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Education
Bornquist offers many opportunities to enhance your knowledge of hydronic heating, cooling and plumbing systems. This includes specific product information and application, system design, and maintenance seminars. You can choose from the many vendor sponsored schools offered by Xylem – Bell & Gossett, Danfoss, and Tekmar or one of our own seminars listed below. We will even custom tailor seminars to meet your requirements. Our venues include our home offices in Chicago, The Metropolitan Club on the 67th floor of the Sears Tower, Bell & Gossett’s "Little Red Schoolhouse" in Morton Grove, IL, other vendor factory locations or locations convenient in your region. Look at our calendar of events to see what seminars we have planned for the near future or send us an email to inquire about setting up a seminar for your group.
Education & Training Resources
Bell & Gossett Training & Education
BELL & GOSSETT LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE® is known throughout the hydronic heating business as the industry’s educator. Our Little Red Schoolhouse, a completely equipped learning center, has trained more than 60,000 engineers, contractors and installers in the proper design, installation and maintenance of hydronic and steam systems.
Little Red Schoolhouse – Remote Learning Hub – Live Webinars
Bell & Gossettt E-learning Program
Some of the classes offered include:
- Elements of a Pump Curve
- Pump Selection
- Sizing a Pressure Booster
Danfoss Education
Danfoss provides educational opportunities in multiple formats to accommodate your learning style and requirements. From face-to-face classes, convenient instructor-led virtual classes to support social distancing, online eLearning, webinars, or videos. Browse the options and gain the competitive edge by building upon your expert knowledge.
Some of the classes offered include:
- Best Practices for Selecting Input & Output Devices
- Inverting DC to AC
- Best Practices for Installing a Drive
- Safety Options Overview
Aerco Education
To ensure your commercial AERCO heat and hot water systems are operating as they should, it’s extremely important that Installation, Start-up and Maintenance of our high efficiency, condensing boilers and water heaters are performed properly. We’ve developed a variety of training tools to assist you including videos that walk you through these processes step-by-step, detailed technical documents, on-site factory training, and online classes and certifications on our Learning Management System. Watching recorded seminars will give you the chance to earn points toward gifts and prizes.
Some of the classes offered include:
- Condensing Boiler Basics
- Venting for Forced Draft High Condensing Appliances
Metraflex Education Training Videos
See the changes engineered into the new energy-saving LPD Y Strainer vs the old Y strainer, an overview LPD Y strainer.
Some of the videos include:
- Latest in Strainer Technology
- Conditioning Fluid Flow
- Delegated Design Services
Watts Radiant Education
To ensure your commercial and residential radiant heating and snowmelt systems are operating as they should, it’s extremely important that Installation, Start-up and Maintenance of the systems are performed properly. We’ve developed a variety of training tools on our Learning Management System. Watching recorded seminars will give you the chance to earn points toward gifts and prizes.
Some of the classes include:
- Heating Pex Systems
- Electric Mat & Cable Systems
- Electric Snow Melting Systems