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    Opening day of the 2014 AHR Expo saw crowds gathering as a winter strom prepared to descend on New York City Over the course of the week nearly 61000 visitors and attendees flooded the aisles in search of the latest hotest newest technologies for the mechanical systems industry
    In New York City39s quest for environmentally sustainable mechanical systems LEED buildings are just the start Truly sustainable buildings should be the goal Sustainability remains a major focus in the HVACR industry and this year39s AHR Expo at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City adds more green to the Big Apple39s quest
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    Welcome to our new AHR Expo Insider Coverage

    Jan. 3, 2014
    For mechanical systems engineers, facility engineers, and Design/Build contractors serving n the HVAC industry, this special page will provide you the latest information on everything happening at the 2014 AHR Expo before, during, and after the show.

    It's just a few weeks away. Yup, I'm talking about the 2014 AHR Exposition, which is being held this year in the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. In anticipation of this great annual event — now celebrating its 66th year, the editorial team at HPAC Engineering has createds a special place on our website, where we will gather together all the information, content, news, and stories that come out of this event.

    With more than 1800 exhibitors, there's bound to be so much information, that there's just no way for us to print it all. And that is the purpose of this page. We will bring you up-to-the-minute nformation on everything happening at the expo, before, during, and after it has run its course. So check out what we've posted there now and keep coming back as we will be adding more information on what 2014 holds from a technology and industry news standpoint.

    Oh yeah — the page, which we call HPAC Engineering's 2014 AHR Expo Insider, can be found here.

    If you plan to attend the show, please be sure to stop by Booth 2302 and say hello to the editorial team not only from HPAC Engineering, but from Contracting Business.com too. If you are attending, you can use this page to share your comments on what you see on the show floor. Let's get a dialog going.

    Happy New Year to all of you and let's get ready to rumble!!!!!!!!!

    About the Author

    Michael Weil | Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Director, 2004-2014

    Mike Weil served as editor-in-chief and editorial director of three Penton Media, Inc. (now Informa) properties: Contracting Business.com magazine, HPAC Engineering magazine, and HVACR & Hydronics Distribution Business magazine. In total, he worked for Penton Media from November 1980 to 2014, in virtually every editorial capacity and more. Of the 34 years he spent at Penton, 29 of them were with Contracting Business properties, five with HPAC Engineering properties.

    Besides managing a staff of four full-time editors and a graphic designer, and writing and editing articles specifically for the HVACR contracting and engineering community, Weil also edited two books for the Service Roundtable, one for NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research and Development Authority) and several others.

    As editorial director, he was responsible for the daily operations of the magazines and was instrumental in setting their editorial direction. He was also responsible for orchestrating the Comfortech seminars, as well as the content of the properties’ e-media products – Contractingbusiness.com, HPAC.com, HVAC-Talk.com, HVACR Hotmail, HVAC-Talk e-newsletter, HPAC FastTrack, HPAC Networked Controls Plus, HPAC Engineering Green Buildings.

    Mike Weil is now Editor-in-Chief, of HVAC Today and Director of Communications & Publications for the National Comfort Institute. He can be reached via email at [email protected]; via Twitter, via Facebook, via LinkedIn  or 800-633-7058 (office) or 216-337-6017 (mobile).