The U.S. Department of Commerce has reported an 11 percent decline in housing starts from January’s seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.82 million starts to a 1.62 million unit pace in February.
According to the Internet Advertising Report, there are 138 million Internet users in the United States. Online spending topped $1.3 billion in 2002. As experts predict that both of these numbers will increase this year, it’s no wonder that having a Web presence is becoming more of a priority for many HVACR contractors.
For HVACR manufacturers, selling to end users is not the only goal behind establishing an online presence. In fact, selling comes at the end of the whole Internet “experience.”
It is unlikely that any Lennox Industries dealers will complain about a lack of communication between themselves and the corporate office — at least, that’s the goal of the folks who designed the Internet tool DaveNet.
Alan Mercurio wants to share information with fellow workers in the oil heat business. His passion for the subject has taken him onto the Internet with Oil Tech Talk.
Why would a dealer scrap the traditional distribution/retail channel of buying from an HVACR distributor? That is the question that still lingers in the minds of business owners who try to find a way to make an Internet presence compatible with their traditional business model.
LIBERTY CORNER, N.J. — Salvatore Giordano, 92, chairman emeritus of Fedders Corp., died on Feb. 22, 2003. Mr. Giordano was credited with having put room air conditioners within the reach
From schools and shopping malls to archives and federal buildings, indoor air quality (IAQ) systems are becoming more sophisticated and widely applied. In particular, UV lights and specialty filters are finding more diverse applications.
High-efficiency particulate arrestance (HEPA)-filtered vacuum units can provide duct cleaning professionals with the ability to capture microbial contaminants removed from the HVAC system, but it is essential that this equipment and the HEPA filters are designed and built to provide true HEPA efficiency.