We
all have heard that duct leakage is bad for system performance and loss of
energy. It
can cost the homeowner more money. However, controlling duct leakage is not
just about reducing utility bills. It also is about improving the indoor air
quality (IAQ) in the home.
Statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics are a bit unnerving: 53 million school children and 6 million teachers, administrators, and others walk into 120,000 school buildings every day - and at least 50 percent of these schools have been diagnosed with indoor air quality (IAQ) problems.
It’s been several years since a wave of consolidation hit the Indianapolis market. But to the established HVACR contractors in Indianapolis, there are still plenty of interesting topics to discuss. And that is what several of them did during a recent sit-down roundtable discussion with The NEWS.
So many companies have a mission of flawless execution for their employees. They wear it like a badge of honor and preach it at their annual sales meetings and company newsletters. They think that pushing for perfection really works. I disagree.
Even though the two scheduled keynote speakers were unable to make it, the 2008 HVACR & Plumbing Instructors Workshop was anything but a bust. Not by a long shot. More than 320 attendees had the option of participating in numerous HVACR- and plumbing-specific technical sessions.
Collecting money is almost always an awkward situation, particularly when dealing with a customer who doesn’t want to pay. In a softening economy, HVAC contractors need to not only talk about it often with their technicians and customers, they may need to be even more aggressive about demanding payment.
There are three ways to provide IAQ: ventilation,
filtration, and/or source elimination or capture. In today’s green world, Tim
Wentz recommends the last method.
“This is usually the least expensive,” said the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor.
The contractor and technicians at Kidron Electric and Mechanical, Kidron, Ohio, found innovative ways to deal with HVAC challenges when they were chosen to implement a complete electrical and mechanical renovation of The Akron Beacon Journal building in Akron, Ohio.
Eugene Silberstein can say he spent St. Patrick’s Day in Vegas. He could not say his day was filled with gambling and imbibing in Sin City. Rather, his day was filled with learning more about the HVACR industry, technology updates, and much more at the 2008 HVAC Excellence National HVACR Educators and Trainers Conference.
The green cloud hovering over Washington, D.C. is keeping activist groups, lobbyists, and associations on their toes as legislators endeavor to define green, legislate efficiency, and reduce the environmental crisis scientists are reporting as inevitable.
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