HVAC manufacturers have produced a slew of green products. Whether a commercial or residential contractor, the following are units that can be installed in new and/or retrofit applications to help end users save energy and improve comfort.

You feel your company is more green than it used to be, so now what do you do with that information? The NEWS spoke with two contractors whose companies perform both commercial and residential work about green marketing and promotion of their business.

The P-K MACH® condensing boiler dual-fuel product line has been expanded. According to the manufacturer, switching from natural gas to propane is fast and easy, only requiring flipping a simple toggle switch.

A line of energy recovery modules for direct- and indirect-fired heating or cooling sections is available. With an air-to-air plate exchanger, Rapid™ energy recovery modules capture heat from the air handler’s exhaust air and transfer it to the incoming air at an efficiency of approximately 60 percent.

Buying a new construction-oriented HVAC contracting business in Indianapolis in 2007 was very risky, but growing that $2 million business during an economic downturn into a $27 million contracting giant in five years is almost beyond belief. How was it done?

Source: Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI). Industry figures are estimates that are derived from the best available figures supplied by a sample of AHRI member companies.

The problem of unwanted moisture in HVACR systems has been an industry evil for years. How to deal with it is resulting in a widening range of solutions. To the familiar approaches of using filter driers, nitrogen purges, and multiple evacuations, manufacturers are adding use of sealants as well as dehydrating and activating agents.

Now that you are basking in what hopefully has been several profitable months, I’m here to give a reality check. We don’t want to give away in the last three or four months of the year all that we worked so hard to earn.

Featuring high EER — up to 22.2 at full load and 29.8 in part load — SmartSource™ water-source heat pump products offer low noise operation and a wide range of features and options. The electrically commutated motor (ECM) is a standard feature across the entire product line.

Four fans connected in parallel provide built-in redundancy in the PowerAire® Quad fan assist module. Designed for data center installations, the module manages the cooling requirements for dense server racks and blades. It provides a blast of cooling through the DirectAire® airflow panel.