Too many contractors serve customers once and think they're customers. They're not. Maybe you expect loyalty and referrals, and want to believe that they're yours from here on in. If only that were true.
When the word "reclamation" has been used in the HVACR sector in recent years, it has most closely been identified with the recovery and reuse of refrigerants. But the term has a broader application and can encompass reclaiming reusable energy sources.
Governments throughout the world have issued regulations concerning refrigerant emissions. Persons responsible for HVACR and/or environmental concerns in their company need to take strong, immediate action to ensure that emissions are in compliance with the regulations in their area.
In collaboration with HVACChannel.tv, The News is now providing online training with the introduction of the new Learning Center, which supplies discounted technical and business training from an HVACR industry expert.
"Structured text designed for communication between machines." Sounds simple enough, right? That's XML (eXtensible Markup Language) as defined by Alex Chervet of Echelon Corp.
Management for the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition made the right move several years ago by putting together the Building Automation and Control Showcase. This year, manufacturers in aisles 1000 to 2500 had plenty of new products to show off.
At the Anaheim Convention Center, three prominent people involved in BACnet's creation described new advances with the standard. At the same time, those manufacturers affiliated with BACnet showed their newest wares at the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo).
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) is throwing its 36th Annual Conference and Indoor Air Expo in New Orleans, right after Mardi Gras concludes. That may be one reason why the event is expected to set an attendance record.
The Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) announced that year-end shipment numbers of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps set a record for 2003.