Contractors & Installers

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Remote Monitoring Optimizes Heating Systems, Promotes Safety During Pandemic

Cloud-based data can also increase energy savings, reduce carbon footprint, and lower maintenance and operating costs

January 4, 2021

Remote monitoring is an essential tool for building owners, facility personnel and contractors during the pandemic.

Marketing Building Momentum

Grow Your Home Service Business in 2021 With PR

A well-executed public relations plan can give you more economic freedom to enjoy your success.

January 4, 2021

January is one of my favorite times of the year as I enjoy planning for my business and setting goals.

Alternative Energy

The Utah Divide

A 100 percent net-renewable gamble.

January 4, 2021

Max Rohr

I would argue that solar has always been Utah’s best energy resource, not any mined resource.

Contractor Profit Advantage

Resolve to Excel

Follow your own destiny; don’t follow the lead of contractors who are not good businesspeople.

January 4, 2021

Richard DiToma

Follow your own destiny; don’t follow the lead of contractors who are not good businesspeople.

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Q&A with Regis Saragosti, North America CEO, SFA SANIFLO

A look back at 2020, plus what the PHCP industry can expect from SANIFLO this year.

January 4, 2021

Steve Smith

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Plumbing, HVACR Bright Spots in 2021

Even as U.S. COVID-19 cases rise, there’s little reason to expect a decline in renovation/replacement demand, which exceeded 2020 expectations.

January 4, 2021

As 2020 (mercifully) draws to a close and our industry considers what lies ahead, businesses would be wise to study the events of last year to better understand how 2021 might unfold.

The Future is Now

New Year’s Greetings from My Apocalypse Shelter

Sales of underground sanctuaries are up more than 400 percent in this pandemic year, which also saw much civil unrest.

January 4, 2021

BF Nagy

Maybe as a New Year project, we should start thinking about our hopes and dreams for the future, as well as our doomsday bunkers.

RESNET and ICC Announce Update on IECC/HERS Codes Compliance Program

December 30, 2020

At the 2020 RESNET Building Performance Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona, the organizations announced a comprehensive program that would utilize IECC/HERS Compliance Specialists for all energy code compliance paths.

The New Flat Rate to Hold Dual Workshops in January

December 29, 2020

Company president Danielle Putnam and renowned business coach Frank Besednjak to teach business owners techniques on how to improve through marketing and leadership.