Twitter and Facebook let businesses engage with their customers, post news or updates and answer questions, saving business and customers time and money by removing unnecessary phone calls and emails and the time it takes to answer them. Field Service HVAC efficiencyIn a recent post on Business Insider, Peter Eckert, co-founder and chief creative officer of projekt202, an interactive and visual design company, discussed the tablet’s role in the enterprise. More often than not, simplicity = efficiency and in few places is the latter more valuable than in field service. MORE >>

Close The SmartVan Powered by ServiceMax Follow Us Follow @TheSmartVan on Twitter Get the Weekly SmartVan Skip to content Home Field Service HVAC Clean Tech Cloud Computing Home » Clean Tech » Wireless Building Sensors: New Market Opportunity for HVAC Wireless Building Sensors: New Market Opportunity for HVAC Posted on March 8, 2011 by Sara Suddes Tweet 0 Comments → Wireless-enabled HVAC sensors are breathing new life into the building  automation systems market, and HVAC techs should take take note of the new tool at their disposal. MORE >>

Close The SmartVan Powered by ServiceMax Follow Us Follow @TheSmartVan on Twitter Get the Weekly SmartVan Skip to content Home Field Service HVAC Clean Tech Cloud Computing Home » HVAC » Lennox Develops Solar Plug-in for Commercial HVAC Systems Lennox Develops Solar Plug-in for Commercial HVAC Systems Posted on February 22, 2011 by Derek Korte Tweet 2 Comments → Lennox recently announced a HVAC system that integrates solar power with one of the company’s commercial units. And is that a Good Thing?) MORE >>

Well, I have news for you, nothing much has changed since those days except for two little things: the cost of the device and training on how to use it. In The Field HVAC InfraredWould your customers like to save money on energy and on your own company’s labor charges?  Would you like to increase technician productivity, reduce the amount of callbacks and offer your customers something more than your competition is offering?  If you answered “yes” to any of the above, you need to look into Infrared imaging. Yes, I know, infrared has been around for a long time. Not really. MORE >>

Second, August has been filled with grim economic news and any kind of confidence in any part of the economy at large is going to be down. Everything is a dual good news , bad news scenario – the only thing in sharp decline for certain is confidence. Field Service HVAC Industry Articles economy Green constructionAn industry group called the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) released its “ Contractor Confidence Index &# today. few caveats should be noted of course. The less people need their A/C, the lest confidence A/C repair businesses have. MORE >>