Symphony is a Web-enabled home comfort platform designed for WaterFurnace’s 3 Series, 5 Series, and 7 Series geothermal heat pump systems. 

The NEWS and Ben Landers, president and CEO of Blue Corona, examine high-quality HVAC contractor websites and discern what makes them so successful.

By working together, ZigBee and Thread can jointly provide an interoperable solution to help streamline product development and ultimately improve the consumer’s experience in the connected home.

HindSite Software, a field service management software provider, has announced the release of HindSite Connect Pro. Connect Pro is designed to help field service businesses retain and grow their customer base with customer satisfaction surveys and mass emails.

Once you grow to a certain size and invest in a few additional trucks, hire some techs, maybe hire a helper or two, and bring in a couple office/administrative folks, suddenly you find no matter how good you are, referrals and repeat business just isn’t enough to keep everyone busy. You need more leads — like, yesterday.

As technology continues to advance, more and more industry mobile applications are becoming available for smartphones and tablets. Here are a few of the latest. 

The eCAPS® fan application suite is an online fan selection program designed specifically for HVAC engineers. 

Symphony is a Web-enabled home comfort platform designed for WaterFurnace’s 3 Series, 5 Series, and 7 Series geothermal heat pump systems. 

ABB, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Cisco Systems Inc. have announced the formation of an international joint venture called mozaiq operations GmbH to develop and operate an open-software platform for smart homes. The companies said the platform will help to unify today’s stand-alone solutions for home automation. 

The DataVault™ Mobile Solution Model 118-M is a fully protected digital-plan solution for on-site management.