In general, HVAC systems have pretty even-keeled personalities. Day-in and day-out, they behave pretty much the way you would expect. That dependability is key. Ensuring that your HVAC system stays in a healthy state will reward you with a clean and comfortable environment. It will also reward you healthier monthly dividends like lower energy bills. A happy home is...
Hydrogen is the most abundant element on earth. In fact, as astrophysicists will tell us, it is also the most abundant element in the universe. The legendary “Big Bang” occurred when Hydrogen collided with Helium and created an inter-galactic birthday — but that is a very long story. Most know Hydrogen best when it...
“If you ask, ‘How on Earth are we going to power the modern economy cleanly,” said Saul Griffith, founder and chief scientist of Rewiring America, “all roads point to electricity!” Yes indeed, there is a smarter, more efficient alternative to setting millions of tiny fires everywhere — burning fossil fuels in countless engines, furnaces and boilers to...
Zonal Heating and Cooling, Geothermal Tech, Hydronics, Standby Power Generation, VRV/VRF, Tankless — no two days are ever the same at Derr Heating and Cooling except for the challenges and training you will enjoy working on the most advanced, custom HVAC projects in the region. We’re at the forefront of residential and commercial climate systems,...
As Halloween approaches at Heronswood Garden in Kingston here on the Kitsap Peninsula, the ancestral land of the S’Klallam people, a 9-foot-tall ogress named Slapu, with long claws and sharp teeth, will be on the prowl. During Haunted Heronswood, from Oct. 20-21, the garden’s trails will come alive with skeletons and goblins including six larger-than-life S’Klallam cultural...
A serious electrician shortage in the U.S. is proving to be one of the biggest barriers for Americans seeking to make an energy transition from traditional fossil fuels to renewables. How can changes be implemented without enough people with the technical skills to implement them? In August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) included climate legislation...
Hottest Days on Record: Derr Heating Offers Financing Options to Help Kitsap Homeowners Beat the Heat When Derr Heating and Cooling opened its doors on the Olympic Peninsula in Western Washington less than one year ago, it did not expect to be serving homeowners and businesses on some of the hottest days in Earth’s history. Founder...
It’s that honorary time of year when graduation ceremonies dot the homeland and we all celebrate one of the greatest gifts we can pass along from one generation to the next — the gift of education. For more than half a century, the Derr family has transferred its HVAC knowledge and skills from one branch...
Theres nothing quite as a powerful as the solution to a major problem. Air conditioning was one of those problems for the people on our planet for well over a thousand years. Before the days of AC, ancient civilizations had developed their own methods for cooling down during hot summer days. The Persians had underground...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced a nearly $11 billion investment to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country. U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said it was the largest single federal investment in rural electrification since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act in 1936 as...
