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Customers purchasing at least 100 feet of residential baseboard radiation and/or a minimum of five Beacon Morris Twin-Flo III kickspace heaters were entered to win a multitude of prizes.

The FS4BG, 20-SEER iQ Drive air conditioner is available in 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-ton capacities. 

As the economy continues to rise, the price to do business is following suit. Recent studies suggest HVAC system construction and maintenance services are on the rise. 

But, for those who are not properly utilizing the time they have with their employees, holding meetings can have a negative effect on morale and productivity.

It seems many HVAC contractors are feeling positive about the year ahead, at least according to ACCA, which reported its January 2015 Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) scored a 74 — much higher than a year earlier when the CCI stood at 69. 

The latest report from Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) showed that average sales for HARDI distributor members increased 9.4 percent in November 2014, but that annualized growth through November was 6.9 percent, which is where it was throughout 2014. 

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 11.1 percent, and U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 5.1 percent over the same period in 2013 (oil warm air furnaces increased 8 percent).

The Tetra radiator is comprised of several individual heating masts that join together to form a single heating unit. 

The Geothermal Exchange Organization is backing efforts in a number of states to change public policies that currently fail to recognize geothermal heat pumps as a renewable source of energy and an efficient way to satisfy the thermal loads of buildings.

The DOE’s proposed rule represents a significant increase in efficiency that would effectively eliminate noncondensing furnaces and significantly impact the design, installation, and cost of nonweatherized furnaces.