August 1, 2009
Cover Story
HVAC Comfortech 2009 - You'll Love it Live
A look at what's happening at HVAC Comfortech 2009...
Features
Morris-Jenkins Charlotte, NC
Each month, Contracting Business picks a leading contractor and takes a look at the products, tools, and services that they've chosen to help make the company successful....
Leaping Tall Buildings
Be a commercial HVAC hero. Expand on your ability to manage multiple locations with super service on a moment's notice. Speed, communication, and resourcefulness will help you save the day....
Trusted Sidekicks: Good Vendors are Easy to Find
BOSS Facility Services doesn't self-perform; we serve our clients by enlisting the help of numerous vendors across the country. It can be a challenge...
Comfort Food
If you're getting calls about comfort and humidity problems in restaurants or high-end homes, and you arrive to find all the heating and cooling equipment operating properly, take a close look at the kitchen exhaust fan. It may be that a lack of make-up air to the fan in the kitchen is throwing the entire building out of balance. ...
ON THE AIR How to Obtain Favorable Media Coverage
If you want your HVAC company to become better known in the community, your outreach to the local media must have drawing power. Your message, or story, must entice newspaper readers, radio listeners, and TV viewers to take interest, and seek you out for your HVAC expertise. ...
Media Relations Tips
DO: Get used to rejection. Don't take it personally. The same goes for unanswered emails. Be a trusted resource for the reporter. If you offer to be an...
R-22 Alternatives: Choices for 2010
With six months to go until January 2010, and the EPA mandated limitation on R-22 supply, service technicians will need to make some basic choices about the use of R-22 and alternatives they will need to use. ...
Defrost Technology
Defrost technology manufacturers realize that food quality is of utmost importance when designing energy efficient controls, says John Wallace, director...
Commercial Boiler Tuning for the 21st Century
What might your customers' expectations be of a commercial boiler servicing? With fuel cost on the rise again, it may be to improve or ensure the boiler's...
News
Refrigeration Service Today
On these pages, ContractingBusiness.com provides information on products, trends, and business management for today's commercial refrigeration contractor. ...
Refrigeration Briefs: August 2009
Danfoss's Mark Hegberg Receives ASHRAE Service Award Mark Hegberg, product manager for Danfoss, Baltimore, MD, has received the Exceptional Service Award...
SERVICE TIP: Superheat Q&A
Q: What is superheat? Superheat refers to the number of degrees a vapor is above its saturation temperature (boiling point) at a particular pressure....
Columns
Discomfort as a Lifestyle?
Everybody is talking about it the state of the economy, the toughness of the market, the Obama stimulus plan, and its billions of Federal dollars that...
Seeing Is Believing
It's hard to believe, that after all these years and scores of filled seminar rooms, some/most sales people are still winging it. Now, more than ever,...
A Second Chance for California, Part 2
Ed. note: In May of this year, Dominick Guarino participated in an HVAC Energy Efficiency Roundtable in San Francisco, CA. The Roundtable was held to...
Products
Specialty Comfort Systems
Innovative solutions bring comfort to residential and commercial markets. ...
PRODUCTS/SHOWCASE AWARD
Emerson Climate Technologies Announces New HVACR Product Selection Software Emerson Climate Technologies announced its new refrigeration product selection...
Smart Products: August 2009
Take your company to the next level with Contracting Business' Smart Products a section featuring the latest technical and business management tools from...
