2013 ACCA Conference/Indoor Environment and Energy Expo
Feb. 27-March 2, Orlando
Photos by Kelly Faloon/Plumbing & Mechanical
ACCA 2013 in Orlando
ACCA 2013, the business solutions conference for indoor environment professionals, was held Feb. 27–March 2 in Orlando, Fla. Attendees selected from more than 35 focused learning labs that covered topics about residential contracting, commercial contracting, business operations, quality assurance, building performance, and radiant and hydronics.
Dan Holohan hosts the "Radiant Roots" session
Dan Holohan takes the outside body temperature of a contractor attending the “Radiant Roots” session at ACCA 2013, Feb. 28 in Orlando. Sponsored by Plumbing & Mechanical, Holohan explained the first radiant systems and how they have evolved into the systems installed today.
Indoor Environment & Energy Expo
More than 200 companies exhibited at the Indoor Environment & Energy Expo, drawing attendees in with a wide variety of new services and products. The IE3 Expo was co-sponsored by ACCA, IAQA and RESNET, and drew more than 2,500 professionals to the Orlando Marriott World Center over the course of the show.
Joe Groh, Sharon Roberts and Toby Taylor
Joe Groh of Joseph Groh Foundation (left, on screen), Sharon Roberts of Roberts and Roberts Associates, and Toby Taylor of AirRite explain to ACCA members Feb. 28 in Orlando the correct way to interact with clients or potential clients who have a disability. Groh, injured in a biking accident, and Taylor, injured in a motorcycle accident, were both HVAC contractors.
Bill Baltzersen
Bill Baltzersen (foreground) tells ACCA members Feb. 28 in Orlando about his daughter, who has Down’s syndrome, in the “Talk to Me — Disabilities aren’t Contagious” session.
Bob "Hot Rod" Rohr
Bob “Hot Rod” Rohr, training and education at Caleffi, discusses radiant heating, solar heating and cooling and geothermal heating and cooling with ACCA members Feb. 28 in Orlando. His session, “Sun, Earth, Water & Fire,” was part of a new radiant and hydronics track put together by the ACCA Radiant & Hydronics Council.
John Barba
John Barba, training manager at Taco, explained to ACCA members March 1 in Orlando how to answer the payback question by estimating fuel and electrical costs in residential hydronic systems. His session, “Estimating Fuel & Electrical Costs in Residential Hydronic Systems, and the REAL Value of Variable-Speed Circulators,” was part of a new radiant and hydronics track put together by the ACCA Radiant & Hydronics Council.
CEO/Contractor Forum
Sister publication The Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration NEWS sponsored the where manufacturer executives from Rheem, Lennox, Johnson Controls, Ingersol Rand, Goodman and Carrier answered contractor questions and address industry issues.