As the chairman of the RPA Technical committee, I try to stay abreast of situations that may affect our working members. One such area is the movement towards energy efficiency.
I’ve been involved in the construction trades for 43 years this summer, and I must tell you that I have seen a lot of things come and go, many of which were touted as being the “best” energy saving devices. I won’t pick on any one particular product, but the one area that I have seen the most improvements on are our energy sources, primarily gas-fired boilers. The world’s most efficient boiler may not be capable of delivering the end product that the consumer was looking for — that product being comfort.