HVAC manufacturers have produced a slew of green products. Whether a commercial or residential contractor, the following are units that can be installed in new and/or retrofit applications to help end users save energy and improve comfort.

You feel your company is more green than it used to be, so now what do you do with that information? The NEWS spoke with two contractors whose companies perform both commercial and residential work about green marketing and promotion of their business.

Equipped to assist in the annual cleaning of outdoor residential or light commercial air conditioning or heat pump coils is the TriClean 2x coil cleaner. It is designed with an integrated sprayer that allows the user to connect to a hose, clean, and rinse.

Buying a new construction-oriented HVAC contracting business in Indianapolis in 2007 was very risky, but growing that $2 million business during an economic downturn into a $27 million contracting giant in five years is almost beyond belief. How was it done?

Source: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.

The advent of technology is at its most apparent in the world of thermostats and controls. Manufacturers are developing equipment that can be accessed and operated from Internet-enabled devices on the other side of the world. This article provides a sample of some of today’s latest thermostats and controls.

The problem of unwanted moisture in HVACR systems has been an industry evil for years. How to deal with it is resulting in a widening range of solutions. To the familiar approaches of using filter driers, nitrogen purges, and multiple evacuations, manufacturers are adding use of sealants as well as dehydrating and activating agents.

Amidst all the talk about refrigerants such as HCs, HFOs, and CO2, the vast majority of contractors are still working on HFC and HCFC systems. With that in mind, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, contractor Brian Baker of Custom Vac Ltd., offers some perspectives on the familiar refrigerants of R-410A and R-22. 

Now that you are basking in what hopefully has been several profitable months, I’m here to give a reality check. We don’t want to give away in the last three or four months of the year all that we worked so hard to earn.

If your company is experiencing personnel issues, productivity challenges, dysfunctional work teams or all of the above, it could be caused by the generational clash between two age groups that make up the largest segments of the workforce. How do you deal with it?