Commercial Case Studies

Central Station Delivers Comfort and Convenience Through Large-scale Laars Implementation

The design for Central Station accommodates a large number of residents, with more than 600 apartments in the two towers combined. To ensure…

Bronx Domestic Hot Water System Gets Electrified

The Association for Energy Affordability (AEA), a nonprofit that specializes in energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for low and…

Heating System Failure Leads to Replacement at Rochester, NH Assisted Living Facility

The boiler at Desiree’s Place had experienced previous mechanical issues. Notably, it had broken down multiple times prior to February 2025,…

Aging Boilers Necessitate Replacement by Belvidere School District

Heating for Illinois School Districts is always a priority. Last school year Sean Winter, facility director for the Belvidere School District,…

MagnaTherm FT Boilers Adding Comfort for Guests

Dallas-area based Laars manufacturer representative, McMillan James Equipment Company, was contacted to procure the ideal equipment to supply hot…

Upgraded DHW System in Tight Space

The Camby Hotel, located in the Biltmore neighborhood of Phoenix, boasts 277 regionally-inspired rooms along with 2 restaurants and bars. The…

MagnaTherm HTDs Replace Boilers in Boston Luxury Condo Building

The building owner of 100 Pier 4, located on the edge of Boston Harbor in the Seaport District, contracted with E.M. Duggan of Canton MA with the…

MagnaTherm® & TruTrac® Help to Secure Energy Credits

Marquette University High School in Milwaukee WI needed to replace their old inefficient non-condensing boilers before winter took hold in the…

FT Series Floor Boilers & Indirect Tanks Solve Scaling Issue

The 500 Apartments in Salt Lake City Utah is comprised of luxury apartments and townhomes. The complex had a section that was delivering hot water…

Hofstra Science & Innovation Center

The Hofstra Science and Innovation Center is a remarkable example of successful collaboration between engineering firms and their clients. The…

Phoenix Convention Center

The boilers installed in 2007 needed to be replaced and updated. There were also unique piping and plumbing needs along with modifications to…

Boston Building Brought into Modern Age

A circa 1964 apartment building in Arlington, MA still had its original on/off steam to cast-iron baseboard heating system that operated very…

School Relies on Laars Boiler System for Winter Safety

McClelland Elementary School was built in 1957, with a major addition completed in 1988. The 83,800-square-foot building provides learning space…

Byron Center Schools

Built in the mid-60s, buildings in the Byron Center (Michigan) school district, with roughly 4,500 students, were about as inefficient as they…

Ronald McDonald House

Ronald McDonald House (RMH) New York, is located on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Built in 1989, the 13-story brick building provides…

Hippo Pool - Rio Grande Zoo

Founded in 1927, the 64-acre Rio Grande Zoo, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a facility of the Albuquerque Biological Park. One of the…

Airnet Express Aircraft Hanger

To Heat a new 148,000 sq-ft hanger facility that includes a large radiant floor and snow melt system for a same day, no excuses air shipment…

The Cortina Inn - Killington VT

The Cortina Inn was a family favorite for skiers and hikers for many years until it was closed and allowed to sit empty. In 2010 new ownership…

Spring Creek Gardens Apartments

This is an excellent example of a complete commercial boiler and volume water replacement where the building owner saves on operating costs and the…

Rehabitat Inc - Dillsburg PA

At the lowest price possible and yet for the greatest cause, build the most efficient and yet most advanced heating system possible. Habitat Inc.,…

Phoenix Convention Center

Heat multiple large spaces at the new Phoenix Convention Center while meeting strict LEED certification guidelines.

Ohio State Police Academy

Provide hydronic heat to 11 primary water-to-air heat exchanges ranging in capacity from 3,500 to 18,500 cfm per unit and an additional 170 VAV…

Mammoth Ski Resort

Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in central California is only a 4 or 8 hour drive from Vegas, Fresno, and Reno. Yet the ski resort receives an average…

Ocean Towers Village - NY

Hurricane Sandy and 25 years of neglectful management left the Ocean Village Towers uninhabitable. Not only were the mechanical rooms in disrepair,…

Isle of Shoals Marine Laboratory

Setup a mainland, on-shore base of operations in a renovated carriage house to support marine research activity along the coast of New Hampshire.…

Mobile Hot Water System

Temporary heat and/or hot water are sometimes needed, such as when a main system fails or at a job site where a boiler or volume water heater is…

Newporter Housing Complex

Owners re-insulated, resided, and re-glazed entire building. After insulation upgrades the original atmospheric furnace and water heaters no longer…