Igniting HVAC Careers at the Heavy Metal Summer Experience
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The episode features a discussion with Angie Simon about her initiative to engage youth in HVAC careers through the Heavy Metal Summer Experience.
Take our survey: We love making Cool Air, Hot Takes™, but we want to make sure you love listening to it. Head to podpolls.com/hottakes , fill out our quick listener survey, and give us your hottest takes about the show. Today on Cool Air, Hot Takes™, hosts Charlie Jelen and Dan Gentry sit down with Angie Simon , mechanical engineer, former president of a $125 million mechanical contractor, SMACNA President, and now co-founder of Heavy Metal Summer Experience. Instead of taking it easy in her “retirement”, she's getting kids off the couch, putting a torch in their hands, and showing them what a career in the trades looks like at Heavy Metal Summer Experience. Angie walks us through how it started, and what kids gain from the experience. We also have: Hot Takes: Is opposition to data centers modern-day Luddism, and is air-cooled everything the new normal? HVAC Headlines: A new hospital in Newfoundland just became home to Canada's largest geothermal system . Plus: the rollback of a Biden-era rule that tied FHA and USDA-backed mortgages to 2021 energy code compliance, reportedly adding up to $31,000 to the cost of a new home. Stat of the Day: A look at the top and bottom 10…
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