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Brian Kirby was a Minor League Baseball player and worked with his family’s HVAC company. He died at the age of 46 on April 15.

Across the industry, gaps in system design, commissioning, airflow, and more are still rearing their ugly head, impacting contractor credibility, homeowner satisfaction, and the carefully manufactured HVAC system itself.

In 1942, an editorial in The Electric Refrigeration News warned that leaving refrigeration off the essential list could threaten the war effort. Nearly 80 years later, during COVID-19, HVACR technicians were recognized without question. The shift reveals how the industry moved from overlooked to indispensable.

Discover how cool roofs can go beyond aesthetics to slash intake temperatures, improve equipment performance, and transform HVAC contractors into high-level energy-efficiency experts for their customers. 

Homeowners are sometimes misled by common myths about heating and cooling equipment, but contractors have techniques for battling misinformation.  

The real question is whether this pace of change continues once incentives wind down — or whether the last few years of acceleration were partly a policy-and-refrigerant-transition moment that won’t repeat. 

Speaking before the House Appropriations Committee on April 15, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said the rebate funds, including for home electrification, would be released in a “few weeks.”

Rising fuel costs and global instability are pushing HVAC pricing back into uncertain territory, creating new challenges for contractors.