No matter what success the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) might find, president and CEO Paul Stalknecht isn’t one to let the group rest on its laurels. In fact, he’s on a mission to make sure ACCA is proactive in preparing for the future.

If you’re coming to the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Conference in Orlando, Fla., be sure to bring a big stack of paper and your favorite pen (or two), because you’re about to get schooled.

“My intention was to just run a small shop and eek out enough of a living to support my family,” Magic Touch Mechanical owner Rich Morgan said. “But, as fate would have it, along with a little bit of luck and hard work mixed together, we just continued to grow.

As Bobby Ring counts down the days until he is officially installed as chairman of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s (ACCA) board of directors, he can’t help but wish his father was still here to share in the moment.

Billy Cromedy, president of Advantage Contracting, Philadelphia, was brought to Washington in December 2012 as part of a White House business council meeting with minority business leaders from across the country to discuss the “fiscal cliff” and other matters related to small business.

Just when Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) president Doug Dougherty thought Congress had passed a bill recognizing geothermal heat pumps as renewable energy sources, it was taken away.