It’s not pretty, but I have an announcement to make: Most of your energy-efficient equipment and maintenance offerings sound like sales crap and high-pressure mumbo-jumbo to a good many of your customers.
While mucking through large sections of the U.S.
House passed Waxman-Markey bill, I stumbled upon an interesting little tidbit
that could change the industry’s standard operating procedures.
The HVAC industry is perched on the next piece of cutting-edge technology - the emerging smart grid. Still early in its development, the government is working to integrate and manage a new electricity grid designed to monitor and manage energy usage, much like a thermostat monitors and manages the HVAC system.
Health care reform has become the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s presidency, which has made it a hot topic across this country. It is also a big issue in HVAC circles as contractors are concerned about the skyrocketing prices of group health care, but also wary of how legislation will affect small businesses in the form of taxes and mandates.
Women in HVACR’s (WHVACR’s) 6th Annual Conference arrives Sept. 22 at the Nashville Convention Center. The association is kicking off its annual event with a welcome networking reception that evening, and attendees will spend the next day, Sept. 23, engrossed in educational sessions and peer discussions.
Sadly, not all those who left the Senate for the 2009 summer recess will return Sept. 8, but nevertheless, the Senate will return and they have their work cut out for them.
As diverse financial reports trickle in, it
appears the country’s economic freefall has slowed and according to many
economists, “We have found the bottom.”
As diverse financial reports trickle in, it appears the country’s economic freefall has slowed and according to many economists, “We have found the bottom.”
Signed into law on Feb. 17, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) promised new money and shovel-ready projects to stimulate America’s infrastructure and bailout - among others - the ailing construction industry. Six months later, how is the construction industry faring?
