In this white paper, you will find some real-world definitions of many of the confusing terms thrown around in VFD manuals and technical articles.

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.

Live chat can have a huge impact on your customer satisfaction rate.

Paced by continued demand for projects such as new education and health care facilities, public safety, and government buildings, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) increased in June following fluctuations earlier this year.

A new report, “Global Construction 2030,” forecasts that the volume of construction output will grow by 85 percent to $15.5 trillion worldwide by 2030, with three countries — China, the U.S., and India — leading the way and accounting for 57 percent of all global growth.

ExakTime’s wireless field time clock has been awarded a patent for its unique method of tracking, storing, and sending employee time records from the field to the office automatically via a cellular communication network.

Per the DOE’s second annual “National Energy Employment Analysis,” a total of 6.4 million Americans now work in the traditional energy and energy-efficiency industries. More than 300,000 net new jobs were added in 2016, which accounted for 14 percent of the nation’s job growth.

Contractors focused primarily on service, maintenance, and repair should continue to see steady, healthy growth, even in a slowing economic environment.

Let’s look at five hidden reasons HVAC systems might not keep up when the temperatures get hot, how to test for them, and potential repairs.

At the 2020 AHR Expo, Broan-NuTone introduced Overture, a fully automated, cloud-connected, whole-home IAQ system that monitors and optimizes air in the home.

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

This unit is a semi-custom fabricated air handler that can utilize direct or indirect evaporative cooling or a combination of both to meet specific usage and dimensional requirements.

When your campus is home to 27,000 students, indoor air quality is of the utmost importance.

Ongoing and evolving U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) regulations have created a complex landscape for supermarket owners.

Designed to maximize reliability and uptime, this product allows technicians to stay dry while safely inspecting the basin with an internal walkway.

Homes, restaurants, bars, and businesses rely on clear, clean ice for many applications. Ice is considered a food source, and the water that makes the ice must be of good quality. Good quality water will produce a crystal-clear, hard piece of ice.

The Refrigeration School Inc. (RSI) in Phoenix, Arizona, in partnership with Clear Channel Outdoor, recently donated and installed an ice machine at Aimee's Animal Sanctuary in Queen Creek, Arizona, to help protect more than 100 special needs animals from severe heat.

A duct system is the part of an HVAC system that most homeowners don’t consider, yet it determines how well their equipment works.

Diverse examples show the importance of air movement and the creative ways in which contractors and manufacturers have dealt with it successfully.

Many in our industry believe the duct material used in an installation determines how well the HVAC system moves air. The issue isn’t the material type, it’s how we install the product.

The ductless market has grown significantly in the U.S. in the last 20 years. What was once a fringe product has become a prominent subset of the HVAC world.

These new programs and reactivations include occupations such as machinist, HVACR technician, electrician, plumber, cement mason, ironworker, operating engineer, and a new occupation in certified cyber analyst operator.

The industry touches our lives directly, and an HVACR-literate public would be a boon to it.

While hydronic systems have long been recognized for their energy-saving properties in HVAC and plumbing applications, designing an efficient hydronic system and narrowing down the necessary system components can be challenging.

Evolving AI technology is becoming an important business tool for personalizing customer experience, analyzing data, and much more.

With the scheduling map in the current system, customers can track the real-time location of vehicles.

Here are managerial strategies that contractors can incorporate to improve driver safety and management during the winter season.

Since the COVID-19 pandemic struck nearly three years ago, automobile manufacturers have had trouble getting many of the parts — computer chips especially — required to assemble the vans and trucks that field-service businesses use daily.

Under these orders, AAON will provide a custom-designed thermal management system supporting a liquid cooling deployment for the customer's data centers.

The grant will provide state-of-the-art technology and equipment for industrial training programs such as mechatronics, information technology and cybersecurity, HVAC, construction management, welding, and more.

How do refrigeration products continue to spread through everyday life, and what could be in store for the grocery sector in particular?

As refrigerant regulations grow more stringent, manufacturers are beginning to offer new refrigeration architectures that utilize low-GWP refrigerants.

Don Kuhl, a U.S. Air Force veteran and civil servant, secured the most public votes and won an a/c unit in the giveaway, which honors the sacrifices of local veterans, active-duty service members, and their families.

Evaporative cooling is growing in demand as cooling needs are expanding.

Renewable energy enthusiasts now have reason to celebrate: EVAPCO offers a solar-powered evaporative cooling tower. The SUN cooling tower is paired with PV panels to dramatically reduce energy consumption.  

Although evaporative cooling is great at saving energy, it does consume some water, but the benefits on energy savings outweigh the water usage, which in some places is a scarce resource.

Creative Composites Group's acquisition of Enduro will add to CCGs suite of manufacturing capabilities and geographic reach.

Michael Daly, chief technology officer, ECM Technologies, offers insights into the HVAC commercial market.

Like many universities across America, the University of Cincinnati faced a major infrastructure challenge: having to operate aging central utility plants with older technology.

With a double brood of cicadas forecasted to awaken, now is the time to prepare for how to deal with the mess they will leave behind and the potential damage they can do to equipment.

Smart tools continue to grow in the HVACR industry, spurring manufacturers to create connected, digital devices that will make work in the field less manual and more automatic.

The Fieldpiece booth commanded a lot of attention on the show floor at this year’s AHR Expo in Atlanta. Those who didn’t have time to wait in line to find out why may be wondering, “What was all the rage about?”

It is hard to find a contractor who does not have a firm opinion on Nest and if the company is good for the HVAC industry.

Across the country, school administrators are realizing the importance of good IAQ and a comfortable indoor environment, which both contribute significantly to student success. 

While traditional hospital HVAC systems often consist of chillers and boilers, other types of equipment are becoming more widely accepted in the health care market, including variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems, air curtains, and geothermal heat pumps. 

AHRI launched an interactive US map showing state codes for A2L refrigerants, alongside a video series on low-GWP refrigerant transition.

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are pushing back on attempts to regulate consumer appliances.

In early July, the Biden administration proposed a rule that addresses excessive heat in the workplace, as tens of millions of them were under heat advisories — the nation’s No. 1 weather-related cause of death.

Across seven product categories, LG’s HVAC solutions again pass AHRI's comprehensive performance certification program.

The medical profession and the HVAC industry have a lot of parallels when it comes to learning how to work together as a team.