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AI Can Be a Useful Tool, But Still Needs Human Oversight, Distributors Told

‘There is No Turning Back’

February 10, 2024

 “Technology’s not going to solve everything, but you need to know how to use it,” Nelson Valderrama, CEO of Intuilize, told HVACR distribution professionals during the recent Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International conference.

What Small Businesses Need to Know about Generative AI

Cautions, caveats, and creative solutions for HVAC contractors who want to try their hand with ChatGPT

Marissa Evans

February 7, 2024

Evolving AI technology is becoming an important business tool for personalizing customer experience, analyzing data, and much more.

Building a Data Culture

It takes the right automation, visual scoreboards, asking questions, and integrating deeply

Hannah Belloli-Oster

January 16, 2024

Not only are the right data-driven leaders required, HVAC contractors also need to go through the necessary process to build a data culture within their company.

AI Takes on HVAC Labor Shortage

An HVAC Minute Video Update: October 24, 2023

Hannah Belloli-Oster

October 24, 2023

Software company Bluon is betting that artificial intelligence, or AI, can help solve the labor shortage — and pass along decades of knowledge from retiring HVAC techs to the next generation.

Rilla Shares Three Key Sales Insights with HVAC Contractors

Top reps hit on three major points more than lower performing reps. They talk about financial terms more

Austin Keating

October 15, 2023

Founding engineer and head of growth at Rilla, Will Gao, compares the value of data analysis for winning in sports to sales.

ChatGPT-Style AI Tool for HVAC Takes Aim at Labor Shortage

Trained on 50,000 HVAC tech support calls, the app answers HVAC troubleshooting questions with 96% accuracy, according to its creators

Maria Taylor

October 5, 2023

AI tools, such as Bluon’s MasterMechanic, could make a big dent in another aspect of the labor issue: the wisdom lost as older, highly skilled workers leave the industry.

Promotions Announced at Tech Provider XOi

September 28, 2023

In their new roles, enterprise account executive Austin Piazza and account executive Lindsey Fisher are responsible for developing and enhancing relationships and educating the industry about XOi’s capacity to help contractors solve the skilled-trades gap and grow their businesses.

E-Commerce Innovations

Distributors are adopting computer-based sales, and making them their own

Matt Jachman

September 27, 2023

HVACR distributors today are introducing software to meet contractors where they’re at and to fit the way they place electronic orders. At the same time, they’re working to maintain the personal relationships they’ve built with those customers.

Harnessing Technology for HVAC

Help customers find software solutions for their inventory issues

Darrell Sterling

September 23, 2023

The average tech thinks the service department is a giant money maker when in reality it is typically the least profitable part of a contractor’s business.

Artificial Intelligence and Business Management Software

Artificial Intelligence Can Help HVAC Contractors Run a Better Business

AI can run lead generation, troubleshoot training, even optimize pricing

Hannah Belloli-Oster

August 22, 2023

Contractors have to spend the time to effectively choose the right business management software that allows AI capabilities to fold into their day-to-day operations with ease.