Articles by Mark Skaer

Garrison, the owner of Garrison Associates, a consulting firm based in Ormond, FL, is painfully blunt, painfully honest, and … well … is not afraid to speak the painful truth.

Just a few days prior to SMACNA’s 2001 convention in Boca Raton, FL, anthrax had taken its deadly toll at the America Media building, located a stone’s throw from the convention site. But in the opening session of the convention, Dave Barry reassured the audience with humor.

Designing green hvac systems is a lot about common sense, according to Douglas Mass, president of Cosentini Associates, New York, NY.

merican Standard Companies Inc. announced that James Schultz, president of the Trane Commercial Systems division, will retire from the company at the end of this year.

Telemetrix Inc. has started an energy monitoring project in northern California with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Burger King® Corporation, Cingular PCS, and ITC International.

Rehau Inc. has completed a radiant floor heating and cooling system project for an historic warehouse on Pier One, the northernmost pier on San Francisco’s Embarcadero.

More than one contractor said they believe that even though times are tough and the current state of affairs may get worse before it gets better, the correct approach to take is the positive approach.

The 24-story, 430,000-sq-ft office building known as 801 Towers in Los Angeles dodges the energy crisis because of a stroke of engineering foresight.

A report from the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) was released at the recent National CHP Roadmap Workshop, “One Year Later.”

Carrier Corp. announced it has commercial products in every hvacr category to meet or exceed the requirements of ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-1999, “Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings.”