July 1, 2009
Cover Story
Pioneer Spirit Meets Modern Comfort
Early American settlers lived off the land, building their homes from the materials supplied by the rich wilderness. However, it's highly unlikely that...
Solutions for Four Seasons
The rolling mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania make a beautiful setting for a home. The area is deep green in the summer, ablaze with color in the...
The Philosophy of Comfort
The Greek philosopher Socrates said, The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. As their multiple Quality Home Comfort Awards over the years...
Features
Extreme Dedication Trumps Extreme Makeover
The term has come to be applied to everything from golf balls to chewing gum. There are extreme sports, extreme cars, extreme pizza even extreme pumpkin...
Commercial Rooftop Units: Unseen Providers of Comfort
Coleman The Coleman Outfitter uses R-410A refrigerant and is EPAct 2010 compliant. Built on the reliable platform of the existing Outfitter packaged product,...
New Chillers: Big Ticket, Big Benefits
Amid all the talk about rising energy costs, energy efficiency, carbon emissions, green buildings, and sustainability, it would seem that convincing building owners to replace aging, inefficient chillers with new, environmentally friendly units would be a relatively easy sell....
The Spirit of the Entrepreneur
Donna Lanier, Contracting Business.com's 2009 HVACR Woman of the Year, wants to make it clear that this award isn't about her. The only thing that makes...
News
Bardi Company Places Among Top 25 Small Businesses
Bardi Heating & Air Conditioning, Norcross, GA was selected as a 2009 Gwinnett Chamber Top 25 Pinnacle Small Business Award Winner. President Alex Bardi...
Habegger's Joe Rettig to Retire
R. Joseph Rettig, residential sales manager for the Habegger Corp., Cincinnati, OH (Carrier Division), will retire at the end of July 2009. Read about...
HVAC Contractors Find Road to Comfortech Leads to Greater Success
Attending HVAC Comfortech — the national, residential, and light commercial HVAC Seminar & Showcase — gives even the most experienced HVAC contractors information that will help make their businesses more successful. ...
My Superheat Story
An engineering manager's "homework" with his own air conditioning system proves that properly diagnosing an air conditioning unit does in fact make the system last longer, and reduces the amount of energy it consumes....
This Month in CB History
1988: What is Service? That was the question posed by Butch Welsch, president of Welsch Furnace Co., St. Louis, MO. At the time, Welsch was also the president...
EVENTS
HVAC Comfortech Annual Seminar & Product Showcase 2009 Succeed. Grow. Dominate. Sept. 23-26, Nashville, TN, during HVACR Week, which features HVAC Comfortech...
Business Bits: July 2009
Gustave A. Larson Announces Partners Award Winners Gustave A. Larson Company has announced the winners of its annual supplier evaluation, Partners in...
Columns
Is the Stimulus Package Working?
Show me the money. That's what Cuba Gooding Jr. said to Tom Cruise in the film, Jerry McGuire, as Cruise's character negotiated to retain his job. It...
Coil Cleaning: Sell it, or Systems Die!
Many technicians make the mistake of quoting cleaning customers' coils as an option. That's why they get a lot of turn-downs. But there's more at stake...
Bidding Adieu to R-22
In a few months, the last R-22 air conditioner will roll down the assembly line, as the industry completes the Herculean effort to redesign every product,...
Products
PRODUCTS/SHOWCASE AWARD: July 2009
Arzel Introduces New Evergreen Zoning System Arzel Zoning Technology announces the launch of its Evergreen Zoning System, an aftermarket zoning product...
Comfortech Product Showcase Award: July 2009
At HVAC Comfortech 2008, 15 products were recognized as Product Showcase Award winners....
Smart Products: July 2009
Electronic Flowhood Air balancing and energy audits are faster and easier with the CFM-Electronic Flowhood. It offers unequaled accuracy, direct digital...
Refrigeration Service Today
On these pages, Contracting Business.com provides information on products, trends, and business management for today's commercial refrigeration contractor....
