The greater Chicago area has a new heating and cooling service company, Anderson Climate Solutions. The company will initially provide repair, maintenance, and installation services to residential, commercial, and light industrial customers in the northern Illinois region with plans to eventually expand throughout the Midwest.

Bryant Heating & Cooling Systems has announced its 2013 Medal of Excellence winners. Fifteen Bryant® Factory Authorized Dealers throughout the United States and Canada were presented the award at the Bryant Dealer Rally.

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It’s well recognized that your car or truck needs regular maintenance. HVAC contractors and technicians likewise emphasize to their residential customers that their HVAC system needs a regular tune-up to keep the unit up and running and provide optimum performance. Here are 15 essentials of a residential HVAC tune-up.

For decades, heating and cooling accounted for over half of all residential energy consumption in the United States. However, new estimates from the Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS) show that 48 percent of energy consumption in American homes during 2009 was used for heating and cooling, down from 58 percent in 1993.

New, optimized design increases efficiency, saves energy and reduces costs. New brazed models offer higher performance, with increased thermal efficiency and lower pressure drop.

The Bell & Gossett® snap zone valve is a compact four-wire thermoelectrically operated on-off zone valve designed for heating and cooling systems. It features an innovative compact design and an adapter ring that allows for the actuators to be installed in any 360-degree position.

The CimCLIMA line offers a number of high-quality valves, fan coil kits, and other accessories. The valves are suitable for both heating and cooling systems, and they are designed to provide isolation, accurate balancing, and time-saving bypass that, according to the company, helps reduce energy consumption.

Wolf Steel Ltd. recently announced the appointment of Andrew Gabura as account manager for the GTA Southwestern Ontario region, representing both the Napoleon® and Continental® heating and cooling brands.