The ICC held its annual conference and code change hearings in Las Vegas (Clark County) the last two weeks of October. 

If you are into baseball and its fascinating inner workings as I am (By the way, how about the Nationals?), I would recommend checking out two recent books: “The MVP Machine” by Ben Lindbergh and Travis Sawchik, and “Astroball” by Ben Reiter.

You can learn a lot from experience, even if you don’t realize it at the time. Many times, those experiences are the ones we remember and contribute to “aha” moments later in life.

In my last column, I wrote about the concept of personality metrics and how our industry and other markets are using them. 

The market for pellet-fueled “biomass” boilers continues to grow in North America. This market expansion is driven by several factors. 

I recently finished reading the Dan Abram’s book, “Theodore Roosevelt for the Defense: The Courtroom Battle to Save His Legacy,” about Theodore Roosevelt’s trial where he was accused of defamation and libel.

Geothermal (a.k.a. ground-source) heat-pump systems continue to be a popular topic in HVAC discussions. Many state and federal agencies are now offering generous incentives for installation of geothermal heat pumps in both residential and commercial applications.

We are a non-union mechanical contracting firm, so I’m always a bit uneasy when we end up on large construction jobs where all the other contractors are union shops.

Sometimes we might take the readily available supply of water the large majority of us enjoy for granted.