As an HVACR contractor, you are crazy if you do not set foot in the green building movement. There are many, many outlets to become educated on the subject. You can start with two sources: Ferris State University (FSU) and the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA).
The AHR Expo in New York City is a blur in the rearview mirror now, but an after-taste is in the mouths of a few. The NEWS received several letters from attendees who suggested that the rule of “no photography on show floor” should be more strictly enforced. I agree.
As I pass my 10th anniversary with The NEWS, I think back on the various locales I have visited and meetings I have attended. I also think about the possible settings for future meetings and trade shows. Maybe you can help me with some suggestions.
Never met Dr. Patricia Stanley, but I will be crossing paths with the deputy assistant secretary in the Office of Vocational and Adult Education twice next month. Dr. Stanley is the scheduled keynote speaker for both the HVACR & Plumbing Instructor Workshop and the HVACR Educators & Trainers Conference.
I’ve heard the argument hundreds of times from companies in the commercial HVACR market, “We are spending most of our marketing and advertising dollars to convince the engineer to ‘spec’ our products.” Let’s walk that through the marketing spectrum.
Having worked for a prominent geothermal manufacturer while competing with Earth Linked Technologies (formerly ECR Technologies), here is a tip of the hat to the boys in Lakeland, Fla. I spent part of a day at the company’s annual sales meeting.
The news is so commonplace that even I sometimes take it for granted. I’m talking about daily stories of people dying or being sickened by carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. I get my daily Google Alerts off the Internet and it would surprise me if a day didn’t go by where someone was killed or injured by CO poisoning.
While at the 2008 Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition, I was invited to visit the booth of the National Environmental Balancing Bureau (NEEB). It had some information to pass along.
Yes, the end of the world is near. Forget about the high unemployment rates, slowdown in new home construction, and high foreclosure rates. That’s peanuts compared to the recent woeful news from the economic battlefront.
Photos from the 2013 ACCA Conference & IE3 Expo in Orlando, Fla.
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