Two local distributors and a contractor from the Austin area recently sat down with The NEWS to talk about local issues involving the HVAC trade. A lot of what they talked about reflected issues facing the HVAC trade throughout the United States.
Are there really business owners who are afraid to look at their financial statement each month in fear of what they might learn? Yes, according to Ruth King, channel manager for HVACChannel.tv and president of Business Ventures Corp. King was a featured speaker at the Aire Serv Heating & Air Conditioning meeting.
With the economy going south and home sales taking a beating, homeowners are determined to reinvest in their homes and make them healthier and more livable. That’s according to Ben Middleton of Air Advice, who spoke with franchisees at the Aire Serv Heating & Air Conditioning annual meeting.
Albuquerque is not the easiest word to spell. Apparently, city officials are not easy to deal with, either. More than a few industry associations are challenging the city’s new Energy Conservation Code, scheduled to go into effect April 1. The code will mandate 15 SEER air conditioning and 90 percent AFUE equipment for all residential and commercial new construction, remodels, and replacements.
As consumer awareness has grown, duct cleaning companies have developed into full service HVAC inspection, maintenance, and restoration businesses. National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) members will continue to discuss ways of expanding at the association’s 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Safety of the appliance should be the primary goal of all technicians. The production of carbon monoxide (CO) in the flue gases should be kept below 100-ppm air-free, even though the allowable limit in the stack is 400-ppm air-free.
Once considered a passing fad, green building has driven its roots deep into the American landscape. City halls in Chicago and Atlanta have green rooftops, and green building initiatives are thriving in Seattle, Denver, Dallas, and other major cities nationwide.
Energy inefficiencies in buildings are easy to spot. Less evident, however, are cost-effective means to remedy the waste of energy. Fortunately, green technologies have matured. Thanks to innovative engineering and premiums paid by early adapters, contractors can now present cost-effective, field-tested solutions.
When it comes to the topic of green building, The NEWS turned to a couple of experts from the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) of Chicago for guidance, Dan Bulley and Stephen Lamb. Here are their answers to 10 questions that The NEWS posed.
The complications of the marketplace never cease, but they always seem to change from one year to the next. This first in a special series of supplements from The NEWS addresses those changes and begins to explore two constants that every market in the coming years will share in common - conservation and comfort.
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