“Before we started Totaline 20 years ago, we were just an OEM warranty house and our distributors were pretty much all warranty depots,” said Augie DiNardo, director of sales for Totaline. “And then Dave [Buttermore] came up with the Totaline concept.”
The topic of incorrectly sized systems is a passionate one for many HVACR contractors, especially NEWS’ consultants. It strikes a nerve because, according to the consultants, it is one of the leading reasons why the trade is criticized for lack of professionalism. Here’s what a few of the consultants had to say about the topic.
LEED Accredited Professional (AP) is a green certification that many contractors are working hard to achieve. The Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA), a contractor organization, recently created GreenStar, an accreditation that is only available to MSCA STAR contractors.
Airgas Inc. announced on June 12 that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Refron Inc., a national reseller and distributor of refrigerants that also provides technical services and refrigerant reclamation services. The companies expect to complete the transaction by the end of July.
Esther Price Candies knows all about storing premium chocolates at the right conditions. To make sure its candies are always tempting, the company has invested in high-end HVAC equipment to keep the environment - and the chocolates - perfect in each of its five retail locations.
Imagine getting a call from a homeowner who is unhappy with the six air conditioners and furnaces installed in her home. She wants the systems removed, and because she doesn’t want to heat her home with fossil fuels, she’s looking for some type of green technology to condition her 8,000-square-foot house.
A new 9,000-square-foot Colonial-style house is now being heated and cooled by two natural gas-fired absorption heat pumps. This is the first residential installation of these unique heat pumps, which have a rated efficiency of 126 percent.
The NEWS wanted to know what HVACR contractors were doing to display their messages on service vans and how they felt about the power of graphics. In a recent online survey, 219 respondents answered questions about two different service vans, how they displayed graphical messages, and the importance of vehicle graphics.
The South and West are expected to see a hot summer for 2008, but the Midwest and East could have below normal temperatures for the months of June through August. Of course, the trouble with weather forecasting is, as one pundit put it, “that it’s right too often for us to ignore it and wrong too often for us to rely on it.”
Ever wonder why people don’t do the things you want them to do? Why is it that some individuals perversely do the exact opposite of what you would have them do? And who can figure out why people act the way they do in the first place? The answers to these questions have only taken me years of study and mountains of work experience to figure ou
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