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While the traditional avenue will continue to be the main path into HVAC, the realities of the technician shortage and the lack of qualified talent yearning to enter the industry have put a spotlight on other training paths, including fast-track training.

When compared to space cooling, process cooling — or the removal of heat from the fluid that serves water-cooled equipment used in a manufacturing process — is a bird of a different feather.

United Technologies Corp. (UTC), the parent company of Carrier Corp., recently opened the new UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

B&I, based in Fort Myers, Florida, is one of a growing number of contractors across the country to adopt “lean construction” techniques: a plug-and-play approach to construction that lets workers prefab a project off-site, section by section. Then, at the job site, all that remains is putting the pieces together.

BOISE, Idaho — California is leading many state governments in increasing pressure on supermarkets to replace systems that use HFCs with units that utilize natural refrigerants…

It’s no secret that HVAC contractors are facing a growing labor shortage epidemic in every region of the U.S.

It all started as an idea by Dave Chatmon, district manager, Lennox Intl. Inc., long before he was with the company.

York® dealers and customers gathered for the grand opening of the first in a series of training centers as part of an initiative between York and Source 1® HVAC Service Parts.

As a young guy, Charlie Polite was mechanically minded and liked to work with his hands. So he went to school for electrical and HVAC.

Catie Rogers is known to recruit around town at her favorite local spots when she witnesses women with a hard work ethic who have what it takes to be successful in the trades. Her passion to recruit began when she herself entered the sheet metal industry in 2013 and had no women to confide in or look up to.