Even though I’d never been in anything like this situation before, the sick feeling was familiar. It was like trying to get a boiler to start up when: The building owner or homeowner is screaming ...

Thankfully, my old boiler wasn’t too old and was performing the basics okay, although it never quite kept up with the house.

One of the most common home heating systems for older houses in the Northeast and other cold-climate areas is a boiler. Boilers heat water, and then distribute hot steam or hot water to rooms through ...

Boilers have enormous thermal mass and are relatively slow to react. Turbines are nimble and quickly answer an operator’s command. Coordinating an entire plant requires an intimate knowledge of both ...