robertbeverly@achrnews.com Robert Beverly

A summer snapshot of recent HVAC apps reveals advances from manufacturers in streamlining service and maintenance visits.

As performance and efficiencies have marched upward over the last several years, VRF has made steady advances in the last frontier of cold climates.

The highest-profile initiatives may have failed to make the cut, but the Senate’s bill does contain meaningful HVAC-related funding.

Several contractors in Arizona have offered advice to customers on how to handle their HVAC both before and after extreme weather like dust storms and monsoons.

Revisions in two important documents will have at least some impact on HVAC contractors working in commercial and residential sectors, respectively.

In a skilled labor shortage, expansion can make for a stealthy recruiting tool.

The Gold award in the HVAC High-Efficiency Residential Equipment category goes to the Lennox SL28XCV Air Conditioner.

The Gold award in the HVAC Residential Equipment category goes to the Hitachi Cooling & Heating Mini-Split System from Johnson Controls – Hitachi Air Conditioning.

The Gold award in the Residential Controls category goes to the Nest Thermostat E + Goodman from Goodman Manufacturing Co.

“We had between 1,100 and 1,600 calls a day,” said one contractor in the Pacific Northwest.

Arkansas HVACR Association’s persistence pays off in continuing education legislation.

With one EPA rule proposed and a menu of state initiatives underway, the unfolding reality for HVAC distributors is that the specifics of these policy rollouts are going to matter — possibly quite a bit.

Decarbonization trends are not removed from day-to-day contracting business, it’s not, and that is at least as true for commercial work as it is for residential.

NATE’s biggest rollout last year was its CHP-5 certification pathway.

One year after COVID-19 started to warp the contours of business and life in general, how are the aftereffects looking for HVAC distributors?

With every day that passes, pessimism grows a little more about the prospects of significant infrastructure legislation making it through Congress.

Compressor manufacturers have been improving the products on multiple fronts in recent months.

Taxes may be something no one can avoid, but thanks to recent federal legislation, the geothermal industry can take at least a little of the sting out of it.

AHRI’s vice president of government affairs hosted a bipartisan webinar panel to talk about the state of climate-related legislation and the factors in play.

From Texas, California, Washington, and Maine, panelists offered legislation insights in the second installment of the AHRI Spring Webinar Series.