NCI Article Library

High-Performance HVAC Resources

The Problem with Open Filter Racks

A common installation encountered by many Performance-Based contractors is the use of open filter racks. Open filter racks are installed to allow for easy filter access by exposing an inch or so of the filter. The problems with this accessory are that it creates a...

read more

What Can Sir Isaac Newton Teach Us about Duct Renovation

What Can Sir Isaac Newton Teach Us about Duct Renovation by David Richardson When Sir Isaac Newton’s name is mentioned, many of us think of him getting hit in the head with an apple and discovering gravity. However, Newton can be credited with much more than this....

read more

Lee’s Air Conditioning, Heating, and Building Performance

Back in 1981 the world was a very different place than it is today. Californian Ronald Reagan ascended to the presidency of the U.S.; the Iran hostage crisis came to an end; and then Reagan, Pope John Paul II, and Egyptian President Anwar el-Sadat were shot – Reagan...

read more

Contractor Spotlight: Lakeside Service Company

Customers Go Strong for SAFE Maintenance Plan By: Michael Weil, VP Communications & Publications Lakeside Service Company is a 31-year-old second-generation HVAC company located in Brighton, Michigan, just 40 minutes outside of Detroit. Founded by Tom Boylan, the...

read more

It’s out! Manufacturers are building and selling super high efficiency heating and air conditioning equipment. How cool is that? Wait a tick – that’s old news right? That’s been happening in this industry since the first Oil Embargo back in 1973. So why is it after 42...

read more

Mike Smith, Airsmiths Heating & Cooling, Sacramento, CA

Mike Smith, President of Airsmiths Heating and Cooling of Sacramento, California is this month's featured NCI Contractor. The young company focuses its energies on providing the best residential systems in California's Central Valley while sustaining profitable...

read more

Member Spotlight: Thomas E Clark

Member Spotlight: Thomas E Clark by Mike Weil, NCI VP Communications & Publications It’s just not every day that you get to meet an HVAC contracting company that has been in business for 123 years. But such is the case for Thomas E. Clark, Inc., of Silver Spring,...

read more

Member Spotlight Home Energy Experts

Member Spotlight Home Energy Experts by Steve Vannoy, NCI Technical Curriculum Manager “When can I go to work with you dad” is the question Eric Robnett remembers asking from the time he was just a little boy.  Eric’s dad Lonnie founded Lonnie’s Nevada Gas Service in...

read more

Static Pressure Testing

Related Categories:

Visit
High-Performance HVAC Today
magazine for the latest articles.

Powered By MemberPress WooCommerce Plus Integration