Rheem recently introduced its "Better Home Planning Guide," which allows for collaboration between builder, homebuyer, and contractor in creating a customized HVAC system for a healthy, energy-efficient, and comfortable home.
Contractors who have been debating whether to get involved with the Energy Star® Home Performance program may want to get off the fence. Higher heating costs are hitting consumers hard this winter, and many are looking for solutions to effectively seal up their homes. In short, consumers are ready to listen to you about efficiency now.
At perhaps the most important meeting in the history of International Comfort Products (ICP), several hundred people gathered for a distributor meeting in November 2005. The purpose was to unveil a new product line of split, package, furnace, and indoor air quality (IAQ) equipment.
A series of split-case pumps has been introduced by Bell & Gossett with several features that the manufacturer said have never before been offered in the HVAC industry.
The greatest leap in sales and profitability happens when the business makes the transition from a service company selling equipment to a sales company selling comfort. This profitable journey can start the day the first comfort consultant is hired.
You don't have to be frustrated by a poorly performing employee. There is a cure and the cure is simple. The cure is called progressive counseling and results can be a long-term winning solution for everybody.
Some HVACR professionals and students, eager to advance their HVACR education but not able to physically attend a college campus, can now have the campus brought to them thanks to the Internet and the Ferris State University (FSU) HVACR Technology Program.
Are contractors using the Internet to its fullest capacity or just dabbling in it? The NEWS asked its Contractor Consultants why they use (or don't use) the Internet in their everyday business operations. The answers we received showed a varying range of Internet participation.
D.H. Duffner, P.E., a mechanical system failure analyst, recently came across a cold storage facility that suffered a major ammonia leak from its refrigeration system, destroying a large crop of bare root roses. He explains what the problem was and what caused it.
When using an analyzer, it is important to understand what you are measuring and what you are calculating. Most analyzers only measure three to four parameters; the rest are calculated values.
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