From The Desk of
Arthur LazerowQuintin Satterfield
Celebrates
his 10th Anniversary with Alban
2006 started with fireworks for Quintin, our chief lead-paint
inspector. This January marked Quintin’s tenth anniversary with
Alban. To mark the occasion, at our Company holiday dinner at the
Comus Inn on January 7, Quintin and Marie were presented with two
Mickey Mouse hats, to show that they were going to DisneyWorld!
Quintin was speechless, which was unusual for him. Their 10th
anniversary trip included a three-day weekend at DisneyWorld and a
seven-day Caribbean vacation onboard Mariner of the Sea luxury
cruise ship, all expenses paid by Alban. Their vacation during late
March was wonderful and, needless to say, Quintin hated coming back
to work on Monday March 27.
We are also pleased to announce that on January 26, Douglas M.
Duncan, Montgomery County Executive, congratulated Quintin for being
a recipient of a 2005 Montgomery’s Best Honor Award. Quintin’s honor
was for his work with G.O.S.P.E.L., Glorifying Our Spiritual and
Physical Existence for Life. This program, started in 2003, is a
collaboration between the Montgomery County Department of Health and
Human Services and the Black Minister’s Conference. It is an
outreach effort among eleven African American churches to increase
awareness about tobacco related health problems. On March 31, 2006,
Quintin received his award at the 2005 Awards Ceremony. We are proud
of Quintin’s well-deserved recognition and his fine work in the
community over the years, performing crisis intervention with
Montgomery County Hotline, various clothes drives, GOSPEL, and many
more such efforts. Congratulations, Quintin! |
Saving With Seer
How High is Your Energy Efficiency Ratio |
SEER is the Seasonal Energy Efficiency
Rating and is used to rate consumer air
conditioning systems. The higher the
number, the less energy the air
conditioning system utilizes. Effective
January 23, 2006, manufacturers may not produce residential
air-conditioning
equipment rated less than SEER 13.
HISTORY: This minimum SEER standard for manufacturers has been a
political football. After a seven-year review period during the
Clinton Administration, the SEER rating of 13 was approved. In 2001,
the Bush Administration, bowing to industry pressure, ordered a
rollback to SEER 12, but the 2nd Circuit of the U.S. Court of
Appeals overturned this on January 13, 2004. On March 17, 2004, the
Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute withdrew its legal
appeal of the SEER 13 Standard, which permitted the SEER 13
regulation to become effective. ESTIMATED SAVINGS. There is no doubt
that down the road, as inventories of replacement SEER 10 equipment
are dissipated,
CONGRATULATIONS, QUINTIN!
This January marked Quintin’s tenth
anniversary with Alban. Quintin and Marie were presented with two
Mickey Mouse hats, to show that they were going to DisneyWorld!
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there will be no alternative to switching to the more efficient
models. A switch from SEER 8 to SEER 13 equipment is estimated to
save about 62% and a switch from SEER 10 to SEER 13 equipment will
save about 25% on the cost of energy. With today’s high cost of
electricity, especially during the summer air conditioning season,
these represent significant savings.
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