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by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
Dale Nine, owner and General Manager of Homer Nine and Sons of Beaver, Pennsylvania (about 20 miles North of Pittsburgh) is the May, 2010 NCI Member of the Month. The company name Homer Nine goes way back. Dale's first name is Homer. He is the son of Homer "Buck"...
How Does Air Balancing Save Energy? by Rob "Doc" Falke, President, NCI Air balancing is a relatively small specialty profession with less than 3,000 commercial supervisors certified by four major organizations. There are fewer than 7,000 residential balancing...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
Airflow is critical to proper heat transfer in heating and air conditioning systems. Most of us know the rule that temperature drop over a cooling coil should be 18 to 22 degrees. If the temperature drop increases, it is evidence that airflow is low. If the...
Honest Abe Wouldn't Guess: He'd Measure by David Holt The measure of a great country are the people who lead it. Each February, the United States of America celebrates the birth of our greatest -- the 16th President of the United States -- Abraham "Honest Abe" Lincoln...
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...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
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...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
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...
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...
by National Comfort Institute, Inc.
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...
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....
