Best HPAC Podcasts (2024)

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Women in HVACR History, with Rob McManamy 5:41

9d ago5:41

5:41

EDITOR'S NOTES: Women are playing an increasingly vital role in our industry today. Here, we take a look back on the path of that progress, in HVACR and society, over the 95 years of HPAC Engineering's existence.By hpac

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Women Marching Forward, with ASHRAE's Nancy Kohout 20:36

23d ago20:36

20:36

This fall in Chicago, ASHRAE will hold its first-ever national symposium for Women Engineers. Event chair Nancy Kohout, P.E., joins us for a preview, as well a discussion of the unique challenges women managers still face, even as our industry ramps up next-generation recruitment...By hpac

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Honoring Our Roots, with Rob McManamy 14:23

1M ago14:23

14:23

As HPAC Engineering this month celebrates its 95th anniversary, we look back on our first words to readers in 1929, along with a guest commentary by Willis Carrier, himself.By hpac

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Advancing Fire Safety, with NFPA's Jim Pauley 27:53

2M ago27:53

27:53

The National Fire Protection Association is on a mission to share its updated codes and standards as far and as wide as possible. NFPA President and CEO Jim Pauley returns to HPAC On The Air to detail the group's ambitious plan to better educate our industry on life/safety solutions via acquisitions and even a new subsidiary.…

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Standing Strong with Rob McManamy, Notes from HPAC's Editor-in-Chief 5:24

2M ago5:24

5:24

To celebrate our 95th year of publication, HPAC Engineering launches its new monthly podcast, HPAC Editor's Notes, commenting on important issues of the day, as viewed by Editor-in-Chief Rob McManamy.By hpac

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Previewing BOILER 2024 with ABMA's Scott Lynch 26:53

3M ago26:53

26:53

Boiler manufacturers are headed for the Rockies this May. We discuss what they'll find there at ABMA's second big show for the entire boiler supply chain. Scott Lynch and Shaunica Jayson give us a preview.By hpac

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ASHRAE's Next Generation, with YEA's Top Leaders 24:42

4M ago24:42

24:42

The challenges facing young engineers today are more complex than ever, but our guests this month reassure us that the energy, skills, and organization are already coming together to meet them head on.By hpac

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COP28 Recap, with USGBC's Liz Beardsley 28:23

5M ago28:23

28:23

Frustrations ran high at the annual global climate summit in Dubai in December, but our guest says there were still more than a few positive takeaways for our industry. U.S. Green Building Council senior policy counsel Elizabeth Beardsley returns to give us her report...By hpac

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2024 Forecast, with Dodge’s Richard Branch 24:41

6M ago24:41

24:41

With last year now in the books, we chat with Dodge Construction Network's chief economist about his upbeat outlook for 2024. How did we manage to avoid that long-predicted recession? What potential roadblocks are still out there? Listen in for all the details!By hpac

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Episode XXX: New Refrigerants Deadlines, with ICC’s Jim Cika 22:32

8M ago22:32

22:32

The long-awaited, federally mandated switch to A2L refrigerants is now upon us, set to take effect on January 1. Jim Cika of the International Code Council (ICC) returns to HPAC On The Air to update us on the flurry of activities now under way to help our industry prepare for these major related code changes.…

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EPISODE XXIX: Climate Challenge Accepted, with ASHRAE’s Ginger Scoggins 16:11

9M ago16:11

16:11

HPAC 'On The Air' welcomes back Ginger Scoggins, since June the new 2023-24 President of ASHRAE. A mechanical engineer, Ms. Scoggins is a principal at Engineered Designs Inc., in Cary, NC, and past chair of ASHRAE's Building Headquarters Ad Hoc Committee. She also led ASHRAE's delegation to the United Nations' COP26 Climate Change Conference in Gla…

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EPISODE XXVIII: CyberSecurity Wake-Up Call, with Nick Espinosa 27:51

10M ago27:51

27:51

Our returning guest this month is Nick Espinosa, a nationally renowned cybersecurity expert, author, podcaster, TEDx speaker and a member of the Forbes Technology Council. In 2015 outside Chicago, Nick started his own consulting firm, Security Fanatics, from which he has been monitoring the broader internet, as well as the Dark Web, and consulting …

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EPISODE XXVII: Celebrating 10 Years of Clark’s Remarks 19:19

11M ago19:19

19:19

In this episode, HPAC 'On the Air' welcomes back environmental engineer Larry Clark, author of our popular Clark's Remarks sustainability column, which this summer is celebrating its 10th anniversary with HPAC Engineering. Based in South Florida, Larry is a small business owner, a longtime member of ASHRAE, and a member of our Editorial Advisory Bo…

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EPISODE XXVI: Legionella Update, with Dr. Janet Stout 23:00

1y ago23:00

23:00

In this episode, HPAC 'On the Air' welcomes Dr. Janet Stout, founder of the Special Pathogens Laboratory and an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering. An infectious disease microbiologist, Dr. Stout is recognized worldwide for her pioneering research in Legionella and now, after three decades, remains on …

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EPISODE XXV: Finding The Right Balance, with AMCA’s Mark Bublitz 23:07

1y ago23:07

23:07

In this episode, HPAC 'On the Air' welcomes Mark Bublitz, new board president of the Air Movement and Control Association, International (AMCA). He discusses the whirlwind of regulatory changes now on the horizon for both commercial and industrial fans and takes us behind the scenes of a truly global association in an era of renewed focus on air mo…

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EPISODE XXIV: Boilers Take Center Stage, with ABMA 27:50

1y ago27:50

27:50

HPAC 'On the Air' this month welcomes back Scott Lynch, President and CEO of the American Boiler Manufacturers Association, based in Vienna, VA. Scott has served in that role since June of 2014. He is joined by ABMA Director of Communications Shaunica Jayson. Much is going on with the organization this spring and summer, so we asked the two of them…

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Episode XXIII: Decarbonization in Action, with ASHRAE’s Kent Peterson 23:35

1+ y ago23:35

23:35

This month's guest is Kent Peterson, the new chair of ASHRAE's Task Force on Building Decarbonization, which is now in its second year. In the wake of ASHRAE's Winter Meeting in Atlanta and the recent COP27 Climate Conference in Egypt, we discussed how the task force is now gaining momentum and leveraging the efforts of more than 100 volunteers to …

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EPISODE XXII: AHR Expo Preview, with Nicole Bush 22:41

1+ y ago22:41

22:41

HPAC On The Air's first guest of 2023 is Nicole Bush, press officer for AHR Expo, our industry's premier annual trade show, set to jumpstart the new year next month in Atlanta. Based in Connecticut, the AHR Expo show office runs year-round, so Nicole is here to preview the big event and give us a bit of a behind-the-scenes look at how it all comes …

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EPISODE XXI: COP27 Recap with USGBC’s Elizabeth Beardsley 25:30

1+ y ago25:30

25:30

Just back from Egypt, the U.S. Green Building Council's lead emissary to the latest United Nations Climate Conference, aka "COP27", fills us in on the global event's most relevant news for our industry, as well as its likely impact on broader sustainability efforts.By hpac

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EPISODE XX: Pandemic Pulse Check, with ASHRAE’s Bill Bahnfleth 24:53

1+ y ago24:53

24:53

We are pleased to welcome back this month our first return guest to HPAC On The Air, Dr. William Bahnfleth, P.E., former chair of ASHRAE's recently ended emergency Epidemic Task Force, and current vice chair of the society's Environmental Health Committee. He updates us on the latest pandemic-related guidance for indoor air quality (IAQ) and reflec…

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Episode XIX: Honoring the Profession, with ASPE’s Jim Zebrowski 20:37

1+ y ago20:37

20:37

Our guest this month is Jim Zebrowski, P.E., new president of the American Society of Plumbing Engineers (ASPE), and a plumbing /fire protection engineer with DLR Group. Zebrowski has been an active member of ASPE for 36 years now and was elected to the top spot for a two-year term this September in Indianapolis. He spoke with us about the goals of…

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Episode XVIII: Construction Technology Outlook, with Burcin Kaplanoglu 24:56

2y ago24:56

24:56

Our guest this month is Dr. Burcin Kaplanoglu, VP of Innovation at the new Oracle Industry Lab in Deerfield, IL. An avid technologist blessed with energetic curiosity, Kaplanoglu previously spent 15 years with Lendlease and holds multiple degrees in civil engineering and construction management. Today, he also serves as an adjunct professor at Nort…

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Episode XVII: Our Smaller World, with ASHRAE’s New President 20:34

2y ago20:34

20:34

Our guest this month, joining us from Dubai, is the newly elected 2022-2023 President of ASHRAE, Mr. Farooq Mehboob, the society's first Asian-born president. An accomplished mechanical engineer with more than 50 years of industry experience, Mr. Mehboob is the founder and owner of his own engineering firm, S. Mehboob & Co., based in Karachi, Pakis…

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Episode XVI: Refrigerant Standards Update, with ICC’s Jim Cika 19:02

2y ago19:02

19:02

As we enter an already steamy summer, our subject this month is refrigerants, and our guest is Jim Cika, director of PMG technical resources for the International Code Council, where he serves as a subject matter expert on plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas and swimming pool and spa codes. Jim represents ICC in federal and state coalitions, task forces…

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Episode XV: Fire Protection Pulse Check, with NFPA President Jim Pauley 24:09

2y ago24:09

24:09

Our guest this month is Mr. Jim Pauley, President and CEO of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), where he also chairs the NFPA Research Foundation. Prior to joining NFPA in 2014, Pauley had spent 30 years in the electric and energy industry, serving the last several of those years as a Senior Vice President at Schneider Electric. An el…

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Episode XIV: Updating ASHRAE Standards on Ultraviolet Testing, with Dean Saputa 16:53

2y ago16:53

16:53

Our guest is Dean Saputa, an HVAC industry veteran of more than 30 years, and vice president and co-founder of UV Resources, based in Santa Clarita, CA. He helped to start that firm in 2005. Saputa also has been very active in ASHRAE, where he is a member of the ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force and past chair of the group's Technical Committee 2.9 on Ult…

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Title: Episode XIII: ’HPAC On The Air’ Celebrates Women in Engineering 16:07

2+ y ago16:07

16:07

This month's guest is ASHRAE's Ginger Scoggins, who has run her own engineering firm in Cary, NC, for the last 25 years. She also recently represented ASHRAE at the UN Climate Conference in Scotland, and led the committee overseeing the building of the organization's new Net Zero headquarters outside Atlanta... all during the pandemic!…

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Episode XII: ASHRAE’s New Focus on Decarbonization 26:03

2+ y ago26:03

26:03

HPAC 'On The Air' welcomes two past presidents of ASHRAE, Dr. Donald Colliver of the University of Kentucky, and Thomas Phoenix, of Mechanical Contractors Inc. in Charlotte NC. Last spring, they were named as co-chairs of ASHRAE's new Task Force for Building Decarbonization (TFBD), an important new effort they will detail for us in this podcast.…

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Season 2, Episode #3 - All Eyes on BOILER 2022 - Reasons to Participate, ABMA Interview with HPAC 'On the Air' 22:18

2+ y ago22:18

22:18

In this episode, Rob McManamy with HPAC ' On the Air' interviews ABMA's Advisory Committee Chair Eric Graham and event organizer and Marketing Director Shaunica Jayson about ABMA's new show for the boiler supply chain, which is finally at hand. They explain why BOILER 2022 is such a big deal.

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Episode XI: Prepare for BOILER 2022, with ABMA 19:52

2+ y ago19:52

19:52

Delayed by the pandemic, the American Boiler Manufacturers Association's big new show on the supply chain is finally near. ABMA's Shaunica Jayson and Webster Combustion Technology's Eric Graham explain why that's such a big deal.By hpac

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Season 2, Episode #2 - The Modular Steam Generator with Holger Deimann, CERTUSS America 47:11

2+ y ago47:11

47:11

Holger Deimann, President & CEO of CERTUSS America joins ABMA for the second episode of Season 2 of Inside the Boiler Room. In this episode, Holger shares an overview of the modular boiler concept for steam generators from manufacturing to installation and operation. He also highlights the importance of maintenance and water treatment which is crit…

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Episode X: COP26 Report from USGBC‘s Elizabeth Beardsley 24:27

2+ y ago24:27

24:27

Our guest today is Elizabeth Beardsley, senior policy counsel for the U.S. Green Building Council, which she represented in November at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, or 'COP26', for short. A longtime environmental advocate, Liz holds a civil engineering degree from Stanford University and a law degree from …

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Season 2, Episode #1 - The National Board & The Boiler Inspector with Joel Amato - NBBI 57:02

2+ y ago57:02

57:02

Welcome to Season 2 of Inside the Boiler Room. Our first episode of this season features Joel Amato from the National Board of Boiler & Pressure Vessel Inspectors to discuss the National Board’s role of overseeing adherence to laws, rules, and regulations relating to boilers and pressure vessels. In this episode, Joel shares his background and the …

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Episode IX: Connecting with ASHRAE President Mick Schwedler 20:43

2+ y ago20:43

20:43

This month's engaging guest is Mick Schwedler, P.E., the 2021-2022 President of ASHRAE, installed last June. Now in his 40th year at Trane, Mick is passionate about the next generation and ASHRAE's stated commitment to serve humanity, especially during this extraordinary time. Here, we speak with him about ASHRAE's evolving role through the global …

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Episode VIII: How Cyber Secure Are You? with Nick Espinosa 27:24

2+ y ago27:24

27:24

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, so our special guest is online "security fanatic" Nick Espinosa, the Mechanical Contractors Association of America's go-to consultant and a member of the Forbes Technology Council. A sought-after speaker across multiple industries, Nick is a prolific podcaster and social media thought leader focused 24/7 on…

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Episode VII: Inside the Epidemic Task Force, with Dr. Bill Bahnfleth 40:27

3y ago40:27

40:27

This month, ASHRAE's pandemic point man takes us behind the scenes for a fascinating look at the last 18 months of urgent collaboration, research, recommendations, and now hope, all fueled by a global public health emergency that is still ongoing.By hpac

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Episode VI: Airborne Health Strategies, with Dr. Linsey Marr 15:56

3y ago15:56

15:56

In our new podcast, columnist Larry Clark interviews Virginia Tech engineering Prof. Linsey Marr about her extraordinary year in the COVID spotlight as one of our industry's most quoted (and respected) experts on indoor air quality.By hpac

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Episode V: Buildings Wellness Check, with Rick Fedrizzi 36:31

3y ago36:31

36:31

In our latest episode, the Carrier alum who co-founded USGBC and helped to launch both LEED and WELL Certification now tells us how "engineers are at the center of the storm" in the post-pandemic race to make buildings healthier.By hpac

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Episode IV: Riding the Winds of Change with AMCA International 23:41

3y ago23:41

23:41

In our latest podcast, AMCA's Mike Ivanovich and Aaron Gunzner discuss the global group's challenging journey through the pandemic and the profound changes that will now shape the future of air movement and control in the built environment.By hpac

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Episode III: How Boiler Firms Have Survived and Thrived, with Scott Lynch 32:39

3y ago32:39

32:39

In our latest podcast, ABMA President Scott Lynch talks about the many challenges his group has faced in the last year and the shifting strategies that so far have managed to succeed.By hpac

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Episode II : Our Year of Living Digitally, with ASHRAE President Chuck Gulledge 24:10

3+ y ago24:10

24:10

For our second podcast, HPAC Engineering's Rob McManamy chats with ASHRAE President Chuck Gulledge, to discuss the international engineering group's extraordinary year of digital transformation during an all-encompassing crisis. Incredibly, even before 2020, Gulledge had already chosen the "Digital Lighthouse" as the theme of his presidency. Little…

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Episode I : The Current State of Sustainability, with Larry Clark 17:01

3+ y ago17:01

17:01

For our first podcast, HPAC Editor Rob McManamy sits down with the author of Clark's Remarks, our popular bimonthly column on all things sustainability.By hpac

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Episode #18 - Who You Gonna Call? Rental Boilers – Critical When You Need Them with Larry Day, Nationwide Boiler 52:13

4y ago52:13

52:13

This episode of Inside the Boiler Room features Larry Day, President & CEO of Nationwide Boiler sharing his insights on the world of rental boilers that has significant relevance during the COVID-19 crisis with boilers near capacity at many hospitals and food processing facilities. After listening to this podcast, you will understand what an import…

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Episode #17 - Navigating Uncharted Waters – Boiler Industry & COVID-19 – Doug Wright, Superior Boiler 36:00

4y ago36:00

36:00

This is a special episode of Inside the Boiler Room featuring Doug Wright, President & CEO of Superior Boiler and Vice-Chair of ABMA. Please note, this episode was recorded on Thursday, April 2, 2020. Doug joined ABMA President & CEO Scott Lynch for a discussion on how Superior Boiler and the boiler industry are adapting to the ever-evolving situat…

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Episode #16 - Boiler Product Safety & Performance – Partnering with Industry to Foster Innovation with Kevin Choi, UL LLC 47:59

4+ y ago47:59

47:59

By ABMA

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Episode #15 - Dispelling Boiler Myths for the Commercial Sector with Ray Wohlfarth, Fire & Ice Heating & Cooling 40:42

4+ y ago40:42

40:42

Author and Industry Columnist Ray Wohlfarth joins ABMA for Episode #15 of Inside the Boiler Room to discuss the benefits of boilers in the commercial sector. Ray is also president of Fire & Ice Heating & Cooling in Pittsburgh, PA. ABMA would to thank long-time ABMA Member Preferred Utilities for sponsoring this podcast episode. To learn more about …

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Episode #14 - Do you Know the Water Level in Your Boiler? – Boiler Drum Level Instrumentation with Jim Kolbus, Clark-Reliance 54:43

4+ y ago54:43

54:43

Jim Kolbus from Clark-Reliance joins ABMA for Episode #14 of Inside the Boiler Room. This is Jim’s second time on Inside the Boiler Room. He was also featured in Episode #3 focusing on boiler installation. In this episode, Jim brings his expertise to the topic of boiler drum level instrumentation. Jim regularly presents on this topic and is the lea…

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Episode #13 - Energy Research to Transformative Solutions – Tom Wenning from Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) 54:29

5y ago54:29

54:29

Tom Wenning from Oak Ridge National Laboratories (ORNL) joins ABMA for Episode #13 of the Inside the Boiler Room. ORNL is the largest US Department of Energy science and energy laboratory, conducting basic and applied research to deliver transformative solutions to compelling problems in energy and security. This episode shares insights on the impa…

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Episode #12 - Demystifying the Flame - Burner Technology for Firetube Boilers with Bob Rizza from Power Flame & Eric Graham from Webster Combustion 40:22

5y ago40:22

40:22

Bob Rizza from Power Flame and Eric Graham from Webster Combustion join ABMA for Episode #12 of Inside the Boiler Room to share insights on burners for firetube boilers. This episode features discussions on recent burner technology advances, purchasing a new burner, proper burner installation and ways to ensure efficiency during operation. To learn…

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Episode #11 - Leading Boiler Industry with John Viskup - President & CEO – Victory Energy 29:33

5y ago29:33

29:33

Newly elected ABMA Board Chair John Viskup, President & CEO of Victory Energy, joins Inside the Boiler Room for Episode #11. Guest interviewer Robert Beverly, editor of ABMA’s magazine Today’s Boiler and senior editor of The News, talks with Viskup about his origins in the boiler industry, the continuing innovation in our sector and how ABMA member…

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