Shipments of warm-air furnaces and air-source heat pumps were up in February, compared to February of 2024, while shipments of a/c units and residential water heaters fell, the latest figures from AHRI show.
Tool manufacturers explain the broad categories of tools that might need an update to comply with new A2L refrigerant systems: leak detectors, manifolds, vacuum pumps, recovery machines, and gauges that can sense R-454B.
The U.S. just restructured tariffs—and the HVAC industry is squarely in the crosshairs. Here’s how prices, supply chains, and project planning are being disrupted.
California Heat Pump Partnership has published a ‘Blueprint’ for how to scale up heat pumps, and as electrification shifts to the states, the rest of the country should take notice.