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For a while a ‘good and bad’ issue has lodged in the back of my mind. It concerns carbon dioxide (CO2). It is being touted as a viable refrigerant in HVACR. At the same time, it is also a greenhouse gas.

For the first time, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) will offer technical seminars at the 2007 International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo). Here is a listing of seminars available.

Comments made by a television news anchor/reporter, part of a daily series of online tips, have resulted in an outraged community of HVAC professionals. An HVAC contractor has created a Website to allow the trade to voice its displeasure.

While hitting the road the last few years to interview winners in The NEWS’ “Best Contractor to Work for” contest, I have noticed an underlining theme. Usually, the winners treat their employees as humans, not strictly numbers.

In the last 18 months, DOE has sat in on meetings in which manufacturers’ equipment test procedures for efficiency ratings have been challenged. So, the government’s interest in this industry isn’t random. But what has brought about the high level of interest in the installation procedures utilized by contractors?

This week’s letters are in response to Mark Skaer’s editorial “Playing to Win Every Time, not Sometimes,” Dec. 18.

I believe that taking any type of proactive approach to what the market will do to your business in 2007 is the best way to stay ahead of the game and avoid loss of profits or loss of market share.

HVACXchange is a unique opportunity for commercial mechanical contractors to discuss strategic business issues with top executives from HVAC manufacturing companies. It provides for one-on-one discussions in a secluded business setting.

The AHR Expo educational sessions schedule.

I know some of our readers work on automotive air conditioning. But there are developments in that sector of air conditioning that might someday have an impact on the stationary sector, which all our readers are involved with in some way.