Articles Tagged with ''regulations for HVACR''

Contractors started out 2017 feeling positive about short-term growth, according to ACCA, which reported its January 2017 Contractor Comfort Index (CCI) scored a 78 — up two points from its January 2016 rating.

When it comes to the “megatrends” that are affecting the commercial HVAC sector, changes in refrigerants are near the top of the list.

White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus, issued a memorandum declaring a government-wide freeze on new or pending regulations. The HVAC industry has generally reacted positively to this news, feeling that this freeze gives HVAC organizations more time to explain to the administration why these regulations should not be published.

There are six major changes to the Section 608 requirements along with some additional requirements for technicians.

HARDI, the largest HVACR equipment distributors association, announced its 2017 initiative to repeal the federal estate tax.

While several organizations lobbied Congress for an extension, the U.S. House of Representatives failed, again, to extend the geothermal heat pump tax credits via a stopgap spending bill signed Dec. 9, 2016.

While it appears regulations will be vetted more carefully under Trump’s administration, it appears contractors are divided on which regulation they would like to see eliminated first.

Trump has already gained national headlines for his work within the HVACR industry after he and Carrier Corp. signed an agreement that is intended to preserve several jobs in Indiana.