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New Controls, New Directions

October 3, 2011
By Peter Powell
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A flurry of recent announcements is signaling some new directions for controllers that can be used in refrigeration applications. See what some of these new announcements and products have to offer. 


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When Green Isn't Literally Green

October 3, 2011
By Peter Powell
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I’ve been following the attention to green since way back to the mid-80s with the first wave of changes in refrigerants related to first ozone depletion and then global warming.


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Check Out FROSTlines

September 29, 2011
By Peter Powell
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The NEWS' newest eNewsletter is targeted to refrigeration contractors and distributors.
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The Challenge of CO2 Training

September 26, 2011
By Peter Powell
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The use of R-744 (carbon dioxide/CO2) as a refrigerant in HVACR applications has been gaining attention. But it faces installation and servicing challenges for technicians familiar with fluorocarbon refrigerants.


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Finding Global Markets for Tools

September 26, 2011
By Peter Powell
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Tools are so important these days that when Milwaukee Electric Tool Co. held its fourth annual symposium for products used in its core markets of electrical, plumbing, remodeling, and HVAC, it attracted 50 plus trade press from seven countries.


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Peter’s Point of View: New Wave of Specifications

September 26, 2011
By Peter Powell
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An oft-repeated comment from me in recent years is that while the air conditioning side of the HVACR industry has been dealing with 13 SEER and R-410A as its basic components, we over on the refrigeration side deal with a wide range of efficiency standards.


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Contractors Play Ball to Market Themselves

September 5, 2011
By Peter Powell
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When it comes to small HVAC contractors drawing attention to themselves, they find putting a company name on the back of a jersey, buying ads in a hometown newspaper, and volunteering for a service project becomes a way to draw attention to the company.


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What They Say About the Restaurant Industry

September 5, 2011
By Peter Powell
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Every year the National Restaurant Association (NRA) publishes Forecast, a detailed report designed to go “inside the mind of today’s consumers.”


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Refrigeration

Heading to Tier 2

September 5, 2011
By Peter Powell
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One of the most coveted recognition systems is that of the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE), made up of efficiency program administrators from across the United States and Canada who work together on common approaches to advancing efficiency.
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Putting the R in HVACR

August 29, 2011
By Peter Powell
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FROSTlines is an enewsletter specifically for those in the refrigeration sector, the ‘R’ in HVACR.


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