Current rules allow for date-of-installation deadlines, which critics say are burdensome for distributors and contractors who may risk being stuck with equipment that cannot be legally installed in their region.

As an industry, we have rolled with efficiency changes in the past, even when the bureaucrats making the rules lack an understanding of the impact simple things like warehousing, transportation, and installations have on the industry. Or maybe they do not care.

As of January 2023, the DOE’s minimum energy efficiency requirements go into effect for all newly manufactured residential and commercial air conditioners and heat pumps.

Our industry is on a fastrack path of unprecedented change, which for some will result in complete chaos. But the change has been coming for decades.

ATLANTA — ASHRAE has received the prestigious Partnership Award from the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UN Environment) Ozone Secretariat for its extraordinary commitment and contribution to the progress and achievements of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary.

Leaders from five service contracting companies from the plumbing, heating and cooling, and electrical industry joined contributing NEWS columnist Al Levi at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix on November 15-16, 2017 for The 7-Power Contractor® Build Your Operating Manuals Program Workshop.

Three main, key issues that impacted most contractors, manufacturers, distributors, and organizations included the 92 percent mandate, regional standards enforcement, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) refrigeration alternatives.

Government regulations have been forced down the proverbial throats of HVACR manufacturers, distributors, and contractors for decades.

Readers answer the question: "Regional standards reporting rules began Aug. 15 for Southeast/Southwest contractors and all distributors. Will this seriously impact your business?"