US Patent Issued to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 12 for "Hydronic system and method for heating and cooling a building" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,843, issued on May 12, was assigned to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, N.Y.).

"Hydronic system and method for heating and cooling a building" was invented by Alexandros Tsamis (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc (Troy, N.Y.) and Youngjin Hwang (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydronic system includes a partition, a first conduit embedded in a first side of the partition, a second conduit embedded in a second side of the partition, a first sheet of finishing material covering the first conduit, a second sheet of finishing material covering the second conduit, and at least one valve and at least one pump. ...