If you are an HVAC contractor who has not done so already, it is time to lean into the growing indoor air quality trend.

Based on 19 years of covering automotive retailing, I would say the future of residential HVAC looks a lot like the current state of automotive retailing.

Whatever plan you come up with for vaccinations, be sure to keep your employees in mind.

HVAC contractors should decide if/when they should sell and/or how they should compete.

If you can increase margins and lock in a customer for 10 years, leasing is probably worth thinking about.

Finally, we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of the pandemic.

It’s important to understand that this would be the largest increase in the shortest span of time since the federal minimum wage was introduced in 1938.

A $15 minimum wage sounds like something the industry can handle, but for most of the country, this will be an experience without much precedent.

Many people are concerned on how a graying industry can bring young people into the mix. Contractors should have a plan.