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Past Issues

2011

September/October 2011

• The Wealthy Barber Returns Best Selling Author David Chilton
• MB Exclusive: Keeping the Ice Nice for the Winnipeg Jets
• Commercial Plumbing Goes Residential
• Designing for Condensing Boilers
• Retrofitting Refrigeration Systems
• Plus: The Heating Report, The Vehicle Report and Much Much More…

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July/August 2011

• Building it Forward with Country Music Star Paul Brandt
• A Chilling HVAC lift
• Water heater sizing: With tanks and without
• The heat exchanger zone
• Handling solar gain in atriums
• Fire protection: Residential sprinkler selection

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May/June 2011

• In the Kitchen with Top Chef Canada's Mark McEwan
• The Cooling Report
• Draining Back Solar Systems
• Biogas for HVAC
• Plumbing for LEED Points

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March/April 2011

• Catching up with Rick Hansen The Man in Motion
• Bubble Busting: Venting Suds Zones
• 2011 Air Conditioning Forecast Selling beyond SEER
• Dealing with Dirt: Keeping Hydronic Systems Clean
• Cooling: Condensers, Compressors and More!
• And don't miss the MB MCEE Show Guide!

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January/February 2011

• One last lap with Bill McCreary
• Thermal Mass & Tube Spacing
• Compressor short-cycling
• Hard facts on soft water
• GPS and Fleet Management
• Site tales: Pipe cleaners talk

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2010

November/December 2010

• HGTV's Bryan Baeumler
• The ins and outs of greywater use
• Warming up to panels
• Commissioning 101: Getting it right from the get-go
• Hire attitude; train for skills

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September/October 2010

• Dragon's Fire Kevin O'Leary
• Modulating Furnaces
• Plumbing Showrooms Consultants & Partners
• Heating Report 2010 Efficiency & Service
• Optimizing Underfloor Radiant Heat

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July/August 2010

• Plumbers by day Ghost Hunters By Night Jason Hawes & Grant Wilson
• Oil Tanks The Corrosion Conundrum
• Refrigeration Tackling Supermarket Compressor Racks
• PVF Report Resins in Short Supply
• Right-Sizing the Rad

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May/June 2010

• Riding High with Road Warrior Kyle Lumsden
• Oil Heat Q&A Fielding Customer Questions
• Moisture Management Keeping Structures Dry
• Pumped on Pumps Going for Efficiency
• K&B Trend Spotting Sophisticated, yet Practical
• The Cooling Report

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March/April 2010

• Doing our Rock N Roll Duty with Kim Mitchell
• One Boiler or Two?
• Zoning for Forced Air
• Preventing Frozen Pipes
• ERVs vs. HRVs
• Plus: The MB Guide to CMX·CIPHEX

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January/February 2010

• Champion of the Blades Craig Simpson
• Modern Controls for Commercial Buildings
• Sliding for Gold at the Olympics
• Filtration for IAQ and Efficiency
• Dealing with Drains
• Refrigeration Systems: Reclaiming Heat

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2009

November/December 2009

• Out of this World with Julie Payette
• Accessibility in the Bathroom
• Refrigeration: System Designs, Phase-outs, Detection & More
• Conservation H₂O
• Dry Air Avoidance

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September/October 2009

• Trackside with Hall of Fame Jockey Sandy Hawley
• The heating Report Efficiency Standards, Technology & More
• Kitchens & Bath Trending to Comfort
• superheating & Sub-cooling
• Infra-red Elementary Sizing Up Radiant Baseboard

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July/August 2009

• Keeping it REAL with Jim Caruk
• Looking Beyond Incentives
• Plumbing: Site Servicing
• Refrigeration: Chiller-ing Out
• Wall-Hung Boilers
• Bathroom Makeover on a Budget

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May/June 2009

• Chris Wallace
• The PVF Report
• Check the Fuel; Choose the Vent
• A/C Goes Ductless
• The Geothermal/Radiant Partnership
• Passing the Inspection with New Plumbing Technology

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March/April 2009

• Steve Shutt
• The Cooling Report: Technology bring efficiency
• Commercial Vans: New models on the horizon
• Big, Bigger, Commercial: Handling hydronics efficiently
• Plumbing Inspection 101

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January/February 2009

• Mario Lemieux
• Refrigeration: Subcooling your way to savings
• Safety Showers: Plumbing for emergencies
• Troubleshooting: Service call adventures
• High Performance HVAC

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2008

November/December 2008

• Paul McRoberts
• Tackling HVAC leakage
• Two takes: compressor technologies
• HVAC Translator: cutting though the jargon
• Saving H₂O Taps go low flow

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September/October 2008

• Red Green
• Investigating Toilet Technology
• Tools for the HVAC Tech
• Fall Heating Report
• Going Upscale in Kitchens & Baths

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July/August 2008

• Ron Robinson
• The World of Hydronics
• HVAC Tips
• Pipe Joining In the Groove
• Water Heaters Tank vs. Tankless

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May/June 2008

• A state of the industry address
• Gaining control on backflow
• Keeping your cool hydronically
• Balancing valve technology

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March/April 2008

• David Suzuki
• Options abound in service vehicles
• Shower technology making a green splash
• Manifold matters
• CMX·CIPHEX 2008

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January/February 2008

• Rick Mercer
• Choosing a fluid balancing design strategy
• Keeping water pressure safe and practical
• Stop oversizing those furnaces
• Filter driers

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2007

December 2007

• Water-saving toilets
• Yes, balancing is important!
• Refrigerant Recovery: Which method is right for you?
• Furnace Filters

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October/November 2007

• Richard Trethewey & Friends on hydronics
• Safety and your sewer machine
• The 10 rules of fall start-ups
• Keeping your ice nice
• Electronics invade the final frontiers

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