Residential Cooling Showcase 2016: Systems Designed to Keep Customers Cool | 2016-04-11 | En215 Radiator Valve Head

Although it helps, you don’t actually need a humidifier to increase the moisture content of the air in your home. You can always humidify the DIY way by leaving out saucers of water. 

A media tour at the Globeville Landing Outfall project at Globeville Landing Park on Thursday, March 1, 2018. The City of Denver is finishing up a large stormwater sewer outfall on the South Platte River that replaces a smaller one. This is part of the $298 million Platte to Park Hill drainage program.

Smart lock company Yale will soon be releasing its iM1 Network Module, a new add-on module that makes Yale’s Assure Lock SL and Assure Lock Key Free Touchscreen Deadbolt compatible with HomeKit. With the module, users will be able to lock and unlock their home by using the Home app or asking Siri. You’ll also be able to add the locks to scenes — for instance, "Siri, I’m going out" may turn your lights off and lock your doors. The locks can also be controlled by the Yale Secure app, which allows users to check the battery and current status of their locks, manage up to 25 PIN codes, customize lock settings, and add and name new locks.

Special installation requirements: All R801T products continue to maintain standard furnace cabinetry sizes for easy replacement of existing equipment and upgrades. For installation requirements, please refer to the manufacturer’s installation manual. For technical support, contractors can access MyRuud.com 24/7 or use the QR codes on the furnace to access product information from a smartphone or tablet.

You might not want to try this next one if you’re using a shared bathroom at home. But if you can count on a reasonable amount of privacy, try leaving the bathroom door ajar next time you shower. The steam from hot water will travel from the bathroom into the rest of your home, combating dry and static-filled indoor conditions.

Coastal Manufacturing might not be your big corporate fabrication company but the business that has been family run since it was acquired in 1985 has stamped itself in the construction, architectural and plumbing industries as a niche manufacturer of product that not many other fabricators are interested in.

Thermostat compatibility: Compatible with most thermostats. Two-stage heat/single-stage cooling thermostat is the most efficient; furnace board does have high fire timer if needed.

Serviceability features: Sturdy knobs allow service technicians to remove and replace furnace doors with a twist of the wrist. Features four position installation options, 12 different venting combinations, and self-diagnostics from the easy-to-read LED screen. Slide-out heat exchanger and blower assembly.

Personally, I’d like the app to offer a history of my heating schedules and temperatures. I can live without it, but the capability to skip back a week or month to see my old schedules and try to iron out some bad heating habits would be useful.

Noise-reduction features: Fully insulated cabinet enhances thermal and acoustic performance. Dynamically balanced blower and motor assembly minimize sound. Variable-speed inducers and blowers maximize performance while minimizing sound.

It has a thatched roof (redone in 2009), a half-door to keep the chickens out, for you will certainly be needing chickens and a stove in the living room in front of which no one will be able to resist whipping out a tin whistle. There’s even a spinning wheel.

To replace that manual value, [Martin] used a thermoelectric actuator from a Swiss company called HERZ. This is driven by a relay, which is controlled by the ESP8266 microcontroller. Based on the schedule and the measured temperature, the actuator lets fluid flow through the radiator and heat the room.