North America is the world’s most advanced smart home market; and the region had an installed base of 12.7 million smart homes at the end of the year, a 56 percent year-on-year growth. 

Antonelli’s presentation will help contractors discover how a strong brand and logo can provide a solid foundation on which to build a powerful marketing strategy upon. His class will discuss truck wrap and fleet branding, sales brochures, and digital marketing efforts. 

HomeAdvisor awards this distinction to the top 8 percent of companies in the HomeAdvisor network. These companies maintained an average review of 4.0 or better from at least three homeowners in the last six months and also had zero homeowner complaints in that time frame.

Time of Savings makes it possible for the Nest Thermostat to learn the price of energy for customers on Time of Use (TOU) rate plans so it can automatically adjust itself to help customers use less electricity when energy prices are most expensive. 

ICB/TABB is a function of the National Energy Management Institute Committee (NEMIC) — a not-for-profit organization jointly funded by the SMACNA and SMART, the International Association of Sheet Metal Air, Rail and Transportation Workers. 

Michael Matz of Mt. Kisco, New York, the son of Matco-Norca’s cofounder, died suddenly June 5 at the age of 44. Matz was the Eastern region sales manager for Matco-Norca and was employed for 20 years at his family’s company. 

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Comprehensive Energy Services Inc. ranked among Orlando Business Journal’s 2016 Best Places to Work in Central Florida for the seventh consecutive year.

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