Usually the biggest disaster one has to worry about on one’s wedding day is Uncle Al getting overserved and somehow ending up with the microphone and making an inappropriate toast. For a couple in Brooklyn, the bigger problem was air conditioning.
In
a recent Sunday newspaper, the comic strip Zits had the teenager Jeremy
intensely studying some advanced calculus, chemistry, and American literature.
When he reaches time to study science, the word “chloro-fluro…” appears in one
panel only to have Jeremy walk away, bits of knowledge leaking out of his
brain.
Unfortunately for most duct tape manufacturers, almost nobody recommends using duct tape to seal ducts because eventually the adhesive dries out and the tape begins to peel. So what good is duct tape if you can’t use it on your ducts?
Not every piece of technology launched is designed specifically for the HVACR contractor, but It is time to move forward, change your way of thinking, and try some creative small-scale technology adoption.
When I was walking the aisles of the
International Builders Show in Las Vegas I noticed two things. First, I toured
the show in a lot less time than in past years. Secondly, there was one exhibitor
product category that was on the rise.
Dear Contractor: After installing high-efficiency equipment, my utility bills have improved some, but I am not seeing the amount of return that was promised. Do you have any suggestions?
They are midway into the challenge, but the
2009-2010 Freeze Yer Buns participants are taking the environmental battle to
their thermostats. Started by an environmentalist blogger dubbed The Crunchy
Chicken, the competition has run from Nov. 1 to April 1 since 2007.
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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