When someone is ranting about air conditioning’s energy use or damage to the environment in an attempt to virtue signal, stand up for your industry.

Too many contractors sell for less than they could get for their businesses. Here is how you can maximize the price of your company.

As we enter the busiest season, one that determines the success of the entire year for your companies, here are a few things to keep in mind.

If a contractor cheats, who does he cheat? His customer? His employees? The government? Frankly, it is unlikely that any contractor cheats customers, employees, or the government … for long, that is.

In the 1990s, consolidation swept across the HVAC industry. Contractors were rolled up into large publicly traded companies like American Residential Services, Group Maintenance America Corp., Service Experts, and the utility-owned Blue Dot.

Like other professions, there are certain truths that apply to the field of contracting. Here are 24 of them.

Without mechanical refrigeration and air conditioning, the nation is fundamentally different.

If the right business model is deployed, a connected home division can be extremely lucrative. It offers the equivalent of mailbox money or insurance residual income for HVAC contractors. Even better, the revenue will only grow over time and is unrelated to seasonal demand.

The HVAC industry faces a shortage of skilled labor. There is no question about it. However, the industry’s problem does not need to be your problem.

The new U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs are, at best, unsettling for the HVAC industry, nation, and world economy. Here is how the tariffs can be expected to impact the HVAC industry.