Joanna Turpin is a Senior Editor at The ACHR NEWS. She can be contacted at 248-786-1707 or joannaturpin@achrnews.com. Joanna has been with BNP Media since 1991, first heading up the company’s technical book division before moving over to The ACHR NEWS, where she frequently writes about refrigerants and commercial refrigeration. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Washington and worked on her master’s degree in technical communication at Eastern Michigan University.
Subjected to the extreme temperatures found on the roofs of malls, retail spaces, offices, and the like, these pieces of equipment just keep chugging along, season after season — at least for a while.
It is interesting to note that many technicians had ideas for how to improve their work situations. The question is, why isn’t anyone listening to them?