Arkansas HVACR NewsMagazine September 2023

HVACR NewsMagazine September 2023

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substantially reduced. The industry must pay attention to construction methods at the time the home was built. Practically every home in America could reduce electrical consumption radically, by addressing poor air flow that makes new equipment inefficient and pushes air quality down to an unacceptable level. We must never embrace ideas that are illogical. We must deal with sound fundamental principles that serve our communities here first, and abroad later. A platform for stability favors no single entity in society. Our (HVAC contractors) reluctance to get involved at the manufacturing and code levels must be reevaluated. By establishing better two-way communication, with challenges from the contracting community and proper installed engineering from the manufacturers will help both sectors. Above all, embrace all the information the manufacturers put at your fingertips. Contractors ignore product information and say they are too busy to attend the many training sessions manufacturers and distributors are hosting. Remember, if you don’t do it right the first time, it will cost you the second time.