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News & Trends Bosch Experience Center Showcases Energy Efficient, Sustainable Home Solutions Bosch Thermotechnology Corporation (Londonderry, N.H.) will open an educational and interactive demonstration center in partnership with Serenbe, a 1000-acre sustainable community development south of Atlanta. Visitors to the BOSCH Experience Center will have the opportunity to experience an array of Bosch products and solutions inside this first-of-its-kind Experience Center. The Center features a functional demonstration of a geothermal heating and cooling system (recognized in 2012 and 2013 as "Most Efficient" by ENERGY STAR) as well as a solar thermal system. It also showcases related BOSCH Thermotechnology solutions as well as energy efficient appliances, security and sound systems, power tools, aluminum structural materials and automotive clean diesel technology - all from the Bosch Group. The award-winning community of Serenbe has chosen to partner with Bosch Thermotechnology to build a sustainable lifestyle with energy efficient home solutions. A suite of Bosch smart products work together as an integrated system to provide a complete solution for the best in energy efficiency products while utilizing sustainable and reliable alternative energy sources. The end goal is to show how the combination of energy efficient Bosch products are helping produce a new generation of affordable, sustainable homes that greatly reduce demand and monthly utility costs. Serenbe boasts several Net Zero owned and occupied homes equipped with selected BOSCH Thermotechnology products such as geothermal heat pumps, an electric heat 16 pump water heater, gas condensing boilers and combi boilers, a gas condensing water heater, indirect water tanks and a solar thermal hot water system. Tying into the mission statement of Serenbe, the Bosch Experience Center features a professional-grade kitchen featuring Bosch appliances - winner of the 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award. In this showcase kitchen, organically grown food from the Serenbe community is prepared by world-class chefs for a variety of planned events and educational seminars. In addition, the Bosch solar thermal system installed in the Experience Center heats hot water used at the kitchen tap. The Center is also equipped with a Bosch sound system, delivering audio throughout the facility and a Bosch security system that keeps the facility safe and secure. Uponor Expanding for Fifth Time to Meet Demand Beginning in May, Uponor North America will be breaking ground at its headquarters facility in Apple Valley, Minn., to add 17,500 square feet of manufacturing space to help meet forecasted growth for crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) tubing for plumbing, fire sprinkler, and radiant heating and cooling systems. This will be the fifth expansion for the 1990-built facility, bringing the total space to 230,000 square feet, which houses the North American corporate offices, manufacturing and Uponor Academy, the company's onsite training center. "We are projecting substantial growth for our PEX product in the commercial and residential markets for plumbing, fire sprinkler and radiant floor heating and cooling systems," says Uponor North America President Bill Gray. "This expansion will allow us to continue our growth in the PEX marketplace and ensure we can meet current and future customer demand." Uponor Wins PPI Project of the Year for Pier 15 Exploratorium's Radiant Heating and Cooling On May 7, the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI), a manufacturing-based trade associa- JUNE 2013 | FUEL OIL NEWS | www.fueloilnews.com tion, announced the Pier 15 Exploratorium as their Project of the Year in the Building/ Construction division. The award-winning project showcases 200,000 feet of Uponor North America's Wirsbo hePEX™ crosslinked polyethylene (PEX-a) tubing for the unique radiant heating and cooling system that uses the San Francisco Bay as a heat sink/heat source. The project, designed by EHDD Architecture of San Francisco and engineered by Integral Group of Oakland, renovated a century-old building on San Francisco's Pier 15 into the largest net-zero energy and net-zero carbon museum in the United States. The 330,000-square-foot, LEED®-Gold structure is projected to be 57% more efficient than the ASHRAE 90.1 energy standard requires, thanks in part to the Uponor radiant heating and cooling system. This is the second time Uponor has won the PPI Project of the Year. In 2010, the Wormley Row restoration project featuring Uponor's radiant floor heating system won Project of the Year in the Heating and Cooling category. Testo Announces Spring $75 Mail-In Rebate On Digital Manifold and Digital Vacuum Gauge Purchase Testo Inc. (Sparta, NJ) is offering a $75 Mail-In Rebate when a new Digital Manifold and Digital Vacuum Gauge is purchased. From April 1 through July 31, 2013 anyone who purchases new a model 550, 557 or 570 Digital Manifold and a 552 Vacuum Gauge is eligible for a $75 Rebate. Certain restrictions apply. Visit www.2toughtofail.com for complete details and for redemption forms and guidelines. Correction Abilis Energy was listed incorrectly on the front cover of FON's 2013 Spring Showguide as just Abilis. We regret the omission of the word 'energy'. Their website is www.abilisenergy.com.