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Winter 2006 - Missing Children Found With Vehicle Poster Program

Above: Project Home Again Poster placed on service vehicles to help find missing children.

Several months ago Advance Air began participating in the nationwide Project Home Again program with the intent of locating missing, kidnapped, and runaway children. Last week, the children featured in the poster displayed on Advance Air service vans were found!

"Though we don't know whether the children were found as a result of our participation," said Roger Lamy, President of Advance Air, "we are thrilled to have been part of a program that was successful in bringing children back home."

Missing Children Found

The program, sponsored by MSCA, a national HVAC trade association, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, started five years ago, has already been responsible for locating more than 60 children. Posters of missing children from the local area are displayed on HVAC service vehicles. While the vans visit customer sites, the posters are seen by people in a wide service area. Each poster includes a photo of the child, biographical information, and numbers to call if the child has been seen or if anyone has information.

Winter 2006 - Small Investment Leads to Large Energy Savings

Studies conducted by the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) have shown that by altering the thermostat settings in your building during unoccupied times, you can save up to 15% per year on heating/cooling costs.

For example, if you usually set your thermostat to 68 degrees in the winter, you can save from 5-10% on your energy bill by reducing the thermostat to 63 degrees after hours. The DOE calculates that the savings is 1 to 2 % for each degree of setback if the setback period is at least eight hours.

Above: A small investment in a digital t-stat like the one above can save 15% on your heating/cooling bill.

The most effective way to achieve this energy savings is with a programmable thermostat. Programmable thermostats allow you to plan your heating and cooling to follow your work schedule over the course of a seven-day week. If your office is open from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, your programmable thermostat will be set to save energy on the weekend and weekdays after 5 p.m., but will automatically return to your comfort setting before you arrive every morning.

With an investment as small as $75 to $250, plus installation, you can have an annual savings of up to 15% on your energy bills. Call us today to find out which programmable thermostat is right for you.

Winter 2005 - Vehicle Posters Help Find Missing Children

Advance Air is proud participant in the nationwide Project Home Again program with the intent of locating missing, kidnapped, and runaway children. The program, started five years ago, has already been responsible for locating more than 60 children.

Posters of missing children from the local area are displayed on our service vehicles. While we serve our customers, we circulate these posters over a wide area in the hopes that the missing children will be recognized and found. Each poster includes a photo of the child, biographical information, and numbers to call if the child has been seen or if anyone has information.

The program is sponsored by the Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA), a national trade association, of which Advance Air is an active member. This program will assist the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in its nationwide search for missing children.

We urge you to keep an eye out for our vans and help us find these children.

Winter 2005 - Environmentally-Friendly Advance Air Recycles Mercury Thermostats

Don't throw away those old mercury thermostats. Let us recycle them for you.

If a mercury thermostat is damaged, it can release mercury into the environment. Even a small amount can pollute our waterways, marine and wildlife and eventually humans.

Many of our customers have recently upgraded their old mercury thermostats to newer, better electronic or pneumatic models. In the search to find an appropriate means of disposal, one of our industrious technicians discovered the Thermostat Recycling Program at American Refuel (www.ref-fuel.com). With their help, we are now able to collect and recycle mercury thermostats for our customers as well as the general public.

For instructions on proper handling of mercury thermostats or more information on our recycling program, please call Karen at 508-763-3738 or visit http://www.keepmercuryfromrising.org.