GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY LEADERS ATTEND INAUGURATION EVENT AT JAKARTA LAB TO DEMONSTRATE NEW SERVICES FOR PLASTIC PIPE AND POLYMER RESIN PRODUCTS  PT. IAPMO Group Indonesia, The IAPMO Group’s product testing laboratory and certification operation in Indonesia, today held a ceremony to inaugurate its plastic pipe and polymer resin...

IAPMO’S RANDY LORGE INITIATED MEANINGFUL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE SIMPLY BY NOT CLICKING THE RIGHT BUTTON ON YOUTUBE Call it a happy accident. Before joining IAPMO as director of Workforce Training and Development and its nonprofit organization, the International Water Sanitation and Hygiene (IWSH) Foundation, as a North American...

Following a four-year pandemic-induced hiatus, The IAPMO Group made a successful return to Frankfurt for ISH, the world’s leading exhibition of plumbing and heating products, March 13-17, where it highlighted its broad catalog of services and demonstrated its exemplary leadership within the plumbing and mechanical industry by providing...

At its January meeting, the IAPMO Board of Directors approved an update to Section 3.5 (Members Entitled to Vote) and Section 8.2 (Motions, Debate and Member Voting Qualifications) of the IAPMO Bylaws. The changes increase the length of membership required for eligibility to vote at IAPMO annual conferences from 180 days to 365 days. The...

VERSION 6.1 STAYS IN STEP WITH INDUSTRY TRENDS BY ADDRESSING MAXIMUM ELECTRICAL DEMAND AND HEAT RECOVERY Since it was first introduced by the Hydronic Industry Alliance-Commercial (HIA-C) Committee of IAPMO’s Radiant Professionals Alliance in 2015, the Building Efficiency System Tool (BEST) has continually evolved in response to a...

If you have a customer who needs a new electric water heater and would like to reduce their electric bill and carbon footprint, they might be interested in switching to a heat pump water heater (HPWH). While a heat pump water heater will save significant energy on a year-round basis, customers need to be aware …...

CIRCUIT VENTING AND THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE Presented by Des Moines, Iowa, plumbing inspector and IAPMO Board of Directors member Brian Hamner, the Uniform Plumbing Code® (UPC) seminar at IAPMO’s 93rd annual Education and Business Conference discussed provisions of the UPC pertaining to circuit-venting. An Iowa native, Hamner has...