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Controls equipment, motors, and heat exchangers are among the items on the Trump administration’s latest list of Chinese imports targeted for new tariffs.

Economic forecasters have earned a bad rap when it comes to predicting recessions in the market. Then again, if it were easy to predict the future, everyone would do it.

While the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent and the simplification of individual tax brackets garnered most of the headlines following the passage of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, there’s a hidden jewel tucked within the tax reform package that commercial HVACR contractors need to be aware of: the expansion of Section 179.

Back when California first came out with its energy efficiency rebates, Richard Hiteshew, owner/manager of A-1 Guaranteed Heating & Air Inc. in Vallejo, California, was certain the standards were impossibly high.

Last year, the Department of Defense (DoD) issued a surprising directive stating that VRF systems would no longer be permitted in U.S. Air Force facilities.

The geothermal industry had a rough year in 2017, mostly due to an unfair marketplace set up by the government. While solar and wind continued to enjoy the renewable tax credits, geothermal was left out in the cold.

Doug Dougherty has been president and CEO of the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) since March of 2011. In that role, he became a major player in the lobbying effort to get the federal geothermal tax credits passed.