Raising Your Prices Isn’t Optional in 2024
Mechanical contractors must continue to deal with the volatility of material prices and the need to keep employees by raising hourly wages. To do so, they need to raise their…
Digital Transformation and Industrial Work
The construction industry is slow to adopt digital technology to streamline project workflow and processes. The construction industry is slow to adopt digital technology to streamline project workflow and processes.…
Accelerating toward a cleaner future
Since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022, the building and design industry has been parsing out the legislation’s various tools and tax incentives that are newly…
Be a Magician
As a consultant, you need to be aware of all that to achieve the best results for your customers. You also need to be aware of the current trends and…
DOE Programs Foster Heat Pump Innovation
Public-private partnerships hope to accelerate research into residential and commercial heat pumps and slash emissions. Public-private partnerships hope to accelerate research into residential and commercial heat pumps and slash emissions.…
The Advantages of Membership: Pro Marketing
Pro Marketing, a South Carolina-based rep agency, is in its 42nd year of representing manufacturers in the Carolinas, South Georgia and East Tennessee. Pro Marketing, a South Carolina-based rep agency,…
Faith and Integrity
It’s an interesting feeling when you’re asked to contribute to a publication you’ve grown up reading, respecting and appreciating. It’s an interesting feeling when you’re asked to contribute to a…
North American Chemical Processing Project Kickoffs Expected to Rise
Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info Resources (IIR) vice president of research for chemical processing and refining, expects to see an increase in North American chemical processing project spending this year, especially…
How CRM Systems Can Transform Your Sales Performance
If you’re in the business of sales, especially within manufacturers’ rep agencies, you’ve likely heard about customer relationship management (CRM) systems. If you’re in the business of sales, especially within manufacturers’ rep…
Perfect TENs
Thermal energy networks can increase the value of other heating/cooling industry opportunities: increased employment of pipefitters and mechanical engineers, repiping of old buildings, improvements in heat pump design, wastewater system…
Microplastics
After the news about many single-use plastics bypassing the recycling cycle, clothing is the next problem as it is discarded and disintegrates into microscopic plastic particles. After the news about…
The NEWSMakers Podcast: New ACCA Chair
New ACCA chair and co-owner of Empire Heating & Air Conditioning in Atlanta talks with The ACHR NEWS about what is happening at ACCA, the benefits of being in a…
How the HVAC Industry Can Handle Heatwaves
As more extreme heat waves remain a trend across the globe, the HVAC industry needs to use innovation to solve the problems hot weather presents. As more extreme heat waves…
The NEWSMakers Podcast: ACCA Leadership
The ACHR NEWS sat down with ACCA CEO Bart James and ACCA Vice President of Membership, Advocacy, and Events Sean Robertson at the recent ACCA conference. The trio discussed issues…
ASA Names 2024 Woman of the Year at Elevate Conference
Rebecca Falish, director of wholesale sales at InSinkErator, was given the 2024 Alice A. Martin Woman of the Year Award during the recent American Supply Association (ASA) Women in Industry…
BITZER celebrates 90 years of business MechBiz
One of BITZER’s manufacturing halls in its Schkeuditz, Germany plant. BITZER is commemorating its 90th anniversary in 2024. The company was founded by Martin Bitzer in 1934 in Sindelfingen, Germany,…
Rinnai America Corporation Applauds DOE Rule on Efficiency Standards on Water Heaters
Rinnai America Corporation applauds the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for carefully considering proposed efficiency standards on water heaters and preserving the ability of U.S. consumers to continue to choose from…
IAPMO Supports Bill that Would Address Water Access Gap Affecting Underserved and Tribal Communities
IAPMO is proud to voice its enthusiastic support for the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Access Data Collection Act of 2024. IAPMO is proud to voice its enthusiastic support for the…
D.C. Contractors Build Star-Studded Event to Combat Colorectal Cancer
The golf and concert fundraising event will take place at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in Potomac, Maryland, and will support the Alliance’s efforts to combat colorectal cancer and support…
2024 OGA Conference comes to Hamilton MechBiz
The Ontario Geothermal Association’s (OGA) annual conference takes place on May 22, 2024 at Mohawk College Fennell Campus in Hamilton, ON. This year’s theme is Geothermal – “The New Normal,”…