In a few years, it may be common to see gardens growing on top of urban buildings across the United States, providing relatively unusual greenery in the typical sea of concrete and blacktop. Many of these scenes are common in Europe and have been coming over to North America. For building owners and managers, the benefits include energy savings that can add up to hundreds and thousands of dollars each year.
International Service Leadership (ISL) Inc. members were introduced to a relatively new method of communicating ideas at their recent meeting in Las Vegas, NV. “Open Space Technology” was introduced and moderated by Bruce Withrow, president of Meeting Facilitators International.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FL — When the hallowed halls of school buildings need expansion, campus facility managers are turning to Web-based program construction management systems to get the job done. One
You’ll pardon Dick Lane if he brags about his family a little. This runner-up in The News’ Instructor of the Year contest has six sons, four of whom are actively involved in the HVACR industry. Lane, the HVACR instructor at the Fairfield Career Center of the Eastland Vocational School District, Carroll, OH, is proud of all of his sons’ careers and happy to contribute to the industry through his teaching.
Tom Wittman’s business card lists his occupation as “coach.” The senior business trainer at International Service Leadership (ISL) is comfortable with that title, as he takes his role very seriously. Wittman led some of the sessions at the group’s recent Las Vegas meeting.
MIDLAND, MI — Plastics processors now have a new online resource for polystyrene product and business information from Dow Plastics. Dow's Polystyrene business has redesigned www.styron.com to give customers easier
How many times have you had a great story to tell, yet there was no one to listen to it? You know the kind — when you are lying in your bed, unable to sleep because you’ve just come up with a great idea.
DALLAS, TX — Glasfloss Industries Inc. has announced that it is “going live” with a newly expanded corporate website at www.glasfloss.com.The new website will feature a full range of product
I’m a sucker for good ideas. A recent visit with members of the AirTime 500 HVACR contractor group inspired me to think of ideas that might help some contractors gain a marketing edge over their competitors.
Many miles above the earth, a satellite is getting signals from a device affixed to a service vehicle; in turn, the satellite is providing driving directions, geographic locations, plotting vehicle usage, and retrieving all kinds of customer information. Well, maybe not the last item — not yet. How does this new technology affect HVACR contractors and what can they expect down the road from systems using this same technology? That’s what The News set out to discover.