In This Edition:
  • EXCLUSIVE: MATT MICHEL - CAN BUSINESS BE TOO GOOD?
  • EXCLUSIVE: ROB 'DOC' FALKE - EFFECTIVE USE OF AIR BALANCING TEST INSTRUMENTS
  • DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SETTLES ON ASHRAE STANDARD 90.1-2010
  • NEWEST 'SHOWCASE YOUR NATE' WINNER ANNOUNCED
  • CROCKETT FACILITIES SERVICES A LEADER AROUND THE BELTWAY
  • HVAC CONTRACTORS: CB PROJECT DETAILER MAKES PUBLICITY A BREEZE
  • FOLLOW US ON TWITTER
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  • This Week At Contracting Business Interactive November 2, 2011
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    EXCLUSIVE: MATT MICHEL - CAN BUSINESS BE TOO GOOD?

    The following is an excerpt from Matt Michel’s Comanche Marketing blog.

    The Service Roundtable offices in Grapevine, Texas. Bordering the northern edge of DFW Airport, Grapevine is the junction for a number of major highways. It's accessible to nearly everyone in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. Not only does the town have a great location, but it has a certain degree of cache. Grapevine has a quaint downtown with lots of galleries, restaurants, and wine tasting rooms. The area is growing. The real estate market is soaring. Demand is on the rise.

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    EXCLUSIVE: ROB 'DOC' FALKE - EFFECTIVE USE OF AIR BALANCING TEST INSTRUMENTS

    Air balancing is being called out in HVAC specifications more than ever before. It’s specified in the new Energy Star Standards, it’s called for in the quality assurance section of ACCA’s Quality installation. More government regulations are requiring it and utility programs across the country are utilizing the verification step to assure energy is being saved.

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    NEWS & EDITORIAL

    DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY SETTLES ON ASHRAE STANDARD 90.1-2010

    Following preliminary analysis that ASHRAE/IES’s 2010 energy efficiency standard contains significant energy savings over the 2007 standard – 18.2% source energy savings and 18.5 site energy savings – the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a ruling that establishes the 2010 standard as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes.

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    NEWEST 'SHOWCASE YOUR NATE' WINNER ANNOUNCED

    North American Technician Excellence (NATE), has selected the third winner in the “Showcase Your NATE” Sweepstakes, which rewards contractors for promoting their NATE-certified technicians.

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    CROCKETT FACILITIES SERVICES A LEADER AROUND THE BELTWAY

    Crockett Facilities Services, Inc. (CFSI), Bowie, MD, is nearing the end of one chapter in its history, and moving on to another. Established almost a decade ago as an 8(a) woman-owned, Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB), Crockett Facilities Services has become a leading Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) minority business enterprise contractor. Its 200 employees deliver building operations and maintenance, mechanical contracting, heating, and air conditioning services to commercial and government clients.

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    HVAC CONTRACTORS: CB PROJECT DETAILER MAKES PUBLICITY A BREEZE

    ContractingBusiness.com has made it easy for residential and commercial HVAC contractors to obtain publicity for recently completed comfort projects. It's the CB Project Detailer (CBPD), now online. Click below for details.

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