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“On The Air” offers actionable intelligence for engineers working in the commercial, industrial and institutional building sectors. Episodes offer business insight, market data, unique stories, and helpful tips from a variety of respected voices in the multibillion-dollar heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing/piping, refrigeration and building automation/control markets. This podcast is produced by HPAC Engineering magazine, and is hosted by Editor-in-Chief Rob McManamy. Since 1929, HPAC Engineering magazine has been a leading industry indicator, in print and, for the last 20 years, online, as well. Learn more about HPAC Engineering at www.hpac.com.
Episodes
![Modern Parallels to July 1929, with Rob McManamy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Modern Parallels to July 1929, with Rob McManamy
Monday Jul 15, 2024
Monday Jul 15, 2024
This month, we again revisit HPAC's first year in service to our industry with a fascinating time capsule from 95 years ago. Listen to some of our editorial commentary then on improving air quality in cities, the engineering value of journeyman input, and the need to create piping codes across the U.S. that conform with one another...
![How to Be a Sustainable Engineer, with Larry Clark](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jul 01, 2024
How to Be a Sustainable Engineer, with Larry Clark
Monday Jul 01, 2024
Monday Jul 01, 2024
'HPAC On The Air' welcomes back the longtime Clark's Remarks columnist to talk about heat domes, environmental regulation, and how he "walks the talk" of his sustainability evangelism.
![Women in HVACR History, with Rob McManamy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Women in HVACR History, with Rob McManamy
Monday Jun 17, 2024
Monday Jun 17, 2024
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.
![Women Marching Forward, with ASHRAE's Nancy Kohout](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Women Marching Forward, with ASHRAE's Nancy Kohout
Monday Jun 03, 2024
Monday Jun 03, 2024
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...
![Honoring Our Roots, with Rob McManamy](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Honoring Our Roots, with Rob McManamy
Wednesday May 15, 2024
Wednesday May 15, 2024
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.
![Advancing Fire Safety, with NFPA's Jim Pauley](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Advancing Fire Safety, with NFPA's Jim Pauley
Wednesday May 01, 2024
Wednesday May 01, 2024
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.
![Standing Strong with Rob McManamy, Notes from HPAC's Editor-in-Chief](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Standing Strong with Rob McManamy, Notes from HPAC's Editor-in-Chief
Monday Apr 15, 2024
Monday Apr 15, 2024
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.
![Previewing BOILER 2024 with ABMA's Scott Lynch](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Previewing BOILER 2024 with ABMA's Scott Lynch
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
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.
![ASHRAE's Next Generation, with YEA's Top Leaders](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Friday Mar 01, 2024
ASHRAE's Next Generation, with YEA's Top Leaders
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
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.
![COP28 Recap, with USGBC's Liz Beardsley](https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/10634955/Security_12__3t5qtk_300x300.jpg)
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
COP28 Recap, with USGBC's Liz Beardsley
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
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...