David Richardson serves the HVAC industry as Vice President of Training for National Comfort Institute, Inc. (NCI). NCI specializes in training focused on improving, measuring, and verifying HVAC and Building Performance. If you’re an HVAC contractor or technician interested in learning more about building science applied to HVAC, contact David at ncilink.com/ContactMe.
Before responding to what can be one of HVAC's most dangerous calls, contractors need to have a plan in place for technicians who will be entering a building where CO could be present.
The CO alarm reads zero, but does that mean the equipment is safe? Check out why alarms might not tell the whole story and some other common mistakes HVAC technicians make when performing combustion diagnostics.
When starting a company on a new path, the goals and routes can be quite different than expected, so plan on taking a few detours and be willing to make adjustments.
Just like the online retail giant solved its verification problems with snapshots of delivered packages, the HVAC industry must prove its product — comfort — is being delivered to the customer.
The duct system plays a pivotal role in customer comfort so HVAC technicians should be familiarized with air balance testing principles to get to the heart of the issues.
Despite running into the same root cause over and over again, the industry still hasn’t learned that HVAC equipment and an HVAC system are two very different things.