That was how executive vice president Robb Isaacs described the trade association that has enjoyed its strongest times when specific issues drew much of the industry's attention. In his address to delegates at a business meeting during the 68th Annual Conference and HVACR Technology Expo in Atlanta, Isaacs looked back more than 20 years to heat pump certification and CFC certification as issues that RSES became closely involved with, and which resulted in strong membership numbers.
The current focus is the society's alignment with North American Technician Excellence (NATE). With NATE offering testing that leads to certification in a growing number of specific areas of HVACR, Isaacs said RSES has positioned itself as a training organization that can prepare technicians to take the tests.