Wholesalers are not seeing a lot of recovered R-22 coming back to them for reclaim. That is causing them to ask what contractors are doing with the refrigerant. Is it being hoarded? Is it being vented? Is potentially contaminated refrigerant going right back into a system?
Also referred to as "spot coolers," portable air conditioners serve as temporary cooling units when permanent a/c systems must be shut down or fail. Portables also serve as permanent-cooling systems for small- to medium-sized equipment centers, such as telephone systems or server rooms.
After a gas leak, when heat sources were turned off inside a winery, temperature control became a vital issue. In order to keep temperatures stable inside the building, the contractor called in needed an alternate heating source, so he contacted the local rental store.
A new study from The Freedonia Group Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research firm, shows that world demand for HVAC equipment is projected to rise over 5 percent per year through 2010, exceeding $65 billion.
Convenience-store retailers are feeling the pinch of higher energy prices and XtraMart is no exception. To help implement an energy management program, the company retained National Resource Management (NRM). NRM's energy audit revealed a number of opportunities, especially with XtraMart's walk-in coolers.
About 200,000 commercial ice machines go into service every year. A lot is demanded of them during their lifetime. As with any commercial appliance, there are key procedures to follow in troubleshooting ice machine refrigeration problems.
Recent reports from McGraw-Hill Construction show that nonresidential construction increased 5 percent to $171.9 billion last year, with much of the growth coming from institutional structures. This year seems to continue the upward trend sending a commercial construction surge through the United States.
"We want our new showrooms to be gems, a thrill for buyers, and places of exquisite comfort," said Frank Maguire, VP of sales and marketing for Volkswagen of America. One dealership took the exquisite comfort directive seriously, installing a vast radiant heat system.
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