The payoff for contractors will come sooner rather than later. Those who visited the Expo (held here Jan. 29-31) got to see products and services that ran the gamut from cooling towers to soldering tips. There was a much sharper focus on efficiency this year — no great surprise, considering the increased media focus on energy shortages.
The focus on energy efficiency was also echoed at the ASHRAE meeting, such as at the public session on global warming (see second article on this page). But perhaps more importantly, the society’s president, James Wolf, has pledged to work with all strata of the hvacr industry during his term.