I don’t know about you, but I’m getting really ticked off by the overreaction to every shift in the economy, especially those that relate to the A/E/C and maintenance fields.

I just got back from the Food Marketing Institute Energy Conference, this year in Minneapolis. This is an annual event that I’ve been attending most years for more than 20 years.

There isn’t much time left before Congress adjourns for the fall; the target date for closing up shop in D.C. is Oct. 8. Then, of course, they’re all heading home to stump for your vote on Nov. 2.

A notable building scientist, Joseph Lstiburek, (perhaps even more notable for his annual bash) challenges some popular beliefs about the green movement.

Last week, while headed north with some of my family, we stopped at Tony’s in Birch Run, Mich., a diner famous for its oversize portions.

Want to know a good way to get free publicity for your HVACR business? Just have someone on staff that was, say, “an All-Conference receiver” the year his high school football team was, say, co-conference champion.

I feel sorry for my fellow editors on The NEWS this week. Unfortunately for them, I’ve caught a late summer cold.

I’m in the process of developing a story on small (12-oz.) cans of refrigerant - good thing or bad thing. Up in Canada, such cans are banned for CFCs, HCFCs, and HFCs. But they can be used in the sale of HCs.

The activities continue on The NEWS’ 2010 Dealer Design product microsite. The product giveaway is in full swing, and the Readers’ Choice bracket competition is beginning to heat up.

So in mid-July when temps and humidity were soaring in the Midwest, my wife and I headed southeast to West Lafayette, Ind., where I was to attend the Purdue University conferences that involve the latest technologies in HVACR and building sustainability.

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