The 2024 Congressional Fly-In saw HARDI members visit the offices of 98 members of the House of Representatives and 39 members of the Senate to raise awareness of the legislative and regulatory issues that impact HVACR distribution.
The reclamation of HFC refrigerants is now essential so that existing HVAC systems, and systems that can be sold through 2025, can be serviced for the next couple of decades.
All Things HVAC: We spoke to representatives from nine different companies, and covered a variety of topics with them, in our podcasts from the recent HARDI conference. Have a listen on The ACHR NEWS HARDI podcast page.
“Technology’s not going to solve everything, but you need to know how to use it,” Nelson Valderrama, CEO of Intuilize, told HVACR distribution professionals during the recent Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International conference.
Factors that shape the HVACR distribution market paint an uncertain picture of the year ahead. But Talbot Gee says those distributors who plan for different scenarios and are ready to “pivot on a dime” will fare best.
Loran Liu succeeds Rhonda Wight as chair of the board of directors at Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International. Liu is COO at Standard Supply & Distributing Co.
The conference will offer six keynote speakers, meals, breakout sessions on a variety of topics, socializing and networking, and opportunities to meet with suppliers and representatives of businesses that support distributors.
The three-day meeting for distribution professionals touched on topics that affect the entire HVAC industry and, more broadly, a rapidly changing economy.
The HVACR industry was blessed, and cursed, by the steel market in 2022. That apparent contradiction was explained by two steel market experts during the recent HARDI conference in Houston.