A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in New York City in the South Bronx has now sickened at least 127 people, and 12 people have died from the illness. Health officials said it’s the largest known outbreak in New York City.
Employee turnover exists at most organizations — big, small, public, or private — and the type of turnover can be a combination of involuntary or voluntary, healthy or unhealthy. Reducing employee turnover requires management to analyze the root causes of turnover.
According to recent studies, the market for home automation products — including advanced thermostats — is poised for explosive growth. Many industry experts believe trends in consumer habits and technology are converging to create an increasing demand for these products.
I’ve been lucky in my life to have mostly been shielded from the evils of fraud, theft, and other criminal mishaps that happen daily. Until now. I learned, much to my dismay, that my wife’s social security number was stolen sometime last year, and, since then, our lives have been turned upside down.
The increasing number of refrigerant options makes it more essential than ever for technicians to be aware of the hazards of mixing refrigerants and to cautiously approach systems they’re servicing in case it contains a refrigerant mixture that has been adulterated — perhaps dangerously so.
They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that phrase certainly applies to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston. All of the TMC institutions share a critical need for reliable cooling, and many of them are supported by the Thermal Energy Corp. (TECO).
Recommissioning is currently a hot trend in the commercial market, according to members of the industry who frequently work with facility owners and operators.
As the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) works on its final rule and Congress works on possibly delaying that rule, HVAC industry stakeholders have settled into a holding pattern with no other option than to wait and see what happens next.
The ACCA July Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) scored an 80, exhibiting that contractors’ positive outlooks on short-term growth is continuing as summer 2015 hits its midpoint.
DriSteem’s De-scaling Pump Kit circulates de-scaling solution in the humidifier water tank to remove scale deposits effectively and keep humidifiers operating efficiently.
Fluke Connect Assets is a cloud-based wireless system of software and test tools that gives maintenance managers a comprehensive view of all critical equipment, including baseline, historical, and current test tool measurement data.
The Spectroline® VioMAX Plus (P/N VMP-400CS) telescopic, violet light leak detection lamp finds a/c leaks in tight, cramped areas not accessible to larger, bulkier lamps.
The Omega Pack condensate removal solution is suitable for wall-mounted air conditioning units sized up to 5.6 ton and is intended to fit under the a/c unit.