TORONTO, ON, Canada — As U.S. utilities continue their buyouts of dealers in city after city; as the big, multibillion dollar consolidators form alliances with utilities; and as Lennox continues its bold transformation into North America’s largest residential hvac dealer, the texture of contracting is undergoing a titanic change.
In the future, hvac contracting in many U.S. markets may look a lot like Toronto, where Union Energy, the new unit of Westcoast Energy in Vancouver, BC, has established a beachhead.