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Home Performance Belongs to the HVAC Industry

There’s more hype and misleading information than ever out there with regards to what constitutes “home performance.” Today, you are faced with several important issues, including what role you should play with regard to home performance. Outside of some basic...

Holiday Marketing Idea

One of the hottest gift ideas this Christmas is a simple gift card or gift certificate. It presents a way to give, and is often one of the most well received items under the tree. Friends and family are giving gift certificates or cards for meals, travel, services and...

Henry Sterling of Sterling’s Heating and Air Avon, OH

Henry Sterling is making the leap from Tin Knocker to CEO. If you've done that for yourself, you know exactly what we're talking about. It's been a big year at Sterling's A/C of Avon Ohio. They built a new shop, upgraded computer hardware and software, and doubled...

HeatMaxx™ For Heat Pumps

Many NCI contractors have finally found an effective way to plug static pressure and performance measurement into your service departments by implementing the HeatMaxx and CoolMaxx programs. All we can say is that we wish we had come up with it sooner. Your feedback...

HeatMaxx and CoolMaxx Testing a Huge Success!

We're not quite sure what's driving it, but it appears the HeatMaxx and CoolMaxx service programs are becoming the newest shining stars among NCI-certified contractors. Perhaps it's the change to 13 SEER minimum efficiency equipment that has flipped a switch in...

Heat Strip BTU and Performance

Since the cold has set in we have received many calls and e-mails on PerformanceTalk from contractors and technicians wresting with electric heat systems. The two main topics discussed are: How to determine and rate electric heater performance and how to figure the...

Heat Pumps Can Handle More Filter Pressure Drop?

It's true: heat pump air handlers can normally afford more filter pressure drop than furnaces with the same fan capacity. As filters continue to increase in efficiency, one parallel fact is that usually the pressure drop over the filter also increases as well....

Member of the Month – Having Passion for the Industry

Having Passion for the Industry - Comfort Inc August 2013 Speaking with Comfort Incorporated owner Richard Williams and General Manager Todd Lynn quickly reveals their passion for the company and the HVAC industry. As Richard puts it, “We wake up every morning to a...

Have It Your Way: Branding Your HeatMaxx™ and CoolMaxx™ Service Upgrades

Since we've added the HeatMaxx and CoolMaxx programs to the new NCI air balancing training seminars, we've been excited to see so many contractors successfully implementing these services into their businesses. Many who have excelled with these programs have taken...

Harvesting Summer Leads – Now Is The Time To Reap

That quiet time is just around the corner. Those days when the heat subsides, but it's not cold yet. The panic shifts from "How am I going to get all this work done?" to "We gotta sell something!" This is a great time to get caught up on the air diagnostic leads that...