Not many contractors — or instructors for that matter — are familiar with this group of educators, but over its short life, CARE has accomplished several of its initial goals, and membership is on the rise.

Each year in March, the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI) hosts a conference for hvacr instructors. In March 1997, the instructors at that meeting decided it was important to form a group of educators separate from ARI’s event to establish further communication.