HVACR contractors and technicians are busy people who often find it difficult to attend training courses held during their hectic workdays. Though it’s important to make time for ongoing training during regular circumstances, it becomes even more crucial when a major change occurs in the industry - such as the current transition from R-22 to R-410A.
It’s not every day that a contractor has the pleasure of replacing equipment he installed more than 30 years ago. But that is all in a day’s work for Angelo Sardinha. He recently replaced the five 300,000 Btu cast iron atmospheric boilers he installed years ago at the Truesdale Clinic.
The No. 1 reason why customers choose to install a hydronic/geothermal system is comfort, according to Bill Landis, sales manager, J.K. Mechanical Inc., Willow Street, Pa. And the No. 2 reason? That would be comfort as well, he joked.
“I defy anyone to show me a building that can’t be retrofitted with hydronic radiant heat,” declared Dave Yates, president, F.W. Behler, York, Pa. “I can come up with a solution for any structure. I can’t think of any situation that would prevent us from being able to install radiant heat.”
Clear Seas Research conducted research with industry professionals using both an online and mail survey data collection approach to understand industry trends, brand awareness/familiarity, brand loyalty, purchase drivers, and current business practices. One of the surveys focused on light commercial unitary products.
The nation’s leading manufacturers of residential central air conditioners, furnaces, and heat pumps signed a historic, voluntary agreement with the nation’s leading energy-efficiency advocacy organizations supporting new standards for those products. For the first time, the agreement calls for regional efficiency standards.
Congress is back in session and the HVACR industry is waiting to see what the Senate has to say about the Waxman-Markey bill, H.R. 2454 - the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (ACES). The bill, which already passed in the House, contains sweeping environmental reform that will change the way this industry and America does business.
Partners from the private sector, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and two national labs, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), are working together to reduce energy consumption in commercial buildings in the United States.
It has been nine months since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed rules affecting sales, distribution, and servicing of HVACR equipment as well as how much new HCFC-22 could be produced. Many in the industry have been waiting for those proposed rules to become final. Well, they apparently will have to wait a bit more.
“I love solving people’s comfort problems and receiving the recognition of doing a good job,” said Jerry Hurwitz, president, J&J Air Conditioning Inc. “I also love watching our mechanics grow and gain confidence in themselves. I like the people part of the business.”
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