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Smart Technology and the High-Performance HVAC Professional
In the HVAC Industry during the late 1990s, Smart Technology may have made its initial inroads through thermostat and comfort control advancements being installed into higher-end homes. Today with integration, the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, Smart...
Manometers: Picking the Right Accuracy for the Job
Have you ever read through the manufacturer’s accuracy specifications for a manometer? Did you understand them well enough to know if the accuracy was good enough for the measurements you needed? Are you aware that even though you can see a stable number on the screen...
The When-What-Who-and-Why of CO and Combustion Testing
How many occupations directly impact consumer health and safety? Those who do are doctors and nurses, the police, fire safety forces, and the military. Usually, these groups respond to a known danger, health, or safety issue. But when HVAC contractors enter a...
Increase Sales Success: Properly Manage Service-Generated Leads
North America’s typical ducted HVAC system only delivers 57% of the equipment’s rated capacity to the living space. That’s like getting 43 questions wrong on a 100-question test! Back in my day, a score of 57 resulted in a big fat “F” on your report card. A failing...
How Room Surfaces Affect Comfort
Paul Wieboldt In the late 1980s, our family spent a winter living in an old farmhouse in the Catskill Mountains of New York. Portions of the house date back to 1896. We guessed this from the headlines of newspapers we pulled out of the old horsehair and plaster walls...
Recruiting Techs Requires Active Participation in Trade Schools
For many decades the HVAC Industry has suffered from a low inflow of new people into its ranks. That problem has become even more acute due to the increase in contractor and technician retirements as the HVAC workforce ages. So many articles have been written on this...