Jake McAlpine
Company name: The Energy Conservatory (TEC)
Position: Technical Support Manager

Jake McAlpine is the Technical Support Manager at TEC. He initially worked as an energy auditor and has many years of experience in weatherization, including in the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). His formal education background is in residential building science and technology.

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Gas Pool Heater Components and Common Issues
I know, I know. You came here for HVAC content, so why are we talking about pool heaters? Since we live in Florida and don’t have that much of a heating season, we have to look for other forms of work during the winter months. Pool heaters fit the bill quite nicely since they’re actually […]
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The Chemistry of Combustion In the Wild
If you’ve been following my writing for the last couple of years, you know that I like to blather on and on about combustion analysis. Now, I am by no means an expert on the subject, as I live in North Texas (which is not known for its intense heating season), but I love using […]
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Why Discharge Line Temperature is a Useful Reading
I’d like to give special thanks to Roman Baugh for the section about compressor superheat. It’s not something we talk about very often outside of chiller and commercial refrigeration applications, but it definitely has value in the HVAC world as well. Thanks, Roman! Since I started in the trade, we would take discharge line temperature […]
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#Betterhvac: Taking the First Step… and the Second and Third
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