Advantage A/C Training

About the Instructors Advantage A/C Training was formed to address the needs of professional HVAC service technicians. The rapid changes in technology in the HVAC industry require that service technicians receive training that will keep them up with changes in HVAC equipment and review the basics. Advantage A/C Training have two of the industry’s leading trainers, Lawrence Giroux and Edward Neumann Larry Giroux and Edward Neumann have joined together to bring HVAC professionals superior training. Technical knowledge combined with field experience allow us to provide training that today’s HVAC professionals need. Lawrence Giroux Larry started working for a plumbing and heating company as a teenager in Northern New York. Larry attended and earned an A.A.S. in HVAC Technology from the University of New York at Canton in 1972. After a few months as an installer for a contractor in Syracuse he went to work as a technician for Carrier Corporation. Six years later he joined the Carrier Service Training Team. Larry worked for 4 years as a HVAC service trainer in Syracuse, NY he was transferred by Carrier to Houston Texas in 1982to be the distributor service training manager/instructor and service representative. Over the past 27 years in Houston, Larry received many service training awards from Carrier. Larry was honored with Carrier’s “Richard Theoret Award for Dedication to HVAC Technical Service Training “which he received in 1995 at the annual Carrier National Service Managers Meeting in Orlando Florida. For the past 27 years Larry conducted numerous service training classes fo technicians in Southeast Texas and in Louisiana. He conducted both fundamental of Air conditioning and Electrical course annually at the Carrier Houston location. He also conducted several advanced seminars annually including Carrier rooftop units and water chillers. Larry retired from Carrier on September 30th, 2009. At his retirement luncheon Carrier’s district service manager, Jon Stevens awarded Larry with a Service Training Excellence Award for 2008. Larry Giroux is well known and respected in the Southeast Texas HVAC market. After retirement from Carrier, Larry started Giroux Air Conditioning Training & consulting LLC. Larry pledges to continue providing quality service training classes for HVAC technicians in Southeast Texas for many years. Edward Neumann C.I.E. Edward Neumann Started in the HVAC as an installer for LC&N refrigeration in the St. Louis area. He studied HVAC technology and graduated as valedictorian of his class from Ranken Technical College in 1980. Edward moved to Houston Texas in 1980 to work as a sales representative for the air conditioning division of General Electric Corporation. In 1982 Edward began working for the Lubrizol Corporation as the lead service technician at the Bayport Plant. Edward was responsible for the industrial refrigeration and chillers in the plant. His experience included water chillers, pressurized control room air conditioning, and low temperature systems running at -60F. Control systems included both DDC controls and pneumatic control systems. In 1988 Edward started ABBA A/C & Refrigeration. The company specialized in custom refrigeration systems and had 7 employees. After selling ABBA A/C, Edward became a lead service technician for the Trane corporation and had extensive experience in large water chillers and DDC control systems. In 1998 Edward transferred from the heavy commercial side of Houston Trane and began work as a sales/service agent for the Specialty Applications division. He was the service/sales representative for the variable refrigerant flow systems used for commercial applications. In 1999 Edward became a certified indoor environmentalist CIE. In 2001 Edward was employed by the Carrier Corporation as its Indoor Air Quality representative. He did several successful indoor air pollution forensic investigations and held seminars on indoor air pollution throughout the United States. In 2002 Edward was named IAQ member of the month by the Indoor Air Quality Association. Edward was promoted to Carrier Building Specialist. He developed the Southeast Texas Mid-Size Builder Program that was then taken nationwide. While at Carrier Edward completed his bachelor’s degree in business management and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Phoenix University. Larry and Edward have known each other since the early 1980’s and have kept a professional friendship over the years. HVAC is a difficult field requiring knowledge in several disciplines. Larry and Edward have joined together to provide professional HVAC service technicians with classes that will allow them to stay abreast of changing technologies and be more productive.