Starting the cooling season with a dirty condenser or poor quality lubrication is a sure way to decrease system performance and increase chances for equipment breakdowns during periods of high cooling load. Remind customers of the importance of a clean condenser and high quality lubrication.
In the first installment, we discussed how the values of contracting businesses have come full circle in approximately six years. This article outlines a few key areas to consider when formulating purchase price.
A Southeastern governmental organization was convinced that updating its multiple HVAC installations with variable-frequency AC drives would achieve energy savings and lower maintenance costs. Its regulations as a county, however, required proof. A local contractor provided it.
By helping your customers apply the predictive approach to maintenance, downtime can be avoided and costs can be reduced. The advantage to the service contractor is that maintenance work can be planned and performed on a regular schedule.
In this second installment of the Btu Buddy series, Bob and Btu Buddy perform an emergency service call. They determine the most efficient way to repair and charge an air conditioning system for an office building.
This is the first of a two-part series on valuing HVACR contracting businesses after the consolidation movement. This article discusses how the values of contracting businesses have come full circle in approximately six years.
The challenge for today’s facility professionals when it comes to installing a building automation system (BAS) is to understand the difference between system integrators and product integrators when implementing a given project.
The continuous concrete and narrow quarters of the big city are no impediment to a direct-access geothermal system. Contractor Mike Sumple took on the challenge in the heart of Manhattan and provided an energy efficient system.
Direct mail is one of the primary tools in an HVAC contractor’s marketing tool belt. But to get the best return on your investment, you need to do direct mail right or it could end up being a waste of time and money.
Photos from the 2013 ACCA Conference & IE3 Expo in Orlando, Fla.
Podcasts
Cade Clark, assistant vice president of government affairs for the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), gives a brief overview of the new version of the Shaheen-Portman bill, what AHRI thinks of the energy-efficiency legislation, and how it might affect the HVACR industry if it becomes law.
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