This issue of The ACHR NEWS celebrates this year’s class of top women, examines the usefulness of dual fuel heat pumps, defines ASHRAE standards designed to keep restaurants’ air clean, compares a handful of HVAC contractors’ tool policies, settles the debate regarding frost accumulation on a suction line or compressor, offers steps on how to overcome refrigeration system contamination, and much more.
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All of these women have made a mark on the HVAC industry and continue to do so. While they serve in different areas of the industry, each is making a contribution to both improve the industry and make it a more welcoming career for females.
This industry has so much opportunity for those who are looking for a great career path. The most rewarding aspect of this for me has been to provide opportunity for those who want to get into HVACR.
The biggest, yet most rewarding, challenge I have faced throughout my career is my current role in leadership. It’s an honor to have the opportunity to invest in team members like was done for me.
Projects I have had the privilege of leading are live in the field, being put into practice daily, and it is an incredibly fulfilling full circle moment.
HVAC is a wonderful industry to get into. There are so many different avenues to pursue that can go beyond field work — although that’s a great option, too. The opportunities in HVAC are endless, and we’d love to have you join.
Every time you hear that this is not the industry for you or you will never make anything of yourself, use that as motivation to succeed. It is very rewarding to prove the naysayers wrong. It is even more rewarding to fulfill your dreams and help others achieve theirs.
I encourage all women in the engineering profession to volunteer their time at schools and universities where they can encourage girls and young women to pursue a career in engineering. I believe showing other women that their goals are achievable inspires them to fight for a place in STEM.
This industry can provide you with a rewarding career in everything from technical positions, to sales, to accounting, to owning and running your own business. Follow your passion and be true to yourself — you will love it.
I get so excited when I work a trade show or do an open house at a distributor and the trade schools come through because I am seeing more and more women actively learning to become HVACR technicians.
I truly believe this is such a rewarding industry. Don’t let the belief that it is a man’s field limit you. There are so many different avenues of work and positions within the trades. And, quite frankly, the trades need you.
Transcend Communities are net zero, all-electric, healthy, resilient, connected, solar-powered, and cost-effective homes located in mixed-use communities — and an in-floor radiant system that will heat and cool both air and water is pivotal to this.
When installing and repairing refrigeration equipment, technicians should always follow good service practices to prevent any contaminants from entering the piping or system components.
At ServiceTitan’s Pantheon 2023 in Orlando, Florida, Hannah Belloli, business development editor, The NEWS, sat down with Strickland Tudor, executive vice president, XOi Technologies.
“We have a long history of Johnson Controls’ employees volunteering with Habitat for Humanity across the globe,” said George Oliver, chairman and CEO of Johnson Controls.
Manufacturers will have five years, from the date the rule is published in the Federal Register, to ensure that new gas furnaces comply with the new minimum.
For your information news briefs from a wide variety of categories within the HVAC industry. Price increases, mergers and acquisitions, award winners, and more are highlighted here each week.
The HLR 100C, the newest addition to enVerid’s family of HVAC Load Reduction (HLR) products, is engineered to fit inside standard roof curbs from leading HVAC manufacturers, making it easy for packaged rooftop units (RTUs) to be designed or replaced with smaller tonnage systems that cost less and consume less energy.
The TECHNOFORCE HVAC Package System is a turnkey, all-in-one HVAC stock skid system ready for immediate installation in commercial HVAC and pressure booster applications.
Available in Upflow and Horizontal configurations, the NPF comes in two sizes of 60,000 BTU/h and 100,000 BTU/h that both boast 97.0% AFUE and meet the stringent requirements of SCAQMD rule 1111 for Ultra-Low NOx performance.