More on hot water delivery
Code Classroom – Scald vs. legionella prevention, Part 1
FPE Corner – What happened to DM-8?
Solar Solutions – Energy Measurement: The ‘primary loop’ advantage
Modern Hydronics – PEX… the everyman’s tube
Alternative Energy – The future of global plumbing system design

April 2013

Code Update, Part 2
KBIS 2013 ‘evolves’ to exceed expectations
Get the Lead Out Wants to Help you Prepare for the Lead Law
An unexpectedly demanding facility makeover
2013 Plumbing Engineer Tankless Report
Designer's Guide – MPG (Medium Pressure Gas)
Code Classroom – Scald vs. legionella prevention, Part 2
FPE Corner – Building information modeling and fire protection engineering
Solar Solutions – Case study: Birth of a solar home
Sustainable Design – How schools are making water conservation fun

May 2013

ISH impressions
NFPA 13D eliminates need for sloped-ceiling sprinkler standard
NFPA to redefine power networking at 2013 conference
Heating up law and order
The True Cost and Benefit of Solar Heating
Reverse engineering sprinkler spacing
Designer's Guide – Maui water
FPE Corner – Reviewing Norman J. Thompson’s work on fire and sprinklers
Solar Solutions – Expansion tanks in combisystems
Sustainable Design – Water efficiency makes a world of difference

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