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Profiles
TACO UPDATES
FLOPRO DESIGNER
One of Taco’s most powerful FloPro
Team services is the newly enhanced FloPro
Designer software package, which Taco
says is “almost as intuitive as a sketchpad,
but greatly more capable.”
The free-of-charge program and heat
loss design suite enables contractors or
designers to define building exterior and
interior spaces, external influences, and to
build and specify components for a host of
hydronic, radiant heat, water heating and
HVAC applications. With every change, the
program dynamically changes calculations
and their impact on other components
within the system.
With FloPro Designer, you simply draw
the floor plan, drop in windows and doors
and, in an instant, installers or designers
have accurate heating and cooling loads.
The program also performs system design
for baseboard loops and radiant manifolds,
sizes pipe of all types and variety, and
specifies boiler, expansion tank and
circulator models.
Another valuable function is the
program’s running tabulation of all the
material and system components required
for the job – from the newest pump models
and hydronic components to the total length
of pipe needed. When the button is pushed
to finalize the design plan, it presents users
with a virtual three-ring binder as a very
classy, intelligent presentation for clients.
The newest FloPro Designer upgrades
include:
• Update boiler wizard creates
mechanical room floor plans with side
and top perspectives
• New floor plan details
• Condensate neutralizers for use with
mod-con boilers
• Glycol feed system
• New pipe materials and fittings
• Piping unit calculations
Taco invites contractors to join Taco’s
FloPro Neighborhood and download FloPro
Designer 3.0 for free. For more information
visit flopro.taco-hvac.com.
DAVE SHUCK JOINS HEDGE SOLUTIONS
Rich Larkin, President of Hedge
Solutions, recently announced the hiring
of Dave Shuck for the position of Account
Executive. Prior to joining Hedge Solutions,
Shuck attained the rank
of Lieutenant in the
U.S. Coast Guard while
serving as a shipboard
deck watch officer.
Following his time in ser-
vice, he joined the ship
brokerage firm MJLF &
Associates in Stamford, Conn., in 2008,
focusing on the Jones Act and Panamax
tanker markets. In 2010, Dave moved to
Poten & Partners in New York where he
worked extensively in the offshore barge
market as a member of Poten’s Jones Act
desk. In 2011, Dave moved to Poten’s OTC
energy derivatives team where he devel-
oped Poten Energy Service’s residual fuel
oil brokerage business.
“We’re all really excited to have Dave
on board. His experience on the shipping
logistics side of the business coupled with
his derivatives trading exposure adds
another dimension to our team” said Rich
Larkin.
“After meeting with Rich and the Hedge
Solutions team, I’m anxious to get started,”
stated Shuck. “Rich has assembled a team
of professionals I am excited to be a part of.
The skill sets I’ve developed on the energy
and barging desks at Poten will allow me to
contribute to the strategic goals of Hedge
Solutions while providing clients the same
outstanding service to which they’re accus-
tomed.”
Shuck is a 2004 graduate of the U.S.
Coast Guard Academy where he received
a Bachelors of Science in International
Relations with an emphasis in economics.
TACO RECEIVES VENDOR OF
YEAR AWARD FROM SID HARVEY’S
Cranston, RI-based Taco, Inc. recently
received a “Vendor of the Year” award
from national HVAC/P wholesale giant,
Sid Harvey’s.
“We give these awards on rare occasion,
based purely on merit,” said John Rynecki,
Senior Vice President of Sales andMarketing
for Sid Harvey’s. “We routinely deal with
more than 300 manufacturers, and it’s quite
special when one company exceeds our
expectations based on many variables. It’s
not like a cookie cutter evaluation process.
Rather, the award is the sum of many
experiences, including Taco’s consistent
innovation, product design and quality,
attention to details; even the rep firms they
choose. This recognition resembles a “life-
This schematic was generated
with Taco’s FloPro Designer.
Sid Harvey (right), CEO of Sid Harvey’s, and Rich Carbonaro (left), Vice President of purchasing for
Sid Harvey’s, present the Vendor of the Year award to Taco’s CEO and President John Hazen White, Jr.