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While a busy summer season can bring increased business and profits, it can also mean long hours and tough conditions for employees.

Zero-net-energy (ZNE) projects are becoming an increasingly popular way to save energy and showcase the green movement away from fossil fuels and carbon emissions.

Installing all the refrigeration and freezer cases, walk-in freezers and coolers, food preparation stations, piping, compressors, and controls that a modern grocery store requires was no easy task in a 107-year-old building. 

Quantech Air-cooled Chillers ship quickly from inventory, making a replacement available in as little as two days to minimize downtime and quickly restore comfort. 

The utility monitoring and control system (UMCS) contract work will provide engineering and services necessary for the procurement of new and/or upgrades to direct digital control systems, HVAC systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, or other automated control systems on government facilities worldwide. 

As the economy continues to rise, the price to do business is following suit. Recent studies suggest HVAC system construction and maintenance services are on the rise. 

But, for those who are not properly utilizing the time they have with their employees, holding meetings can have a negative effect on morale and productivity.

It seems many HVAC contractors are feeling positive about the year ahead, at least according to ACCA, which reported its January 2015 Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) scored a 74 — much higher than a year earlier when the CCI stood at 69. 

The latest report from Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) showed that average sales for HARDI distributor members increased 9.4 percent in November 2014, but that annualized growth through November was 6.9 percent, which is where it was throughout 2014. 

Year-to-date combined shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps increased 11.1 percent, and U.S. shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 5.1 percent over the same period in 2013 (oil warm air furnaces increased 8 percent).