Glenn Stanton, manager of training and
technical development for US Boiler (left)
and Matt Plante, equipment specialist for
Petro, stand in the finished mechanical
room at the Brothers of the Sacred Heart
Provincial Community, in Pascoag, R.I. Two
old, inefficient boilers were replaced with
eight modern oil-fired units.
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8 Editorial
10 States
11 Fuels/EIA
20 Business Operations
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47 Classifieds
49 Ad Index
Fuels
16
Propane Outlook Going into 2015
FON Interviews Joe Rose, PGANE
18 2015 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo
Business OperatiOns
24
Lying Down
Columnist Shane Sweet
25 Pursue the Future You Envision
Financial planning advice from UBS
HVaC/HyDrOniCs
32
2015 AHR Expo
What to Expect at the Preeminent Commercial HVAC Event
36 Eight Stages of Oil Input
What do you get when you replace two 59-year-old boilers with eight modern
units? Heavenly satisfaction.
39 Warm Air and HVAC Products Roundup
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44 Steam – Part 3
Columnist George Lanthier
50 Some Thoughts and Cautious Advice
Columnist Charlie Bursey
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