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Once every four years, a major conference with a decided emphasis on refrigeration takes place. These International Congresses of Refrigeration draw technical papers and presenters from throughout the world, and since it is only once every four years, some significant developments are reported.

Before you decide to make a radical change in your business approach, you may consider that switching from residential new construction to residential replacement can be like going from night to day for your company.

As contractors, we've always counted on certain customers to be loyal when it came time to make a purchase. However, with the availability of information, the fast pace of everyone’s lifestyle, maybe we can’t count on loyalties like we have in the past.

The NEWS’ Website, www.achrnews.com, has been completely revamped. It is full of content, simple to navigate, and quite easy on the eyes if I might say so myself.

Is mold turning contractors into snake oil salesmen? Dealing with equipment from other sources.

There have to be things that businesses do to fight a downturn in the economy. What you do to keep your employees busy and keep the black ink flowing?

As the summer selling season wanes and the ebb of a new fall season is only days away, there may be a few lessons to be learned from air conditioning and heat pump shipment trends.

The “sexiness” of the mold issue has died down thanks, in part, to the general media, which hasn’t found a lot of high profile so-called “victims” to write about. But the HVAC trade knows better. There are still a lot of problems related to mold.

Prior to Aug. 4 of this year, I did not know that a Vito Joseph DeLeo existed. That’s all changed now. And it’s all because I, along with a few other slow-moving tourists, missed the ferry back from Staten Island to New York City that recent hot afternoon.

Those who work on supermarket refrigeration equipment are well aware that three different technologies are trying to maintain or gain footholds. One is traditional direct expansion (DX), another is called secondary loop, and yet another approach is called distributed technology.