According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the built environment accounts for nearly 40% of electricity consumption in the U.S. A large portion of this energy is consumed by HVACR systems efforts to heat or cool the indoor environment. The HVACR industry has always been versatile with ever-evolving practices, upgrades, disruptive products and technologies. Though shifts may often seem slow ...
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ENTECH Hires HVACR Instructor
ENTECH hired Berk Little as its day instructor to lead S and B license programs. Little is a former 2017 Oil and Energy Service Professionals (OESP) national Instructor of the Year and brings extensive HVACR experience from his work in the field and in the classroom. His most recent experience includes several years as the HVAC Department Supervisor at Porter ...
Read More »Resideo Expands Smart-Home Offerings
Resideo Technologies, Inc. acquired energy efficiency technology from Whisker Labs and hired the team behind it. The technology creates a thermodynamic model of a home to predict home heating and air conditioning run time and energy use to enable a homeowner to use less energy while maintaining comfort, Resideo said. The announcement, in a May 21 statement, marks the second ...
Read More »HVACR Manufacturers Upbeat About 2019
HVACR manufacturers reported positive 2018 sales growth according to the latest AHR Expo and ASHRAE Journal Annual Economic Outlook Survey. Confidence in the industry’s economic outlook is forecasted to carry into 2019, with 87% of respondents anticipating positive business prospects heading into the new fiscal year. The report indicates that the HVACR market is primed for continued business growth. Reports ...
Read More »Registration Opens for the 2019 ASHRAE Winter Conference
Registration is open for ASHRAE’s 2019 Winter Conference, to be held in Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 12-16, at the Omni Hotel Atlanta at CNN Center and the Georgia World Congress Center. Registration for the conference provides entry to the co-sponsored AHR Expo, to be held Jan. 14-16 at the Georgia World Congress Center. The ASHRAE Winter Conference features eight conference tracks, tours, social events, and a ...
Read More »Technical Institute to Open New Campus in Maine
Northeast Technical Institute hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its new campus in Bangor, Me. “The new campus will not only help us better serve our current students, but we believe it will help the region as a whole with increased educational resources and training opportunities,” Jim Liponis, Northeast Technical Institute’s president, said in a June 6 statement. Northeast Technical Institute ...
Read More »Bergquist Updates Online Storefront, Streamlines Ordering
Bergquist, Inc., a wholesale propane equipment distributor, updated its Online Storefront to improve user experience, simplify transactions and increase access to its product catalog. The updated storefront is designed to look less like a catalogue and more like an online retail store. “We used feedback from our customers to improve the layout and experience,” said Don Montroy, director of marketing ...
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Do you have a current job opening and need a qualified person to fill it? It’s that time of year again at Manchester Community College, in Manchester, N.H. The HVAC students are graduating with their associate degrees, or certificates in heating or AC, or both. “Our students are motivated and qualified to enter the industry,” says HVAC Program Coordinator Eddie ...
Read More »How to Sell Springtime Tune-Ups
Trying to figure out how to sell your customers on a tune-up this spring? Here’s how Nicholson Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning, based in Holliston, Mass., on behalf of other companies, they encourages homeowners to schedule their HVAC tune-ups and consider hiring Willard Power Vac to do your works before summer arrives. The family-owned home service company, and recipient of ...
Read More »Fujitsu Names Joe Vincenti Director of Sales, VRF Products
Joe Vincenti has been hired as director of sales, VRF Products, Fujitsu General America, Inc., based in Fairfield, N.J., the company announced. Vincenti will lead the sales efforts of Fujitsu Airstage VRF systems throughout North America by managing a team of sales engineers while also building strategies for short and long-term initiatives to improve product sales and market share. With ...
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