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Vitamin D: Directories Can Highlight Your Business

April 17, 2022

It’s common knowledge that getting sun exposure naturally helps your body produce Vitamin D. It’s not so commonly known that getting listed in high quality directories naturally promotes your website and gives you a competitive advantage.

Trade Groups Split on Infrastructure Order

Critics say it raises costs; proponents say it smooths projects

Matt Jachman

April 16, 2022

With the $1.2 trillion federal Investment and Jobs Act now on the books, a fight is brewing over the Biden Administration’s push to have the workers who are employed on the infrastructure plan’s biggest projects represented by labor unions.

Time to Consider Pascals for Static Pressure Measurements

David Richardson

April 15, 2022

Is it time for our industry to consider using pascals for static pressure measurements? What would the transition from inches of water column to pascals look like and how hard would it be?

Is Your HVAC Company Ready for an Economic Downturn?

A Preparedness Checklist

Scott Merritt

April 15, 2022

We are experiencing ever-rising gas prices, inflation rates at 40-year highs, supply shortages, and staffing shortages, among other things. How can you prepare your company and team?

Expired Tax Credits Expected to be Renewed

Homeowners would get break for energy-efficient HVAC systems

Matt Jachman

April 14, 2022

Federal tax credits designed to encourage energy-efficiency measures by homeowners and home builders expired at the end of 2021 but are expected to be revived later this year — and made retroactive.

HVAC Contractors Put on Alert as Thieves Target Metals

Trucks, units require new kinds of protections

Ted Craig

April 14, 2022

Add “increased risk of theft” to the growing list of concerns HVAC contractors face as they grapple with a shortage of supplies and equipment. Both HVAC equipment and service vehicles prove prime targets for thieves.

HVAC Contractors Should Follow the Tiger Woods Plan

Kyle Gargaro

April 13, 2022

The good times undoubtedly will not last forever. Just because everything is working lately does not mean the same marketing and business practices will work when the market shifts. The logical question becomes how to change your “golf swing.”

Heat Pumps: Their Role in Decarbonization

John Sheff

April 13, 2022

Across the country, state and local governments are mandating lower building emissions, pushing building owners to full electrification. Building codes and natural gas bans, however, only target new construction.

ACCA Members Gather to Discuss Issues Facing Industry

Annual event addresses challenges, opportunities

Ted Craig

April 12, 2022

Members of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) gathered in St. Louis March 28-30 for the organization’s annual Conference & Expo. The three-day event featured workshops aimed at helping HVAC contractors improve their operations, an expo hall for vendors to present their latest offerings, and plenty of opportunities for networking.

Neutralizing Condensate Essential for High-Efficiency Condensing Systems

Process eliminates harmful side effects of corrosive runoff

Luis Arias

April 12, 2022

If you are a plumber or a trade professional who actively promotes the use of high-efficiency, condensing equipment, you should be equally energetic in treating discharge coming from this equipment with some sort of neutralization.