Profiles

It’s been a decade since David Chilton was interviewed by Mechanical Business and since then the television personality, author, speaker and entrepreneur hasn’t slowed down...

Fitting a mechanical room together is a bit like putting together a puzzle, says Eric Cameron. “You get a blueprint that has equipment on it, but there’s no drawing on how to run everything...

By Rick Ellul Thermal energy meters (TEMs) are becoming more and more important in buildings, particularly in smart buildings. LEED, BOMA Best and other building energy efficiency programs, along with standards such as ASHRAE 90.1, have brought to light the importance of knowing how much energy we are consuming and where we are…

Perhaps it’s a symptom of the times, but I have been attending to a rash of comfort complaints that have come through the new home warranty program in houses less than three years old...

In the May/June 2021 issue of Mechanical Business I discussed why increases to the federal carbon tax should be getting us thinking about low-carbon heating solutions such as heat pumps and hybrid...

As a young man with a degree in industrial engineering Gord Cooke landed at the Saskatchewan Research Council where he met a man who would change his life. Rick Olmstead, a small manufacturer of heat...

There was a time in Mike Durbin’s life that hockey was the only thing on his mind. But a summer job working with a pool company...

When noise from mechanical equipment becomes a problem for facility owners or managers...

After the March 2020 shutdown, essential businesses − including HVAC/R and plumbing suppliers − had to scramble to keep things up and running. “There was no playbook for pandemic planning...

Nav Bhatia, best known as the Raptors “Superfan,” sees speedbumps where most would see roadblocks...