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Why contractors need a field service management system

Here are five truths about plumbing and mechanical service businesses.
Mike Raia
November 18, 2013

Change isn’t always easy, especially for service businesses that are already dealing with aggressive competitors, demanding customers, shrinking margins and a whole host of productivity issues. With everything else going on in a business owner’s day, evaluating which business software solutions to purchase ends up on the back burner.


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2014 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners announced

November 12, 2013

2014 AHR Expo Innovation Award winners to showcase industry-leading technology.


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Top HVAC apprentices named at PHCC’s First National Contest

The first HVAC Apprentice Contest was held on Oct. 16-17, 2013, at PHCC CONNECT 2013 in Las Vegas.
October 25, 2013

The first HVAC Apprentice Contest was held on Oct. 16-17, 2013, at PHCC CONNECT 2013 in Las Vegas.


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Omega Flex wins second lightning strike case involving its TracPipe CSST

The case involved a June 2009 lightning fire at a house in Trumbull, Conn.
October 18, 2013

Omega Flex recently secured a second successful federal jury verdict in Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Company a/s/o Thornton v. Omega Flex, Inc.


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TDIndustries takes ‘CEO Pledge’ to promote physical activity

Employee health and wellness will impact overall business performance.
October 18, 2013

Mechanical contractor TDIndustries recently signed “The CEO Pledge” to promote physical activity as an important driver of employee health and wellness, impacting overall business performance.


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Residential heat pump

Bosch Thermotechnology offers the new Greensource Complete Design with Innovation series SM model heat pump that incorporates green technology for residential applications.
October 18, 2013

Bosch Thermotechnology offers the new Greensource Complete Design with Innovation series SM model heat pump that incorporates green technology for residential applications.


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Thread sealant paste

LA-CO’s Slic-tite paste is specially formulated with PTFE for added sealing power. It
October 18, 2013

LA-CO’s Slic-tite paste is specially formulated with PTFE for added sealing power.


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Boston’s Fraunhofer CSE demonstrates how energy-efficient technologies can be adapted for existing buildings

The science of heating and cooling.
Kelly Faloon
September 25, 2013
Part of Boston’s 1,000-acre Innovation District, the Fraunhofer Center for Sustainable Energy Systems’ Building Technology Showcase is a renovated six-story, three-bay loft structure originally built in 1913 for wholesale leather merchant W. Herbert Abbot.  

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Refrigerant leak detector

General Tools & Instruments, RLD400, is certified to comply with the new ASHRAE Halocarbon Refrigerant Leak Detector Standard
September 20, 2013

General Tools & Instruments, RLD400, is certified to comply with the new ASHRAE Halocarbon Refrigerant Leak Detector Standard


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Wood stove blower

Tjernlund’s HotShot Universal Blower captures air on the top of a wood stove and blows it out an adjustable chute into the room at stovetop height
September 20, 2013

Tjernlund’s HotShot Universal Blower captures air on the top of a wood stove — where it is hottest — and blows it out an adjustable chute into the room at stovetop height


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