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Projects & Services
Featured Projects
- Rio Washingtonian Center
- Harvey Hottel, Inc. recently completed the replacement of a 1000 ton cooling tower on the roof of the parking garage at the Rio Washingtonian Center in Gaithersburg, MD.
- Rockville Cooling Tower
- Harvey Hottel, Inc. based in Gaithersburg, Md. one of the Washington DC area's largest HVAC companies just finished the installation of a new cooling tower...
- Winchester Welcome Center
- Environmentally friendly Geothermal Heating and Cooling system on the brand new Winchester Safety Rest Area & Welcome Center off Route 81 in Winchester, Virginia.
Featured Services
- LEED Certified Green Building Designs
- Eventually, green buildings and construction plans will be the industry standard. The team at Harvey W. Hottel refuses to skip a beat. We are the Premier LEED Certified Green Building contractor...
- Tailored Maintenance Solutions
- We recognize that everyone's requirements are not the same so beyond our standard service agreements we offer agreements "tailored specifically to your needs and requirements".
Useful Links
We are a proud member and support the following Associations and Business Groups:
- Geoexchange
Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium - www.geoexchange.org
- International Ground Source Heat Pump Association
- www.igshpa.okstate.edu/index.htm
- Radiant Panel Association
- www.radiantpanelassociation.org
- Association of Energy Engineers
- www.aeecenter.org
- Air Conditioning Contractors of America
- www.acca.org
- Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.
- www.abc.org
- Better Business Bureau
- www.dc-easternpa.bbb.org
- Gaithersburg-Germantown Chamber of Commerce
- www.ggchamber.org
- Salvation Army — Montgomery County, MD
- www.montgomery.salarmydc.org
- Virginia Department of Transportation
- www.virginiadot.org
- Trane Commercial and Residential Air Solutions
- www.trane.com
- Bryant Heating and Cooling Systems
- www.bryant.com
- FHP Manufacturing
- www.fhp-mfg.com
- Water Furnace Geothermal Comfort Systems
- www.waterfurnace.com
- Tekmar Control Systems
- www.tekmarcontrols.com
- Lennox
- www.lennox.com
- Honeywell
- www.honeywell.com
- KMC Controls
- www.kmccontrols.com
- ECR Technologies
- www.earthlinked.com
- Earthlinked Technologies (ECR)
- www.earthlinked.com
- HI Solutions
- hisolutions.net
- Horizon Builders
- www.horizonbuildersinc.net
- Fairfax County Public Schools
- www.fcps.edu
- Prince William County Historical Preservation
- www.pwconserve.org
- City of Gaithersburg, MD
- www.gaithersburgmd.gov
- City of Falls Church VA
- www.fallschurchva.gov
- Prince Georges County
- Montgomery College
- www.montgomerycollege.edu
- Maryland Environmental Service
- www.menv.com
Resources
High-Efficiency Toilets Save Money and Conserve Water
Installing high-efficiency toilets in your home is a responsible and economical decision. Traditional toilet model use accounts for an astounding 25 to 30 percent of your household water use, which can lead to high water bills and huge demands on valuable water resources. In addition, if your home operates on a septic system, that high percentage of toilet waster use can quickly add up into high volumes of wastewater to be processed by your system and ultimately shorten your septic system’s lifespan.
High-efficiency toilets use 1.6 gallons of water or less per flush, while older toilets have 3.5- to 5-gallon water reservoirs. High-efficiency toilets are quickly becoming the trend, and the law, as Federal law mandates that new toilets may not use more than 1.6 gallons of water per flush. Homeowners can easily pick out high-efficiency toilets from older models by looking for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) WaterSense label and certification, which applies to high-efficiency toilets certified by an independent testing laboratory to meet performance and efficiency criteria.
The EPA estimates that a WaterSense high-efficiency toilet can save up to 4,000 gallons per year. If a family of four replaces one standard toilet with a WaterSense toilet, they can save $2,000 over the lifetime of the toilet – in fact, the older the toilet you replace, the greater the potential savings. If your water bill is too high, or if your septic system often floods, consider replacing your existing toilets with high-efficiency models.
For more money-saving plumbing and HVAC tips and services, contact Harvey W. Hottel Inc. Based in Gaithersburg, Maryland, Harvey W. Hottel serves the entire Baltimore, Northern Virginia, and Washington DC region with expert heating and air conditioning, plumbing, duct cleaning, and geothermal services.