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High-Performance HVAC Resources

Fresh Air Requirements

Since the ASHRAE IAQ Standard 62 has been in turmoil for over a decade, we've put together a few rules of thumb to consider when designing and testing fresh air in homes and buildings. Fresh air intake = Occupants in a building X 15 CFM To maintain an adequate...

Four Seasons Air Conditioning and Heating Company, Kingsville, TX

Jim Altman, President of Four Seasons Air Conditioning and Heating in Kingsville, Texas, September’s NCI Contractor of the Month.

Flush the Tech Talk

Our customers are different creatures than they were a decade ago; and they're a whole new species than what they were in the 80's. Some of us old timers remember scribbling a model number and a price on a proposal, pushing it across the table and hearing them mumble,...

Flow Hood Calibration Quick Check

From time to time you may question whether your flow hood is reading accurately. Most of the time, when you're using a quality hood like the TSI 8371, you'll find that even though you might be getting a questionable reading, the problem is not the hood, but the outlet...

Farris Electric, LLC

Chris Farris, Farris Electric, LLC in Durant, Oklahoma is NCI’s November Member of the Month.

Empower Your Team – Turn Off Resistance and Turn On Enthusiasm!

Empower Your Team -- Turn Off Resistance and Turn on Enthusiasm! by Nita Brooks, NCI Business Solutions Development Manager When you attend a new workshop, training event, or conference, do you return to your workplace all fired up about the new ideas shared and...

Eliminating Problems Through Innovation

Eliminating Problems Through Innovation by Nita Brooks, NCI Business Solutions Development Manager Who doesn't have problems? I hear from contractors every day that they spend the majority of their time putting out fires. Wouldn't it be nice if problems solved...

Effective Air – Glenview Illinois

Jonathan Smith, owner of Effective Air, member of the month.

Dress Up Your Duct Sealing

Most of us who seal metal ducts using mastic know how hard it is to neatly brush the mastic on joints. This is no big deal on ducts in attics or crawl spaces, where they'll never be seen, but can look kind of sloppy on exposed ducts in basements and equipment rooms....

Don’t Let “Mother Nature” Control Your Summer Success and Profits!

We all love hot, humid and miserable weather in the summer because it's good for business. Unfortunately in many parts of the country that's not been the case the past few years, and for many, business just hasn't been what it should be. But should air conditioning be...