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.
Many technicians have strong feelings about the tools they use. They like certain brands and dislike others, which is why most contractors leave the tool buying to the technicians themselves.
There has been some confusion lately regarding how much longer HFCs will be readily available in the U.S. According to the 2016 Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, developed countries will have to begin phasing down HFCs starting on Jan. 1, 2019 (see Table 1).
Last year, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a surprising directive stating that VRF systems would no longer be permitted in U.S. Air Force facilities.
Well, that didn’t take long. The new U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports went into effect at the end of March, and many manufacturers are already raising prices on equipment.
Well, that didn’t take long. New U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports went into effect at the end of March, and many manufacturers are already raising prices on equipment.
SAN ANTONIO — For years, one of the highlights of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s (MCAA’s) Annual Convention has been the economic forecast offered by Brian Beaulieu, CEO of ITR Economics in Manchester, New Hampshire.
With almost 30 states now allowing some sort of legal use of marijuana, it is not surprising that the number of cannabis growing facilities in the U.S. is exploding. These growing facilities range from small farms that supply medical marijuana to local patients to large, multimillion-dollar facilities that produce enough to supply entire states with both recreational and medical marijuana.