The first major cooperative effort to educate the industry via an online format attracted an estimated audience of nearly 1,000 people. The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), the Heating, Airconditioning, & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI), and The NEWS teamed up to sponsor the 13 SEER Webinar Series, a series of four training events that provided information on various aspects of the industry's transition to the 13 SEER energy standard for residential air conditioning and heat pump products.
A Webinar is an online seminar with presentations that allow for audience participation while everyone is signed into a Web site location from the convenience of their own computer screen. In the case of this 13 SEER Webinar Series, the presenters communicated valuable information while the audience participants viewed slide presentations, listened to audio via their own computer, and had the ability to send questions to the presenters in real time.