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Harvey’s would like to let you know about the available rebates from Northwestern Energy.  Northwest offers reabates for furnace, boiler, and room heater maintenance.  These rebates are for Northwestern Energy gas customers.  You will recieve $75.00 for boiler and furnace maintenance, and $60.00 for room heater maintenance.  Harvey’s would be happy to help you recieve [...]

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Harvey’s wants to let you know a little about their Service Department  and what they have to offer.  Harvey’s Service Technicians are trained and experienced in many areas of plumbing, heating and general service.  Harvey’s can help you maintain or upgrade your existing plumbing fixtures or heating system and it’s components.  We offer home evaluations [...]

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The Sola Caf’e of Bozeman, MT recently added a Solar Hot Water (thermal) system.  This system, designed and installed by Harvey’s Plumbing & Heating, produces 50 to 70 percent of the businesses annual hot water needs.  Customers who enjoy the Caf’e’s delicious food and drinks can further enjoy these products knowing that they are benefiting the [...]

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Low interest loans are available to Montana Residents and Businesses interested in Alternative Energy.  The current (Feb. 2010) interest rate is 4% and the current maximum loan amount is $40,000.  The loans are commonly set at terms of 10 years.  A Bozeman resident recently used this program to purchase a Harvey’s Plumbing and Heating Solar [...]

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Renewable energy concepts are growing in social acceptance as viable money saving investments that also reduce your environmental impact.  Through this growth process, we at Harvey’s Plumbing and Heating have learned that investors want to know which technology best serves their budget and needs.  This document, a comparative of Solar Hot Water, (Thermal) and Solar Electric [...]

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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 enables businesses to receive Grants for incorporating Renewable Energy equipment.  In addition to Federal Tax Credits, the Federal Grant program has paid 192 businesses over 1.5 Billion dollars to date.  The commercial grant applies to Solar Thermal, Solar Electric, Geothermal, Ground Source Heat Pumps, Fuel Cell, Biomass [...]

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Harvey’s Plumbing and Heating recently installed one of Montana’s largest solar thermal systems on the Bozeman Comfort Inn.  The system, which has been in service for a year has produced excellent results.  The 24 Viessmann solar panels which are piped to 3-120 gallon Viessmann solar storage tanks satisfy up to 65% of the Inns hot water demand.  On days when the [...]

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High Energy Bills need not be a part of Innkeeper monthly operational expenses.  Energy Bills, Yes, but High Energy Bills, No.  As a Manager or Owner, you can either accept or decline the amount of money associated with the expense.  Yes, the good news is, “You have options!”  You can be the master of the energy you use [...]

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The Harvey’s Radiant Heat Techies have performed over 20 Boiler upgrades through the past several months.  The boiler upgrade, which means replacing the existing Boiler with a new “High Efficiency” model, always includes state-of-the-art, “Outdoor Reset Controls.”  The feedback from these customers, thus far, has been unanimously positive.  Satisfied with the results, however, some of these customers were [...]

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Geothermal (Ground-Source-Heat-Pumps) technology has seen significant growth throughout the Continental United States over the past years.  The International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSHPA) estimates 50,000 US homes and businesses are including this technology annually.  That’s record growth by any standard!  Furthermore, the Federal Government’s incentive of a 30% of cost, no Cap Tax Credit will [...]

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