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December 2007
Special Section
12 / 2007 New Product Review
Service
14 / 2007 Service Manager Forum - Part III
by Allison Edles and Michael SanGiovanni
HVAC Marketing Toolbox
16 / Pre-qualifying and qualifying -
The most crucial elements in the planned sales process
by Drew Cameron
Industry
19 / Oilheat associations hire PR firm to improve industry's image
by Allison Edles
Biodiesel
22 / Biodiesel, a Top 10 talking points
by Paul J. Nazzaro
Installations/Upgrades
24 / Keeping seniors warm
Special Study
35 / Marketers report on selling/buying oilheat companies
by Paul Geiger
Boiler Facts
44 / Creating a false water line
by George Carey
Service
40 / Oil tanks and early morning
by Lloyd
Late News
45 / Presidential hopefuls attend REG HQ opening
Futures & Options
58 / Look in the mirror: you might see your biggest competitor
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
November 2007
Service
12 / 2007 Service Manager Forum - Part II
by Allison Edles and Michael SanGiovanni
Biodiesel
16 / Building a sustainable biodiesel industry...from the inside out
by Paul J. Nazzaro
Management
20 / Gray, Gray & Gray surveys the industry
Industry
34 / Promoting the benefits of hydronic heat
Boiler Facts
44 / How a boiler feed tank can help a new steam boiler
by George Carey
Special Study
40 / Marketers report on training of service personnel
by Paul Geiger
HVAC Marketing Toolbox
42 / Grow your business with search engine marketing and online ordering
by David Bednarski
Special Study
49 / Marketers report on oilfired domestic hot water
by Paul Geiger
Futures & Options
58 / Hedging is a mindset
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
October 2007
Service
12 / 2007 Service Manager Forum
by Allison Edles and Michael SanGiovanni
HVAC Marketing Toolbox
22 / Financing options - The key to selling high efficiency HVAC systems
New Product Focus
24 / Field Controls launches combination power vent
Tech Tip
36 / Where are the new guys?
by Larry Robinson
Markets
38 / Industry presses Congress on market oversight
Boiler Facts
44 / What is the normal water line in a steam boiler?
Special Section - Indoor Comfort Marketing
Radiant Heating and cooling
51 / Unique Radiant: Cats, dogs and macro-pods
by John Vastyan
HVAC
56 / Delivering on the promise of indoor comfort
by Mark Lowry
Solar
60 / A primer on solar hot water heating
by Joseph Walsh
Futures & Options
66 / Commercial Growth
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
September 2007
Special Study
12 / Oilheating Journal's Annual Management Survey
by Allison Edles
Oilheat in the Community
24 / Oil industry responds to heating needs of Alaskan native peoples
HVAC Marketing
28 / The importance of using a planned sales process
by Drew Cameron
Boiler Facts
30 / Why relief valves relieve
by George Carey
Fuels
32 / Biodiesel - Challenges & solutions
by Paul Nazzaro
Website
38 / Keeping our industry safe
Bulkplants
42 / Concrete maintenance & repair: What can go wrong?
by Robert Gemler
Futures & Options
58 / When is the time for biofuels?
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
August 2007
Conventions
12 / NEFI meets in Boston
by Michael SanGiovanni
System Upgrades
14 / Radiating Warmth
Looking Back - 1923 Article
19 / Measuring the civic value of fuel oil
Special Report
22 / NEFI, PMAA and others call for more trading oversight
Boiler Facts
26 / Do you understand "ΔP" in a hot water heating system?
by George Carey
Fuels
28 / Bioheat Fuel, heating up the summer...and your future...
by Paul Nazzaro
New Product Focus
32 / Beckett launches electronic control
Special Study
34 / Marketers report on fueloil quality
by Paul J. Geiger
Marketing
36 / Quit spending green money on a yellow ad
by Adams Hudson
Special Study
42 / Marketers report on nuisance calls
by Paul J. Geiger
Futures & Options
50 / Commercial opportunities
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
July 2007
Conventions
12 / Service Managers hold 54th Annual Convention in Hershey
by Michael SanGiovanni
Fuels
14 / Biodiesel-BioHeat® - From Farm to Furnace
Fuels
20 / Putting together a biodiesel plant
by Michael SanGiovanni
Special Report
24 / The KeySpan offensive
Community
27 / Care to Ride raises $75,000 for charity
Boiler Facts
28 / Monoflo "know how"
by George Carey
Buyers Guide & Directory
30 / 2007 Service and Installation Buyers Guide
Futures & Options
50 / It's all about the numbers
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
June 2007
Conventions
12 / AREE 2007: Bigger than ever
by Michael SanGiovanni
From AREE 2007
19 / Biofuels and bioheat
by Michael SanGiovanni
From AREE 2007
22 / What Realtors® really think of us
by Michael SanGiovanni
NORA Technology Grants
26 / High efficiency, 20 gallon oilfired compact water heater
The Industry
28 / Today's oilheat
by Bob Hedden
HVAC Service
36 / Air conditioning troubleshooting (Part II)
by Jim Peters
Boiler Facts
40 / Concerned about improving the efficiency of that heating system?
by George Carey
Editor's Notebook
42 / Things we've seen and heard around the industry
by Michael SanGiovanni
Looking Back
46 / Why not sell fuel oil? - June 5th, 1922
Community
50 / Gift of warmth
Conventions
51 / NEFI 2007 exhibitor list
Special Study
52 / Marketers report on survive personnel
by Paul J. Geiger
Futures & Options
58 / Tail wagging the dog?
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
May 2007
Commercial/Industrial
12 / Oil heats and cools this new 170,000 sq. ft. distribution center
The Biodiesel Corner
16 / ISH List - Europe's biggest heating show in Frankfurt, Germany
by Michael SanGiovanni
Upgrades
32 / Contractor and customer go back a long way
Conventions
36 / NAOHSM 54th Annual Convention meets in Hershey, PA
Service Facts
32 / Insurance agents learn tank issues in NORA/IBHS Webcast
by Christine Wang, Assistant Editor
Boiler Facts
46 / Unusual stuff I have seen
58 / Ignition
both by Lloyd
Boiler Facts
52 / Answers to common heating system questions
by George Carey
The Biodiesel Corner
56 / C&I:Do we need heavy oil?
by Paul J. Nazzaro
Special Study
63 / Marketers report about getting qualified drivers
by Paul Geiger
Futures & Options
66 / Lessons learned
by Philip Baratz, Angus Energy
April 2007
HVAC Service
12 / Air Conditioning Troubleshooting
by Jim Peters
Management
14 Prepare for the onslaught
by Richard Goldberg
Convention
16 2007 AREE Trade Show Directory
The Bottom Line
30 SEP: A convenient retirement program
by Josua A. Burnie
Buyers Guide
36 2007 Buyers Guide for Oil Handling and Delivery
Marketing and Sales
48 How egotistical CEOs got it wrong and the little old winemaker got it right
by John Graham
Special Study
54 Marketers assess status of oilheating
by Paul J. Geiger
Boiler Facts
56 Pump location ... Does it matter?
by George Carey
Futures & Options
66 Normal is anything but...
by Philip J. Baratz, Angus Energy
March 2007
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February 2007
Delivery
12 / Increasing your delivery efficiency
by Bob Hedden
The Biodiesel Corner
14 / When crude prices retreat, will you?
by Paul J. Nazzaro
Community
16 / Oilheat-Realty Partnership Programs: Telling the oilheat story at point of impact
by Richard Rutigliano
Service Facts
24 / The white wire
by Lloyd
NORA
32 / Insurance agents learn tank issues in NORA/IBHS Webcast
by Christine Wang, Assistant Editor
Boiler Facts
38 / Home improvements
by George Carey
Special Study
41 / Marketers report protection strategies used in a volatile market
by Paul J. Geiger
TechTip
43 / C&I:Do we need heavy oil?
by Rena Falconi
Futures & Options
50 / Lessons learned
by Philip Baratz, Angus Energy
January 2007
Cover Story
12 / NORA examines oilheating's future
by Michael SanGiovanni
Technology in the Field
32 / An easy approach to measuring heating system efficiency/
by Elmar Schrader, MS/EE; Stephan Ester, PhD; and Peter Cullen, Dean, WIT
Tech Tips
35 / Hi-tech service calls
by John Garis
Boiler Facts
36 / Improving your lines of communication: Smart controls
by George Carey
NORA Technology Grant
40 / First look: Tests begin on hybrid oil / electric heat pump
by Timothy Laughlin, PE
Management
46 / A checklist of 10 business danger signals
by John Graham
Special Study
48 / Marketers report customer tanks 71% full as winter began
by Paul J. Geiger
HVAC Marketing
49 / Use testimonials to explode your sales
by Bob Blagg
Futures & Options
54 / It's us versus them
by Philip Baratz, Angus Energy
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