A failing steam factory that has provided heat for more than a century to buildings in Downtown Pittsburgh is “beyond repair,” but plans are afoot for a national energy company to replace it with a ...

This month, I will continue to discuss the forgotten skills of steam system design. Last month, I touched on several topics, including high- and low-pressure steam, boilers, deaerators, boiler feed ...

Cornell University is undergoing a major transition in its heating infrastructure, converting the current steam heating system to a more efficient hot water network as a part of its 2035 goal of ...

Denver is the home to one of the oldest heating systems in the country. The city uses steam to warm downtown buildings, but recent changes could threaten the unique service. From above, Denver doesn’t ...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Business owners downtown are calling for an immediate fix to the steam heating system issues. Representing the 28 buildings being affected by the removal of downtown’s steam ...

New flats in Cardiff are the first residential buildings in the city to get heat and hot water from a new steam-powered green heating system. The network, which cost £15.5m, captures heat from steam ...

Underground system of tunnels and piping heats and cools downtown Hartford Underneath the footfalls, cars, restaurants, bars, and well-intentioned economic development plans lies the secret to what’s ...

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 ...

We got pointed by [packrat] to a 2015 presentation by [Dan Holohan] on the history and art of steam heating systems. At the advent of central heating systems for entire buildings, steam was used ...

The Floral-Park Bellerose School District is considering converting the heating systems for John Lewis Elementary School and Floral Park-Bellerose Elementary School from steam to hot water and cooling ...

Denver is the home to one of the oldest heating systems in the country. The city uses steam to warm downtown buildings, but recent changes could threaten the unique service. From above, Denver doesn’t ...

Last month, I wrote about refrigeration design engineering being a lost skill. This month, I’m going to discuss another lost engineering skill: steam systems. When I started out at an HVAC consulting ...