The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) held a press conference at its 34th Annual Conference to provide a “sneak preview” briefing on Version 8 of Manual J, the industry standard for residential load calculation.
The dedicated employees at PoolPak/Heat Recovery Technology, Inc. (York, PA) took advantage of the AHR Expo to tout the company’s newest product, the ClimatePak. This 100% outside air makeup air system was two years in the making.
Two products are being introduced to provide users with increased motor performance, as well as greater flexibility and functionality. Rockwell Automation has released its Allen-Bradley smart motor controllers, the SMC-3™ and SMC-Delta™.
According to some studies, the addition of vfd’s to an existing system can result in a reduction in energy consumption of 30% to 60%. For this reason, vfd’s are becoming quite popular. Since the technology has become much more stable over the last few years and costs are coming down, it’s a good time to look at vfd’s.
Not often does one get the opportunity to hear General H. Norman Schwarzkopf in person. The same can be said of business guru Tom Peters, former Burger King ceo and now international speaker Barry Gibbons, U.S. Olympic gold medal wrestler Rulon Gardner, and syndicated columnist George Will.
Over the course of five days, more than 1,600 attendees of the 2002 Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) convention had the good fortune to listen and learn from these five speakers.
Most of the time it’s not a question of whether or not to replace a motor. By the time a contractor is called to the scene, the motor has already failed or is in its death throes. Replacement is usually a viable solution, because repairing a motor can be fairly expensive.
In her presentation “Face First: Presenting Your Brand to the Public” at the 2002 MCAA convention, Nancy Nehlsen tried to help contractors find their unique selling proposition.
To prove his point that talent matters in today’s business world, Ron Magnus introduced a recent study from The McKenzie Group, which surveyed and interviewed over 6,000 executives from 77 Fortune 50 and 100 companies. The report, “War For Talent,” concludes that “Talent matters more than the tangible assets such as financial capital.”
Christian Burger is the first to admit that technology is changing so fast, no wonder contractors seem to be at a loss of what to do (or not to do) regarding information systems and upgrades.