After 37 years serving customers in the plumbing and HVAC industry throughout Canada, Dan Kirkpatrick has reached his next career milestone: retirement. His journey with Uponor—and now GF—began in 1988 when he joined the company, which originated as Canapex followed by Wirsbo, as a design technician. He has held various roles since then with his primary title being technical field representative.
From residential homes to large commercial spaces, Uponor delivers trusted solutions for moving water where it matters most.
Green Builder Media recently completed VISION House Transcend, a net-zero, all-electric, solar, resilient, prefabricated home located in the Colorado Rockies that includes Uponor solutions to help increase comfort, safety, and sustainability throughout. (Photo Credit: Green Builder Media)
Located in the heart of Minneapolis, U.S. Bank Stadium was designed with a slanted glass roof, allowing snow and ice to slide off into catch basins located around the roof’s perimeter.
At the Minnesota Zoo, a massive predator roamed in a custom-built habitat designed to mimic the tropical heat of its native islands in Indonesia. The Komodo dragon is the world’s largest living lizard, and as part of the reptile family relies on its environment to regulate its body temperature.
Hailey Mick, business development manager at GF Building Flow Solutions, joined the Consulting-Specifying Engineer Podcast to discuss the benefits of using water-based HVAC systems, such as radiant heating and cooling, hydronic hot-water heating, and chilled-water systems in building design.
GF Building Flow Solutions (provider of Uponor PEX piping products and ChlorFIT® Schedule 80 Corzan® CPVC) was honored during the Plastics Pipe Institute (PPI) 2025 Annual Meeting with the 2024 Project of the Year Award for Waterline in Austin, TX.
The Minnesota Twins and Uponor, a GF Building Flow Solutions brand with North American headquarters in Apple Valley, Minn., recently announced a multiyear partnership with a focus on enhancing and furthering the Major League Baseball club’s longstanding sustainability and community impact missions.
The built environment is responsible for nearly 40% of the world’s annual greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), offering an incredible opportunity for impact through industry change.
