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Optimize your Boiler Performance for Winter

As temperatures continue to drop, it’s essential to ensure your boiler is ready for winter.  Proper winter startup will give you time to make necessary repairs, ensure your secondary fuel is ready (if applicable) and avoid emergency service calls.  When…

Boost your Boiler System with Variable Speed Drives

Facility Managers are continually being challenged to be environmentally conscious and seek ways to optimize our systems within our businesses.  The boiler room is a great place to uncover opportunities to increase efficiencies and reduce the impact on our environment.  …

Optimizing Boiler Rooms with 3-D Modeling

A hospital in Nashville, Tennessee had (3) aging Kewanee Boilers that plagued the maintenance staff with downtime.  This hospital used a combination of hot water for hydronic heating and steam to generate domestic hot water.  The challenge was to eliminate…

Low Emissions Burner is Awarded Product of the Year

Cleaver-Brooks’ ProFire® SBR-30 low emissions burner has been named the winner in the 2021 Commercial Comfort Product of the Year contest. Selected by a panel of independent consulting-specifying engineers, the SBR-30 took the win in the Heating Equipment category. About the SBR-30 Burner …

Boiler Stack Economizers Maximize Fuel Usage

Natural gas prices have increased recently and are projected to continue to rise over the coming months. The addition of a boiler stack economizer is one way to reduce fuel usage and cost in your boiler room. Stack economizers recover heat…