In late December, President Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. With his signature, the president gave the Department of Energy (DOE) the authority to establish regional standards for residential furnaces and central air conditioning equipment. And the HVAC industry had a hand in formulating the bill’s wording.
Many technicians have a tendency to add refrigerant to a refrigeration system simply because it is not cooling to its potential. Often, this overcharges the system with refrigerant and can make matters worse.
Many of the systems and replacement components used in our industry will come with some type of literature supplied by the manufacturer. This literature will usually contain useful information for a technician and it should not be tossed aside.
“Ignoring mineral oil and other residual contaminants during a R-22 to R-410A refrigeration system conversion will likely result in a compressor burnout,” said Robert P. Scaringe, P.E. His comments came during a seminar he presented at the RSES International Conference.
If you could combine five powerful software programs into one, would that help? You can - and the product has a name, too: Design-Build 6.0. It is a suite of software programs that perform HVAC design-build analyses including commercial and residential load calculations, duct sizing, cost estimating, and proposal generation.
Design-build may be a key to success in a soft new construction market and it certainly can be a key to keeping the professional bar high in the HVAC trade. The NEWS asked its contractor consultants to comment on how design-build can be an advantage for HVAC contractors in 2008 and beyond.
Before sending soldiers into battle, a general marshals his top advisers, and together they devise a plan for victory. The same strategy lies behind design-build. It is based on the concept of one leader, backed by a team of experts, who develop a master blueprint for a project and then work together to make it reality.
Risk management reduces your company’s vulnerability by using a systematic process of risk identification and mitigation. In the HVAC field it’s most often referred to in large commercial-industrial jobs, but it can have ramifications on the residential side too.
Being a wingman in life means when someone calls out
“Mayday!” to you, you’re there on time, on target, and ready to take action. It
means you are the type of person others can come to for help.
Imagine value as links on a chain connecting a railroad car
full of gold bars (profits) to a powerful locomotive (sales). If any link in
the chain is missing, your gold won’t move. If a link breaks during the
journey, your gold is left behind. When selling comfort, success is determined
by the strength you forge into every link of your “value chain.”
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