Featured Stories

RSS

It seems our industry is becoming “commoditized,” and we are unintentional accomplices. We’re too comfortable swapping equipment and installing silver bullets while moving away from providing true comfort.

The federal government passed the geothermal tax credits, and HVAC manufacturers are delivering state-of-the-art, energy-efficient geothermal products.

The geothermal industry had a rough year in 2017, mostly due to an unfair marketplace set up by the government. While solar and wind continued to enjoy the renewable tax credits, geothermal was left out in the cold.

Doug Dougherty has been president and CEO of the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) since March of 2011. In that role, he became a major player in the lobbying effort to get the federal geothermal tax credits passed.

Remington College’s Nashville, Tennessee, campus opened an HVAC lab as part of its new diploma program offering. The lab was renovated, thanks to campus efforts combined with community and manufacturer donations.

The specialty trade contracting sector has seen revenue growth of 4.4 percent in the last five years. But with forecasts for 2018-2023 anticipating lower revenue growth of 2.5 percent, it is important that contractors look to make their operations as profitable as possible.

Many air conditioning and refrigeration systems have their condensing units located outdoors for two main reasons. First, this takes advantage of the cooler outdoor ambient temperatures to reject the heat absorbed in the evaporator section, and second, to reduce noise pollution.

Many single-phase compressors require a start capacitor to assist in starting the motor. These capacitors will occasionally fail, causing a compressor to fail to start.

The U.S. economy is looking more robust, with many economists predicting the gross domestic product (GDP) will grow between 2.5 and 3 percent this year.

When you think of a race, most people think of trying to win. But there have been times when my HVACR competitors wanted to challenge me to a race, and it was a race I did not want to win; in fact, I’d go out of my way to avoid participating.