With the geothermal market enjoying an enormous surge in popularity due to financial incentives and its reputation for sustainability, now is the time for contractors to strike while the iron is hot and add geothermal to their offerings.

Getting customers to notice an HVAC online requires strategy and analysis, but any efforts now will pay dividends later.

There are numerous factors for this trend, including energy efficiency, government incentives, and technology improvement. But HVAC contractors are still the boots on the ground in this electrification mission.

AI, especially its use in information gathering, needs to be harnessed by HVAC contractors if they want to be noticed when customers are searching for services online.

In the first installment in this series, we talk with Don Gillis who is a technical trainer with Chemours. Gillis travels the country providing top-notch training on the refrigerant transition. We ask Gillis how contractors can safely recover and recycle A2L refrigerants.

The reclamation of HFC refrigerants is now essential so that existing HVAC systems, and systems that can be sold through 2025, can be serviced for the next couple of decades.

The HVACR industry faces challenges like inflation, labor shortages, and higher interest rates. At EGIA’s EPIC 2024 Convention, CPA, Gene Marks, offered six strategies for overcoming these issues and achieving success.

With more than a trillion dollars designated from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) starting to hit the wider economic field, HVAC contractors and the utility industry should be aware of how to cash in.

In an HVAC market that is now more repair than replace, one HVAC contractor has a unique solution.

Heat pump sales may look like they are slowing down, but research shows they are picking up speed.