Marking the first time the Department of Energy has ordered a company or manufacturer to halt production because of a products violation of minimum efficiency standards, AeroSys was told to end production of an air condition and a heat pump earlier this week. According to the Consumer Affairs article, DOE General Counsel Scott Blake Harris...
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Home Heating & Cooling Equipment What are the incentives for home heating & cooling equipment? Please note that these incentives have changed as of February 17, 2009. If you installed home envelope components between January 1 and February 16, 2009. Purchasers of highly efficient heating, cooling, and water heating equipment can take tax credits of...
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Talking to my good friend Nila Nealy from TwentyTwo this morning, I was reminded why there are so few great brands. In just a few minutes of conversation, we identified multiple layers of adoption that are required for a brand to be lived out by an organization. The more people a company has, the more...
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“You play to win the game. Hello? You play to win the game!” – Herman Edwards You’ve won all your games, clinched home field advantage throughout the playoffs, and technically have no benefit to gain from winning any additional games. We all know by now that this is the predicament faced by the Indianapolis Colts,...
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While there are hundreds of heating and air conditioning equipment brands out there, most are manufactured by three companies and have different logos slapped on the side of the equipment. So, local install/service companies generally decide what type of company they want to be by what product they work with. You want to be the...
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“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle Practice makes perfect, right? No. Practice makes permanent. Whether it’s Peyton Manning throwing pass, Southwest pilots flying airplanes, or an HVAC tech working with homeowners, the human condition of unconscious habits are dictating the majority of what we’re...
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So you’re looking at buying a new furnace (mind that it’s probably about 30 degrees in your house, because your old furnace just died). You didn’t budget the $3 Grand to replace it, you’re looking a the economy and wondering if you’ll still have a paycheck in 2010, and every story on TV is about...
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What’s good customer service look like? We’ve asked ourselves that question a lot since starting homesense. We’ve asked a lot of other people too. In some ways, it’s like asking what type of person are you attracted to, in that everyone has their own preferences. As comedian Mitch Hedberg said, “You can’t please all the...
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