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Thermostat Security: Future HVAC Systems At Risk?

Security experts announced recently that they hacked a "smart" thermostat and a residential HVAC system. This announcement underscores the need for cyber safety, even with household products and air conditioners.

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Your Commercial HVAC System’s Thermostat Might Be Set for 1950

There's your coworker, bundled up in the office wearing a thick sweater in her cubicle despite the sweltering heat outside. No, your female coworker isn’t crazy. And if you’re young, male and overweight, you may find yourself a little hotter than you’d like as you sit in your cubicle. Please know you're not alone. After all, your workplace thermostat’s ambient temperature could be geared towards men instead of women. And lean men too, at that!

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Air Conditioning: The Secret History

Harper Lee perhaps described best the world before air conditioning in her classic novel about growing up in the South of the Great Depression. Her home in the fictional town of Maycomb was sweltering like much of the country in the summer of 1932. People cooled themselves with paper fans and glasses of lemonade. If you lived in a state like Alabama where temps regularly exceeded 100 degrees, you were plain out of luck during the summer months.

Air-Tro Heating and Cooling: Welcome to My Office

Air-Tro Heating and Cooling: Welcome to My Office

When you call Air-Tro for your residential or commercial heating and air conditioning needs, you may already know about San Gabriel Valley readers voting us the best heating and air conditioning company in the area, five years in a row. You might even be aware of our A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, or our five-in-a-row Angie’s List Super Service awards.

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Air-Tro Inc. Wins Best Heating and Air Conditioning Company for the San Gabriel Valley

Thank you everybody! For the third year in a row, Air-Tro, Inc. has been voted the best heating and air conditioning company in the San Gabriel Valley by readers of the Monrovia Weekly and other popular local papers in the communities of Pasadena, San Gabriel, Sierra Madre, Arcadia, El Monte, Temple City, Rosemead, and Azusa! Consumers in these areas had an opportunity to vote in multiple categories for the business of their choice. Our “gold award” from readers of these community newspapers is a real honor. We are very grateful to everyone who took the time to cast their ballot. We're proud to be repeat winners, too!