Everyone expects the price of HCFC refrigerants to be going up in the near future. Why else would industrious entrepreneurs in Miami attempt to hoard a little bit extra for some of their closest friends?

“Freon” was one manufacturer’s brand name for CFC refrigerants, but it seemed to become an almost generic word for all refrigerants.

With 2009 ticking down, it would be so easy to reflect on the hardships our country has endured this year.

That wind turbine project near where I live that I have been blogging about has just about become a reality. The county board gave the go ahead recently.

They passed another bill in the House. Good grief. It was close, but 220 Representatives thought that their version of the health care bill was good to go.

Steve Yurek of AHRI received an interesting introduction from Tom Roberts of HARDI as Yurek was about to defend a somewhat unpopular recent AHRI action regarding regional energy-efficiency standards.

I just learned a new term - greenwashing. It is hardly a favorable term and is compared to whitewashing as in concealing a flaw or failure.

One of the benefits of my job is the ability to view construction projects in progress throughout the country. During a recent trip to Indianapolis, I took a few minutes to take in Marriott Place, a stunning downtown development slated for completion in February 2011.

There are many reasons there could be some strange noises coming from an old air conditioner. It could be loose hardware, a refrigerant problem, or a family pet getting a chill.

When the Fed reported a small rise in the gross domestic product (GDP) and signified the recession was over, most Americans understood this to mean, “We have officially reached the bottom and can now begin the climb up.”