The PERC Update: Media Tour Promotes Propane for Home Resiliency
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Media Tour Promotes Propane for Home Resiliency As part of a marketing campaign to homeowners, popular home designer, developer and contractor Anthony Carrino this week gave 28 media interviews talking about clean, reliable propane and propane generators. Carrino, a 20-year veteran in the home building industry, is readily recognized from his many series appearances on HGTV, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Rachel Ray Show, and the Today Show. His 1960s stone house sits on 3.9 acres of land in the Catskill Mountains. He said he recently installed a 20kW Kohler standby generator because “We lost power 11 times in the last year!” His buried 1,000-gallon propane tank now powers the pool heater, tankless water heater, kitchen stove, clothes dryer, and outdoor kitchen. Watch his TV interviewwith Buffalo, NY station WKBW. Share with your customers all the benefits of using an environmentally friendly propane generator as a backup power source.
PODCAST: Sustainable Alternatives for the Outdoors In the second of a two-part podcast episode of the Path to Zero, PERC President and CEO Tucker Perkins welcomes Josh Simpson with Little Kamper, a California company that developed the first one-pound propane tank exchange program to help keep hazardous waste out of our parks.
Help Customers Avoid Projected Price Spikes The U.S. government is projecting higher energy prices across the board this winter, setting the stage for an expensive heating season. Propane marketers should encourage customers to make a plan for winter supply now and avoid price increases that often come with times of higher demand. See latest EIA forecasts. The catalog on propane.com has a downloadable collection of customizable print and radio ads, brochures, bill stuffers and social posts for marketers to use to promote winter preparation.
PERC Council to Meet Nov. 10-11 in Destin, Fla. The Propane Education & Research Council will convene in public meeting Nov. 10-11 in Destin, Fla. To learn more, Email Anna Lombardo.
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CETP Updates at NPGA Southeastern Convention in Atlanta Come learn how safety, training and compliance programs for the propane industry are being updated to meet ever-changing regulations and worker needs Oct. 18 at the 2021 NPGA Southeastern Convention & International Propane Expo in Atlanta. PERC staffers Eric Kuster and Chris Hanson will review improvements to the Certified Employee Training Program (CETP) and certification. They also will demonstrate The Learning Center platform, showing why it is such a powerful tool in your company’s arsenal and can help you meet all of your training and compliance needs.
Help Builders See the Value of Propane Power Generation Propane helps builders sell more resilient homes and buildings by providing clean, reliable standby power. Two new resources can help you learn how to promote propane power generation solutions to builders in your area. The downloadable Ultimate Guide to Standby Power Generation provides advice from professionals designing cutting-edge applications for standby power with renewable resources like solar power and waste heat. The Introduction to Combined Heat and Power (CHP) course in The Learning Center on propane.com provides an overview of CHP systems so you will understand its benefits and advantages as well as the difference between CHP, CCHP and Micro-CHP systems.
NEW: Spanish Edition of Dispensing Propane Safely Spanish language editions of Dispensing Propane Safely are now available both as online courses in The Learning Center and as instructor-led material in the resource catalog on propane.com The updated Dispensing Propane Safely features a new curriculum detailing how to safely dispense propane into several types of cylinders and tanks, including those found at retail locations, bulk plants, and in forklift operations. Training is available in three segments: Small Cylinder, Motorhome and ASME-Mounted Tanks, and Dispensing Autogas. The classroom instruction materials available via download include PowerPoints, instructor guides, participant workbooks, and on-the-job training guides for all three segments.
