In the future, HVAC service trucks may have a whole new look to them - or they may not. To the naked eye, the trucks may look similar on the outside, but there might be a radically different appearance on the inside.
The AirTime 500 HVAC contractors group recently kicked off the first of three summer "Legends Profit Days," seminars designed to attract new members to the group. The event consisted of a unique series of product demonstrations and speeches from company founders.
The broken windows theory states that, by repairing broken windows immediately, crimes against a building by vandals can be reduced or prevented. The founders of Habitat for Humanity use that same strategy in attempting to revitalize neighborhoods.
The Habitat for Humanity "Blitz Build" stormed into Detroit in late June. Right in the middle of the project was a group of HVACR contractors, members of the Southeast Michigan Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (SEMIACCA).
Jim Leighty suggested to plumbing and heating contractors that the public's perception of them is that they're all millionaires because they own a business. If that's the case, audience members needn't worry about their financial futures, Leighty joked. But such is not the case.
The effects of heat stroke can be lessened or prevented with proper precautionary measures. Before sending out your techs to work in a hot environment, consider some of the following words of advice from people who work in the field every day.
Jim Crowder, chief executive officer of AirAdvice Inc., speaks out on the IAQ problem in the United States and diagnosing and fixing this problem in customers' homes.
Hiring ex-convicts who have completed formal HVACR training while incarcerated involves an element of risk. But branding all ex-convicts as unhireable and unreliable may rule out potentially valuable workers who have been successfully rehabilitated and look forward to meaningful and useful lives and careers.
People who find themselves in the positions of trainers or teachers are often not necessarily the best-qualified people to teach. That can lead to problems, according to Carol Fey, guest speaker at the recent National Association of Oil Heating Service Managers (NAOHSM) meeting.
It was appropriately titled "The Last Waltz." Five meetings since the first one was held in November 2002, the organizer decided to make Wetstock VI the final chapter in a series of meetings designed to promote camaraderie and education among hydronic contractors and employees.