The most popular benefit for employees is medical insurance, but according to The NEWS' 2005 Salary and Service Rates Editorial Study this is offered by only 74 percent of contractor respondents. The total shows a marked decrease from the 2002 Salary and Service Rates Editorial Study, when 88 percent offered medical benefits.
Condensation occurs intermittently in many naturally ventilated buildings. This can lead to mold growth and the risk of injury due to wet floors. To prevent condensation without air conditioning the space, one remedy is to raise the temperature of the air where condensation has occurred.
Keeping White Bear Racquet & Swim club warm through an arctic Minnesota winter is neither easy nor - until recently - inexpensive. When management decided to build a new, well-insulated, five-court metal building, instead of conventional forced-air heating, they equipped it with an in-court radiant heating system.
With hybrids, it's possible to combine equipment into an efficient system that raises the comfort level beyond normal means. That comfort level is also accompanied by lower energy costs, making hybrid systems an attractive option for building owners and homeowners.
NextEnergy Geothermal Solutions of Elmira, Ontario, distributes geothermal systems to meet the demands of the Canadian climate. In order to show the benefits of geothermal, the company became a "working model" of geothermal by installing it in the firm's new 25,000-square-foot building.
Dave Yates wants more HVAC contractors to know more about hydronics. If they do, he believes more will add hydronic heating and cooling equipment to their product lines.
John Logue was stumped. The contractor designs and installs 55 to 80 HVAC systems a year, but he had never run into this situation - a customer complaining that water was coming out of the homeowner's supply grilles.
Michael Cunningham, an indoor air quality supervisor on the environmental investigation team at Kobie Kooling Inc., was recently honored with the "Lennox Ace" bomber jacket for his innovations and efforts in a remediation project.
James Lovell and Gene Kranz, who shared the stage at the PHCC Network '05 Conference, know a lot about success and failure. Lovell was the commander of Apollo 8 and Apollo 13. Kranz contributed to the success of the Skylab program and was the flight director who helped bring back Apollo 13.
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