News & Highlights

A distinguished Providence, RI middle school, dating from 1929, has been reborn after closing for close to five years because of the original structure's deterioration and a lack of enrollment caused by too many neighborhood parents opting for private schools instead...

Since its opening in the fall of 2007 business has surely increased in the Sevierville, Tennessee area, southeast of Knoxville among the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, with the opening of the new Sevierville Events Center at Bridgemont. Designed by Bullock...

From the February 2010 issue of PHC News In the hotel business the most common guest complaint is over room comfort, specifically air conditioning. Described as being a "killer" in customer satisfaction indexes, this is exactly what happened when the Renaissance...

- Local Power Utility and Taco Equipment Will Keep Center Comfortable Year-Round - A new 18,000 seat sports and entertainment venue has opened in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The $276 million Sprint Center, named for the Missouri-based long distance...

Taco's 4900 series air separator has eliminated costly and troublesome servicing to remove air bubbles and algae from a school's hydronic systems.Air elimination in hydronic systems is an important requirement when it comes to system efficiency and comfort. The...

Taco is proud to bring our line of commercial pumps to the data-rich .RFA format.Access is easy through the Taco web site and the AutoCad® and AutoDesk® Revit® Architectureprograms for building information modeling (BIM). Now Designers can sketch freelyand Engineers...

Specifying Domestic Water Booster Pumps by GREG CUNNIFF, PE, Taco inc., Cranston, RI In tall buildings the pressure provided by a municipal water system is generally not sufficient to provide adequate pressure at the top of the building. As an example, municipal water...

An electronically demand-controlled pumping system sends cold water back to the water heater until hot water arrives at the sink, shower, or other fixture where it is needed. by LARRY ACKER and GARY KLEIN Much water and energy is wasted in residential buildings, due...

Air elimination in hydronic systems is an important requirement in terms of system efficiency and comfort. The presence of tiny air bubbles in system water causes noise and contributes to equipment degradation over time due to corrosion caused by bacteria growth....

A Cogeneration Plant and LoadMatch® Single Pipe System Combinefor Big Energy Savings  From the May 2009 issue of Phc News. Taco, Inc. has been manufacturing in the same building, a converted trolley car barn in Cranston, RI, since 1954. For decades the plant operated...

An HVAC system made for thechanging seasons helped a Wisconsin school earn LEED Gold. Reprinted from Commercial Building Products – JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2009 The Northland Pines High School, Eagle River, WI, is the first LEED-certified school in the Badger State—and not...