A major exposition has developed over the years at the Refrigeration Conference & Trade Show of the International Institute of Ammonia Refrigeration (IIAR). Here is some of what the manufacturers were talking about.
Remember when getting away from it all, really meant getting away from it all? With advances in communications and computer technology, it’s nearly impossible to be away from the office and be unreachable. That’s a good thing.
How much leverage do employers have when deciding whether an employee stays or goes? What kind of rules apply to hiring and firing employees and do these rules tend to handcuff the employers?
Problem: Data centers are getting more demanding to the point of at least one comfort cooling provider saying typical “room cooling is an ineffective approach for next-generation data centers.” The answer may be “row-oriented and rack-oriented cooling architectures.”
It’s 10 p.m. Do you know where your technician is? In the case of Matthew Boden, the apprentice at Pioneer Heating and Air Conditioning, Twin Falls, Idaho, he may just be reviewing HVACR course material on his computer - until who-knows-when. It’s the best option for the single father of two small children.
Local HVAC contractors cited the tax breaks that new businesses are given as paving the way for many new businesses to move into the area and the reason for the growth in both its commercial and residential new construction markets.
When a salesman arrived at a customer’s home, he had a good, hour-long discussion with the wife. Then the wife left and said her husband would finish up. How should a salesperson handle this situation?
The relationship between the local Southeast Technical Institute (STI) and the local Sioux Falls HVAC Association has proved beneficial to HVAC contractors and students entering the HVAC trade.
Things are definitely rosy on the commercial side of the market. Reed Construction Data expects nonresidential building spending to rise 12.7 percent in 2007. New project starts totaled a record high $19.5 billion in January, so the pipeline is full enough to keep month-to-month spending gains averaging about 1 percent into 2008.
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