How To

Digital Exclusive: How to Use Passive Strategies in Your Design

July 17, 2019

Those who understand the passive impacts of climate will be better able to deliver cost-effective, energy-efficient buildings.

Business Management

Customer Catalogs

Don’t put all your eggs into the e-commerce basket; the majority of your business does not come from the Internet.

July 3, 2019

Rich & Jen Schmitt

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Creating a good webstore is a complicated process. It’s not as messy as managing a top-notch salesforce, maintaining brick-and-mortar locations with fast, efficient product delivery, establishing customer relationships and building effective marketing programs that attract and retain profitable customers.

New Advanced Energy Design Guide Available to Achieve Zero Energy Office Buildings

June 26, 2019

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Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small to Medium Office Buildings: Achieving Zero Energy, provides direction for designing and constructing zero energy office buildings in all climate zones.

Housecall Pro Offers Website Builder

June 12, 2019

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In under 10 minutes, home services professionals can build a fully-functional site, complete with business information including logos, descriptions, service areas, hours, services provided.

Contractor Profit Advantage

The Minimum Cost to You

There is a difference between the hours for which you pay and the hours you have available to sell so you can recover your true cost.

June 4, 2019

Richard DiToma

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Charging $85/tech hour does not make sense (or dollars and cents). But not knowing your true cost of operation and the proportionate hourly cost is insane. Identifying and calculating your true cost per tech hour varies dependent upon tech abilities and geographic locations.

Contractor Stories

Energy Efficiency and Steam Heat

We can reduce the size of most steam boilers as well as reduce their carbon footprint.

June 4, 2019

Stephen Minnich

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Why aren’t we trying harder to make steam heating systems more efficient? It seems to me we can reduce the size of most steam boilers and, at the same time, reduce their carbon footprint.

Digital Exclusive: Five Key Success Factors for Your Plumbing Business

May 22, 2019

Financial Foreman

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Grow and improve your plumbing business by marketing your business effectively, getting a leg up on your competitors and changing with the market.

The New Flat Rate’s Danielle Putnam Named President of Women in HVACR

The New Flat Rate’s Danielle Putnam Talks Growth at International Roundtable

April 12, 2019

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Menu-pricing software company president will reveal how executive ride-alongs boost growth.

Digital Exclusive: Designing Plumbing Installations for Energy Efficiency

April 8, 2019

Michael Tobias

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Energy efficiency measures tend to focus on HVAC and electrical installations, but there are also significant opportunities to save energy in plumbing design.