ARLINGTON, Va. — The Air Conditioning Contractors of America’s (ACCA) Contractor Comfort Index registered at 58 for February. The statistic revealed that HVACR contractors are continuing their cautiously optimistic outlook for 2013, showing improvement over February 2012’s measure of 57.

The CCI is calculated based on a survey of the association’s contractor members, who are asked how positive they feel about new business prospects, existing business activity, and expected staffing decisions in the short-term future. Weighted and averaged into one number, a CCI of 50 or above reflects anticipated growth.

Publication date: 3/25/2013