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As more and more companies are being acquired by private equity, the market is drastically changing, meaning the smaller contractors need to learn to adapt to survive.

As more homeowners are ditching oil heaters and moving to heat pumps, the rest of the country can learn from the cold-climate success story.

In order to effectively help and protect their homeowners during these events, HVAC contractors have to observe, educate, and ask the right questions.

For technicians who run across older furnaces where air conditioners were later added, it pays to know how a fan center operates.

What are the most common mistakes in heat pump installs, and how do you avoid them? Here’s what experts had to say about heat pump installation — a must-watch as electrification continues to gain momentum.

To meet the ambitious environmental goals being proposed at all levels of government, residential air-to-water heat pumps are emerging as a transformative solution to lower carbon emissions, enhance energy efficiency, and reduce utility bills.

For more HVAC contractors to sell zoning systems, they have to understand the benefits, challenges, know how to approach customers to even be able to sell it, and then comes the install.

The bill significantly reduces the cost of a geothermal installation, spurs job creation, and hopes to inspire more contractors to tap into the geothermal market.

The duct system plays a pivotal role in customer comfort so HVAC technicians should be familiarized with air balance testing principles to get to the heart of the issues.

For contractors in humid climates, a lot of the comfort they provide is through being able to control humidity levels, which can be aided by adding a secondary dehumidification system.