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Testing and balancing skills are in demand. But at the start of Jack Webster’s career 50 years ago, he says those who specialized in balancing were often called “prima donnas,” because they didn't get their hands dirty.

Certification makes the ‘invisible’ value of expensive investments into energy efficient HVAC systems visible.

After SNIPS Magazine sat down with testing and balancing expert Jack Webster earlier in the year, we decided to talk to him again in our first installment of Tin Knocker Tales, a new podcast series.

Peterman Brothers of Greenwood, Indiana has been named the 2021 Bryant Dealer of the Year, the highest honor a Bryant dealer can receive.

ASHRAE’s 2021-22 president is Mick Schwedler, P.E., Fellow ASHRAE, LEED AP. 

U.S. Navy veteran and Connecticut resident Jeremy Zeedyk joined the National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC) Feb. 1 as the representative for the Northeast region.

This paragraph is the only place you’ll read the phrase “COVID-19” in the entire issue of the June 2021 SNIPS Magazine. And that’s intentional. For more than a year, the pandemic has dominated conversations in the sheet metal industry and beyond. And in that chorus, we’ve left several stories fly under the radar.

To address the growing skilled trades labor gap, Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) is calling on the industry to urge representatives in Congress to cosponsor H.R. 3365 and 3366.

A significant portion of the facade for Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis' new IUPUI building is comprised of aluminum composite material (ACM) from Alucoil.

Rigaku Analytical Devices recently announced a new, handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) analyzer. The Rigaku KT-500 features HiRES Technology, with the first miniaturized, high-resolution echelle spectrometer.