The rising cost of fuel is helping to spur growth of tankless water heaters such as the Rinnai, according to Robert Kirkpatrick, national sales manager.
The National Association of Electrical Distributors (NAED) has become a partner with ENERGY STAR, a voluntary public-private partnership cosponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
The American Supply Association reported total attendance of 876 at its 2004 annual convention in Boston, in conjunction with ISH North America, almost exactly matching attendance figures for its 2003 convention in Las Vegas.
In late October, after 102 years in business, Peerless Pottery closed its Rockport, Ind., factory, where it had manufactured residential and commercial vitreous china bathroom fixtures, including toilets, lavatories and urinals, and employed 167 workers.