Arista News

January 04, 2008

ADVANCED INITIATIVES GROUP WORKING TO MAKE ARISTA "GREEN"

Arista is working hard to promote “green” initiatives throughout the industry. Scott Berger, Arista President and Robert Crafton, who will be leading Advanced Initiatives, have been attending conferences around the United States to be able to bring their knowledge back to Arista and to the New York mechanical contractor industry.

In September 2007, the two joined their peers at the inaugural MCAA Green Opportunities Conference held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The conference was well attended and featured speakers from the USGBC, ASHRAE, MCAA and many others who have been heavily involved in the green mechanical movement.

In November 2007, Berger and Crafton attended the USGBC’s annual “Green” building exposition, GreenBuild, held at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. The conference portion of the event featured a keynote speech by Bill Clinton and as well as a presentation on PlaNYC 2030. This year GreenBuild has grown to host over 15,000 attendees and featured a vast array of green technologies both new and well established.

ARISTA AND KELNARD TO ATTEND AHR EXPO

January 2008: Arista and Kelnard will be bringing all of our field personnel to the AHR Expo, which is being held in New York City at the Jacob Javitz Convention Center for the first time in 12 years. This expo is the premier showcase for all new and existing technologies in the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration industry.

LAPTOPS RAFFLED OFF AT HOLIDAY PARTY -- PART OF "ONE LAPTOP PER CHILD" PROGRAM

December 2007: Our Annual Holiday Employee Luncheon was held on Friday December 21st at 2pm. This year we raffled off 10 children’s laptops. These computers were purchased through the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Get 1 Give 1 (G1G1) program. For each laptop that was won, another one will be delivered to a child in a developing nation. Congratulations to our winners: Rich T., Rukidi S., Danny D., Chris G., Vincent P., Howie S., Craig N., Marie C., Lenin K. and Desmond B. It is a great cause that we are thrilled to support.

ARISTA MAKES HOLIDAY CONTRIBUTION TO MCERF

December 2007: In the giving spirit of the holiday season, Arista has made a contribution to the Mechanical Contractors Education and Research Foundation (MCERF). Click on MCERF name to see the projects they are involved in including their newly released study on RFID and how it relates to the mechanical industry.

ARISTA BEGINS CONSTRUCTION ON COMMERCIAL DEMONSTRATION KITCHEN

December 2007: Arista, in conjunction with Kelnard Foodservice Equipment & Design (our recently created in-house commercial kitchen development firm), has begun construction of a new Commercial Demonstration Kitchen. Our new kitchen will feature Energy Star rated appliances, an 11’ table made from salvaged wood, and custom stainless design work by Brad LaBel, Managing Director of Kelnard Foodservice. The kitchen will be used as a company cafeteria, conference room and fully functioning demo kitchen allowing us to properly entertain clients, associates and friends. Future menus are set to include our in-house aged steaks.

Be sure to make your reservations soon and don’t forget to check out the Japanese style high-speed hand dryer in the bathroom!

ARISTA OFFERS MICROTURBINES TO CUSTOMERS

November 2007: Arista officially became one of the first Capstone Microturbine Dealers in the New York Metro area.

Mayor Bloomberg recently said of the city’s approval of microturbine use in residential and commercial buildings that, “This rule will help us to meet our commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions citywide by 30% between now and 2030, and it will help spur the real estate and development communities to build more efficient, greener projects moving forward.” It has been shown that microturbines are 70% to 80% efficient in their production of electricity whereas coal fired power plants are typically only able to convert between 30% to 35% of the fuel’s embodied energy into electricity. Microturbines also produce far fewer emissions.

We are proud to be able to offer this technology to our customers.

Happy Thanksgiving

November 2007: Keeping our Thanksgiving tradition for the past 36 years, Arista will once again be providing Turkeys to all of our employees. We wish everyone a happy and peaceful Thanksgiving.

October 15, 2007

SCOTT BERGER BECOMES A LEED ACCREDITED PROFESSIONAL OF THE U.S GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL

Scott Berger, President of Arista and Kelnard has become a LEED Accredited Professional of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED Accredited Professionals have demonstrated a thorough understanding of green building practices and principles and familiarity with LEED requirements, resources, and processes.

To find out more visit the USGBC web site at www.usgbc.org

ARISTA UNVEILS KELNARD KITCHEN SERVICES

We are pleased to announce the addition of KELNARD KITCHEN SERVICES to the Arista family of companies. Kelnard Kitchen specializes in commercial kitchen installations, maintenance and repairs. This brings a fresh dimension of expertise and a full plate of critical services to the cutting edge kitchen.

July 11, 2007

Arista Employees to Enjoy "ACCA Night at the Mets"

On Friday, July 13th, 150 Arista employees and family members will attend Shea Stadium for the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Night at the Mets. Our company will join other air conditioning contractors from the metropolitan area to cheer on our New York Mets as they face the Cincinnati Reds.

December 22, 2006

Scott Berger Appointed to the Board of the Green Mechanical Council

Arista Air Conditioning President Scott Berger has just been appointed to the Board of the newly-formed Green Mechanical Council. This organization hopes to represent the Mechanical industry on environmental issues. Their mission is to save the planet through innovation, education and implementation of green technologies.

June 27, 2006

Stanley Berger Finishes Successful Year as President of the MCAA

Arista C.E.O. Stanley Berger concluded his term as President of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America at their annual conference in Maui, Hawaii in March. The convention, attended by over 2500 people, capped a productive year of leadership for Stanley. He remains on the Executive Committee as Immediate Past President until March 2007 and continues to be extremely active in the organization.

January 11, 2006

Scott Berger Appointed to the Mechanical Contracting Education and Research Foundation Board of Trustees

Scott Berger, President of Arista Air Conditioning, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of the Mechanical Contracting Education and Research Foundation (MCERF). This organization focuses on raising money to fund the Education Excellence Initiative. Through this they will provide a solid base for the growth and success of the Mechanical Contracting industry.

Arista has always been committed to furthering the eduation of its employees and Scott looks forward to enhancing that by serving on this Board.

October 21, 2005

The Power of Association

This month's President's Letter from MCAA.

Inside the Value Chain

Arista Air Conditioning featured in this month's cover story Inside the Value Chain for Contracting Business magazine.

September 23, 2005

Arista Helps Their Gulf Colleagues

Arista sends its heartfelt thoughts and sympathies to all those on the Gulf Coast who have been affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. In recognition of this, we have made a contribution on behalf of our employees to a fund set up by the MCAA to assist the affected mechanical contractors and their employees.

September 21, 2005

MSCA Star Certification

On September 19th, 2005, Arista's CEO, Stanley Berger, was presented with Star Certification at the annual Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) Conference in Vancouver, Canada.

March 20, 2005

Stanley Berger Becomes President of MCAA

Stanley H. Berger, CEO of Arista Air Conditioning, will be inaugurated at the national convention in Scottsdale, AZ, as the President of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America.

February 09, 2005

New Look to Arista Web Site

Arista launches new web site that better informs visitors about its services.

January 25, 2005

Arista President Nominated by IFMA

Scott L. Berger, President of Arista Air Conditioning, has been nominated for the Associate of the Year award by the Greater New York Chapter of IFMA.