More than 1,800 companies have reserved 387,000 square feet of booth space, exceeding the record-breaking exhibit space reserved for the 2008 AHR Expo in New York City by nearly 6 percent.
In just eight months, Boxer, who served as president and COO of Service Experts from 2003 until his retirement in 2010, has helped bring Service Experts back to prominence.
More and more managers are doing something different to drum up business and are considering nontraditional methods to maximize their spot in the marketplace.
Combined United States shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps totaled 363,465 units in October 2013, up 23.3 percent from 294,678 units shipped in October 2012, according to the latest statistics from the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI).
Though industry leaders agree that the provisions will probably be renewed, it may not happen for a while, which would again leave some manufacturers, distributors, and contractors in limbo.
Just as no two houses are exactly the same, neither are the homeowners who live there. While one may have the resources to make all the energy-efficient improvements to the house at once, another may have to make selective upgrades over time.