Just 3% of commercial contractors were pessimistic about the upcoming year in 2024, compared to 22% in 2023.

Greenheck has added three new models to its line of high-performance residential energy recovery ventilators (ERVs).

The kenza cloud is a cloud-based platform for distributors, contractors, building owners, and facility managers who would benefit from remotely controlling, scheduling, and charting City Multi and M-Series systems’ data, along with getting off-site troubleshooting support.

ClearDrain PVC effectively eliminates major contributors to clogged HVAC/R condensate drains.

The Sensedge Go monitors up to 14 indoor air quality and environmental parameters, providing comprehensive insights into all aspects of the built environment.

Carrier and Bryant have announced the recipients of the Distributors’ Education Foundation scholarship for the 2024-2025 school year.

ECM Technologies' ThermaClear conquers oil fouling by clearing the coil system from the inside, removing the oil barrier and super-lubricating the compressor.

The new Milwaukee Tool factory in Grenada County, Mississippi, will employ more than 800 people and is Milwaukee’s eighth location in Mississippi. It is also the company’s largest manufacturing facility in the U.S.

Propane use at Ruby’s Inn has helped eliminate 5,200 metric tons of CO² equivalent. This is equal to the greenhouse gas emissions from 1,410 gasoline-powered passenger vehicles driven for one year.

When faced with a leaky coil on a reach-in cooler, a decision needs to be made whether to repair or replace it. The final decision may come down to where the leak is located.

How do we motivate HVAC contractors to do more refrigerant recovery? The ACHR NEWS posed the question to three industry experts on the front lines of the refrigerant transition. Here’s what they had to say about what that will take — and what we’re all going to be in for if we don’t.

Seven of the new full-time employees hired to start up operations previously worked at the VISE-GRIP factory. Malco plans to add jobs as production increases.

Little by little, a compressor’s lubricating oil will eventually escape the compressor’s crankcase and enter the system’s tubing.

Leverage the business resources available to you as a contractor, and one of those resources is your distributor’s territory manager.

The initiative will also support Honeywell Energy Solutions Group’s existing multi-phase Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) program with Boston as part of the Renew Boston Trust program to help achieve energy and carbon reductions in city-owned historic buildings.

How to safely wire the motors, what to know about the wire colors, and more.

Contractor-run training facilities allow company leaders to tailor the curriculum to meet their employment needs.

Business Uncensored partnered with Service World Expo to provide a joint event for contractors pursuing excellence in their local markets.

Regardless of the teaching profession’s demands and challenges, many HVACR instructors continue to instruct because of their unconditional love for the trades and desire to prepare the industry’s next generation.

The EPA has proposed a one-year extension for VRF systems using high-GWP HFCs.

For HVAC pros interested in motors and drives, Tuesday afternoon at this year’s AHR Expo in Atlanta featured a good chance to give the feet a rest and focus on the mind for a while. Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) presented a three-phase session called VFDs: Method of Laboratory Test and a Case Study.

This electronically commutated motor (ECM) is an efficient, pre-programmed, dual-voltage, dual-rotation motor.

The flow control industry has stubbornly clung to pneumatic actuators, specifically in the American market, for decades.

With the recent surge of interest in IAQ options, consumers might easily forget that those components must still work within a system.

The question of replacing a blower versus an entire system – versus the chance something else is the real culprit – remains a case-by-case challenge.

Here is the trending technology that three motor manufacturers are saying will improve the future of motors in HVAC.

The business employs around 600 people and generated revenues of approximately $63 million in 2021.

PSC motors can be referred to as constant speed motors; X13 ECMs can be referred to as constant torque motors; and ECM 2.3 variable-speed motors can be referred to as constant airflow motors.

It took more than 17 months for Jackson Systems to research and build the Virtual Technician app, which won gold in the Contractor Services and Software category of the 2018 Dealer Design Awards.

At some restaurants, customers can place an order online and go pick up lunch “as soon as possible” or “at a scheduled time.” Increasingly, service providers — like medical offices — are giving customers the option to schedule online, too. And the HVAC field is no exception.

Dynamic Systems Inc.’s l Stand-alone Mobile Inventory Application (SMIBA) uses barcodes to manage inventory and upload the information to any accounting system.

Today, HVACR distributors rely on enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to handle nearly every level of their operations. Vendor data, turns, dead stock, cycle counts, sales margins, and much more can be accessed directly from a computer or, in some cases, a mobile device.

Managing equipment is increasingly important to the HVAC industry. Parasense Refrigerant Management Software, gold winner, helps with this.

Success Group International recently hosted its fall 2019 Expo at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Dallas.

Manifold Cloud Services Ltd. received the 2020 Gold award in the Contractor Services and Software category for its measureQuick app. The product is a universal Bluetooth application that allow tools from multiple manufacturers to be used on a single platform.

The Gold award for the Contractor Service and Software category went to SmartDiagnostics with SmartTutor™ (SDST) from Smartech Alliance, a division of SmartHVAC LLC.

The Contractor Services & Software category winners include an app that provides access to online product information, an app that helps contractors install and diagnose geothermal equipment, and a computer-based platform for home service businesses.

The AI features in communications software, such as voice-to-text and message-flagging, have made for faster, easier customer-contractor communications that are also more personalized and have less room for misunderstanding.

The global HVAC market is forecast to post a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 7 percent by 2020, according to the latest report from Technavio. The research study covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the HVAC market from 2016 to 2020.

SAN ANTONIO — For years, one of the highlights of the Mechanical Contractors Association of America’s (MCAA’s) Annual Convention has been the economic forecast offered by Brian Beaulieu, CEO of ITR Economics in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Vertical Mechanical Group is a full-service HVAC and plumbing contractor that specializes in large-scale commercial projects such as hotels and multi-family residential buildings.

Beginning July 3, 2019, the Department of Energy is requiring a maximum fan energy rating (FER) for furnace fans.

HVAC industry members are debating how the DOE’s new rules — the first-ever for commercial and industrial fans — will impact their operations.

Back in December, The ACHR NEWS toured the Big Ass Fans facility in Lexington, Kentucky. While we were there we had the opportunity to tour the company’s facility and with its research and development center, and chat with general manager of industrial business lines, Andrew Koukis for the latest episode of the NEWSMakers podcast.

Frost on an evaporator coil will prevent the correct amount of airflow across the coil. Anytime the evaporator coil experiences reduced airflow across its face, there will be a reduced heat load on the coil.

Lennox’s SL280NV Ultra Low NO_X gas furnace was built to address a market need in the South Coast and San Joaquin air quality districts in California, which require the reduction of emissions to 14 nanograms of NO_X per joule.

Unico Inc. announced it is making highly efficient EC motors standard for all blower models within its modular air handling units.

Lineage Logistics recently funded renovations to the refrigeration system at a New Jersey facility, including replacement of an evaporative condenser.

The higher the inlet water temperature, the more sensible heat must be removed from the water and the longer the freeze cycle. The latent heat removed causes the water to change state, thus producing ice.

Hoshizaki America Inc. named Brian Rakers senior sales director of the eastern zone and Dan Cazalet as regional sales director of the western region.