North American Technician Excellence (NATE) has had quite a year. Numbers are up all around for the testing organization, including passing rates and the number of tests taken.
The list in this article contains organizations that strive to represent the “best of the best” — these are the contractor groups that have formed to offer members and partners opportunities to grow and thrive during changing and sometimes turbulent business ebbs and flows.
A look at statistics compiled by the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) indicates that heating unit shipments have been cyclical, in general, over the last five years.
So you’re on a service call; you’ve completed the inspection, gone out to your truck, decided what needs to be done on this call, and written up your “Paper Towel Close” (as described last month, “Presenting The Price When Running Service Calls,” March 18, page 14). Carry in all the necessary tools, parts, mats, etc., before quoting the price and getting permission to proceed.
According to the National Comfort Institute, nearly 80% of residential hvac systems have problems affecting comfort and efficiency — and these problems have gone undiagnosed.
Trane has introduced a performance-based service program for its new chiller technology, designed to keep systems operating at their highest efficiency and lowest emissions level on a sustained basis.
In many motels, you will see that the primary method of heating and cooling is the packaged terminal air conditioner (PTAC). But the PTAC is not the only choice for lodging establishments.
For the Campus Inn Motor Lodge in Beaver Dam, ductless is the new method for climate control. But the Campus Inn did not switch from PTAC to ductless. The Inn went from one central hvac system to ductless heating and cooling.
HOPKINS, MN — Josef Pausch, president and chairman of the board of General Resource Corp. here, passed away on March 7. He was a pioneer in the development of modern
Plenty of R&D went into the creation of the new residential products from Trane Residential Systems. The company’s senior management team was more than happy to elaborate on the creation of its XLi air conditioners and heat pumps, plus its “new-and-improved” two-stage gas furnaces and air handlers, at a Media Day event in Tyler, TX, recently.