HVAC Commercial Market
January 23, 2012
Are you looking for ways to attract new customers? Are customers coming in the door, but you have trouble keeping them as long-term clients? These are fairly common dilemmas for HVAC contractors — and almost everyone else in the services industry.
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January 23, 2012
One local entrepreneur is coupling marketing savvy with his appreciation of old architecture. His ambition and vision have given the old mansion a new purpose. What has become of the Young Manor?
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January 23, 2012
The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) is moving forward with an ambitious project to identify low global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants. What does that mean?
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January 23, 2012
When Bob Tudi founded Tudi Mechanical in Pittsburgh 25 years ago, he established a practice of valuing the tech and the office guy equally, and taking care of them and their families. The company has been named The NEWS’ Best Contractor To Work For in the East region.
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January 23, 2012
Inspection of tubes up to 4 inches inner diameter in any shape or material can be achieved for boilers, fin fans, and other heat exchangers with the Dolphin G3™. Achieving speed as fast as 10 seconds per tube, the tool features patented acoustic pulse reflectometry (APR) technology.
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January 23, 2012
An efficient and lightweight rooftop solar hot-air collector — the Luba™ GL — is designed for supplemental outside air heating in commercial, institutional, and industrial facilities. Patented by Solarventi Ltd., the technology has a maximum thermal output of 247 Btuh/square foot.
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January 23, 2012
Offered in sizes 6 through 10 tons with belt-drive blowers, the Tranquility Compact Series is available with a vertical cabinet. The series has an extended range refrigerant circuit, capable of ground loop applications, ground water applications, as well as water loop (boiler-tower) applications.
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January 23, 2012
In a little more than a year, 34 major corporate customers have installed, deployed or purchased more than 250 fuel cell power systems and hundreds of backup power units, totaling more than 30 MW of power. A new report released by Fuel Cells 2000 profiles this select group of companies.
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January 16, 2012
Siemens Industry Inc. has announced that it is involved in a $6.2 million performance contract for energy efficiency improvements to 27 DeSoto County, Miss., facilities. It was reported to be the largest municipal performance contract of its kind in the state.
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Compact Equipment Eases Installation
January 16, 2012
The 600-foot-tall Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) building houses the world’s oldest futures and options exchange. Until recently, the building also housed a pair of aging built-up systems that were beginning to worry management.
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