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Welcome to The Boiler Room, the newsletter from GP Energy Products Group. Four brands, one team, one publication. Each issue we share the best of what we have been writing about, something useful from the industry, and a little something to make the reading worth your while. Thanks for being here.
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Featured Article
GP Energy Products • Industry Perspective
When the people who knew how to run the building are gone.
The generation of boiler operators, facility engineers, and maintenance directors who understood these systems at a deep level is retiring. The pipeline of trained replacements is not keeping pace. For facility managers inheriting mechanical systems they did not install, the knowledge gap is not just a staffing problem. It is an equipment problem, a maintenance problem, and eventually a capital problem that compounds over time.
GP Energy Products has been working on commercial and industrial mechanical systems in this region since 1953. When a new facilities director calls us about a system they inherited, we are not starting from zero. We have not walked away from a problem yet.
Read the Full Article →
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From the Brands
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GP Energy Products
Hurst Boiler is now on the line card. Here is the product worth knowing about.
The Hurst VIX Series vertical firetube delivers more than 50% smaller footprint than standard vertical boilers. For pharma and constrained-site applications, that distinction matters.
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Merion Pump
Introducing Wilo, including Package Booster Systems for commercial water pressure.
Wilo has been manufacturing pumps for over 150 years. Merion now carries the full line including package booster systems for buildings where municipal supply pressure is not enough.
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HX Coils
The coil is a component. The system is the goal.
Every custom coil serves a larger system. The better we understand that system before fabrication begins, the better the coil performs in it. That is the engineering reality that shapes every application we review.
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FabPro Systems
Case study: NARTP rooftop pump package, Atlantic County NJ.
The engineer did not want the pump system in the basement. FabPro designed a custom enclosed pump package for rooftop installation at the NARTP, home to the FAA, NASA, and General Dynamics.
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Ask the Team
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Q
Is a water tube or fire tube boiler better for my application?
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Both have real strengths and the right answer depends on your application. Fire tube boilers are the workhorse for most commercial and light industrial work. They are compact, cost-effective, and easy to maintain across a wide capacity range. Water tube boilers are built for applications demanding high pressure, high capacity, or rapid steam generation. Where fire tube reaches its practical limits, water tube picks up. The Hurst line we carry covers both configurations, so we are not steering you toward one for any reason other than fit. Bring us the application and we will help you identify the right answer before the spec is written.
Answered by the GP Energy Products team • gpenergyproducts.com
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Product of the Month
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Wilo Stratos MAXO
High-efficiency commercial circulator • Available through Merion Pump
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Best Application
Commercial hydronic heating and cooling, retrofit of fixed-speed circulators
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Key Features
Multi-Flow Adaptation, No-Flow Stop, integrated controls
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Motor Type
ECM electronically commutated
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BAS Connectivity
Modbus RTU, BACnet MS/TP, Bluetooth
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Operating parameters
Up to 52 ft of head • Up to 493 GPM • 14°F to 230°F fluid temp
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Documentation
Full technical data at wilo.com • Available through Merion Pump
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Code and Standards Update
ASHRAE 90.1-2022
Condensing boiler requirements are coming to New Jersey. Here is what engineers need to know.
ASHRAE 90.1-2022 requires condensing boilers achieving 90% or greater thermal efficiency for large boiler applications in new construction. New Jersey has already moved forward with adoption, and following the DOE's March 2024 determination, states that have not yet adopted it must certify compliance by early 2026. For engineers specifying boiler systems in the GP Energy service territory, the days of defaulting to a non-condensing boiler on a commercial new construction project are narrowing fast.
Specifications written today for projects breaking ground in 2025 and 2026 should be reviewed against the 2022 standard. Reach out to the GP Energy team. We can help you confirm what applies to your project and identify the right equipment to meet the requirement.
Source: ASHRAE 90.1-2022 • ashrae.org • Verify adoption status with your local authority having jurisdiction before finalizing specifications.
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From the Field
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Cooling season is here. Is your chilled water system ready to perform?
As temperatures climb, chillers, cooling towers, and condenser water systems that sat idle through the winter are being asked to carry full building loads. This is the time of year when deferred maintenance becomes an emergency call. Strainers get clogged. Condenser tubes foul. Circulator pumps that ran quietly all winter show their wear when the load spikes. If you have a commercial cooling system that has not been serviced since last fall, now is the right time. Reach out to the GP Energy or Merion Pump team.
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Meet the Team
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Alex Seigfried
Marketing, Sales & Professional Development • GP Energy Products Group
Alex joined the GP Energy Products Group team earlier this year to build out the marketing and content operation across all four brands. Alex is the person behind the blog posts, social media content, and this newsletter. If you have a topic you want to see covered, a question worth answering, or feedback on what we are publishing, reach out directly. We are building this for you and we want to hear what is useful.
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