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Home » Authors » Amy Al-Katib

Articles by Amy Al-Katib

2018 Armstrong Global Energy Summit - The ACHR News

Global Change Relies Strongly on Individual Behavior, Outlook

Armstrong challenges everyone to join in its efforts for a sustainable future
Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
October 1, 2018
To kick off the event, Armstrong announced its “2 in 22” initiative: a commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions among its installed customer base by 2 million tons by the year 2022.
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HVAC Contractors Could Benefit From Recruiting More Women to the Trade

#metoo Affects You, Too
Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
July 30, 2018
There are a lot of women who live alone. There’s also a lot of women who are home alone while their husbands are working. And, believe it or not, they sometimes need their HVAC systems repaired or replaced. It’s your job as a contractor to make sure that everyone who hires you feels comfortable while you are in their homes and that they are 100 percent satisfied with your work.
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Kevin Bush, chief resilience officer, District of Columbia, discusses what resilience is, how it came to be a global focus, and what efforts must be made to achieve it.. - The NEWS - ACHR

Resilience Is Not a Byproduct of Sustainability or ‘Green’ Thinking

Envisioneering Symposium attendees discuss the definition, importance, and challenges of resiliency
Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
July 30, 2018
For the past 12 years, experts from across the country have gathered in the same room for a dinner table style discussion on the most critical issues and trends impacting the HVACR industry. During the 31st Danfoss Envisioneering™ Symposium that recently took place in Washington, D.C., that topic was Resilience Solutions in Buildings & Energy.
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Johnson Controls' JADEC facility grand opening - ACHR

Johnson Controls Expands Its Footprint in the York County Area

Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
June 4, 2018
A total of 328,963 cinder blocks, 22,000 cubic yards of concrete, 5,000 tons of steel, 25 miles of total piping, 3,000 lineal feet of refrigeration pipe, 7 acres of roofing, and…
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Contractors Can Make Every Day a Vacation for Technicians, Employees

Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
May 28, 2018
Anyone who knows me knows at least one thing about me: I love vacation. I am not a person who you would want to be around if I haven’t recently returned from vacation or I don’t have one planned in the near future.
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New HVAC Technology Can Be Helpful, But It Cannot be Trusted

Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
April 9, 2018
Daylight saving time started on March 11. If you don’t know that by now, then you either live in Arizona or Hawaii, or you’ve been running an hour late for the last couple weeks.
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Stop Trying to Sell the HVAC Industry — Start Sharing It

Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
March 5, 2018
It’s no secret — there’s a shortage of skilled workers in the trades. Here at The NEWS, we’ve heard a lot about it, read a lot about it, and written a lot about it.
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Comfort-Aire/Mars

Mars Delivers Out-of-this-world Comfort

Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
February 26, 2018
One of the things Comfort-Aire/Mars prides itself on is offering its customers easy access to a large variety of products, which helps keep their inventory and costs down.
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ArmorPad

RectorSeal’s Revolutionary Reveal

Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
February 26, 2018
RectorSeal has been exhibiting at the AHR Expo for the past 40 years. And while the opportunity to maintain relevance in the industry and engage with clients one-on-one is usually enough to bring the tools and accessories manufacturer to the show floor, this year, the company came with a mission.
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RGF Environmental Germinator

RGF is on the Front Lines, Battling Germs and Other Air Pollutants

Amy Al-Katib
Amy Al-Katib
February 26, 2018
The war on germs is on, and RGF Environmental Group Inc. is dominating the fight. The company rolled into the 2018 AHR Expo alongside the Germinator — a large, army-like vehicle, equipped with a giant REME HALO® mounted to the roof, which makes it capable of eliminating pollutants everywhere it goes.
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