March 1, 2009
Cover Story
Coastal Radiates QUALITY Throughout the Sunshine State
While Quality Through Customer Service is easy for any company to claim, it becomes much more difficult for many companies to honor to the consistent...
Features
Green Manufacturers for a Green Age
The Daikin Group is committed to providing energy-efficient and sustainable building solutions by ensuring environmentally-conscious practices in all business, product development, and manufacturing activities...
Haberberger Celebrates 60 Years as a Mechanical Contractor
Haberberger, Inc., Affton, MO, recently celebrated its 60th anniversary. The family-owned commercial HVAC business is one of the largest mechanical contractors in the St. Louis area, in terms of annual revenue. ...
Contractor Insights - Spears Refrigeration
Spears Refrigeration, Arlington, TX, is a small company in a big state. Soon, like everything else in Texas, the company will be much bigger. Company...
Fresh Air Fills McCormick Place
More than 54,000 HVACR professionals flooded McCormick Place and covered every square foot. Attendees viewed products by more than 1,900 exhibiting companies. ...
This Month in CB History - 03/09
1962: A Pay as You Go installation contract was helping Tony's Refrigeration, Kalamazoo, MI, provide quality air conditioning to Lakeview General Hospital,...
News
Commercial HVAC Legend, Advisor Jon Pierce Dies at 70
Commercial HVAC industry pioneer Jon Pierce died on January 13, 2009 in Houston, TX after a brief illness. ...
Aire Serv Makes Entrepreneur's Franchise 500 List
Entrepreneur magazine listed Aire Serv Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. at No. 143 in its 2009 “Franchise 500” list. The company ranked No. 245 in 2008. ...
Oil Heat Cares Receives Donation from AHRI Hydronics Institute
The Oil Heat Cares Foundation, East Petersurg, PA, recently received a $1,500 donation from the Hydronics Institute section of the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI)....
Contracting Business Events
QSC- Quality Service Contractors Trustees Power Meeting, Mar. 19-21, Daytona Beach, FL; qsc-phcc.org. ASHRAE American Society of Heating, Refrigerating,...
Harrington Engineering Strengthens Internet Presence
Harrington Engineering, Inc., Rocky Hill, CT, is changing the way it provides information to the commercial and private facility industry, with the introduction of its new website at www.harringtonengineering.com. ...
Charlie Greer Announces Dates for Sales Survival Schools
Charlie Tec Daddy Greer has announced the dates for the spring edition of Charlie Greer Sales Survival Schools. Greer is a longtime ContractingBusiness.com...
Contracting Business News Bits - 0309
ASHRAE, GBI to Promote Building Sustainability Through a new memorandum of understanding, the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning...
CORRECTION:
In the Feb. 2009 Technology Update section, A Time for Cooling, we inadvertently omitted the following companies. We regret any inconvenience this may...
Columns
Downsizing Training Budgets?
It's in the newspapers and trade journals every day sales are down, markets are bad. Everyone is talking about how right-sizing is important to the survival...
Comfort FAQ
Over the course of 2009, this space will identify opportunities within customers' homes that you may not have observed in the past. The opportunities are based on a recent homeowner survey conducted by Decision Analyst, Inc. ...
Focusing on the Miraculous
It seems the politicians and chattering class speak of little but malaise these days. I'll have none of it. Neither will Joe! Who is Joe? He's just the...
It's All About the Blower
In my last article, I suggested that your spring 2009 promotion be a low-cost air conditioning as opposed...
Products
Anti-sweat Controller Responds to Individual Operating Circuits
Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson has worked with Refrigeration Design Technologies, Inc. (RDT) to create the new RDT Eco-Cool refrigeration...
Smart Products - March 2009
Take your company to the next level with Contracting Business.com's Smart Products a section featuring the latest technical and business management tools...
Variable Frequency Drive Matches Capacity to Load in Supermarket Applications
The AKD 102 Variable Frequency Drive series from Danfoss won the Innovation Award for Refrigeration during the 2009 AHR Expo. The VFD matches capacity...
Products/Showcase Award
Carrier Launches EEZ Duct-Free High Wall Split System The EEZ duct-free high wall split system by Carrier offers an aesthetic, solution for unique heating...
Commercial Hydronics Products
Carrier Carrier's Performance 90 boiler features a cast-aluminum heat exchanger, which can transfer heat up to three times faster than traditional cast...
