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It’s nice to know that hvacr contractors are responding to The News’ first-ever “Best Contractor To Work For” contest.

The New Hampshire-based businessman is turning the business over to his two sons, Richard and David, one year after he sold it to Watsco.

In 1928, this newspaper was born in midtown Detroit.

While computers look to be a dominant force in the next century, there’s no doubt in my mind that air conditioning, as a new technology, helped transform 20th century America.

The AutoNation action should serve as a cautionary tale to the hvac sector, which is going through a transformation whose ultimate shape is yet to be determined.

More than half of the 1,000 homeowners surveyed ranked inconsistent temperature between rooms, levels, or at different times of day, as their top complaint.

The presence of a popular and well-known national “big box” company in local hvac communities is bound to have some type of impact on other businesses, namely contractors, in the area.

"I can't believe it. My boss called me into her office and told me that the school district had to save $90K and because of that they were closing my hvacr program and the electric shop."

It appears there’s no getting around the fact that contractors will face the same concerns in the 21st century that they did in the 20th.

You’re now providing added comfort to the customer, which they can buy or not buy.