The global district cooling (DC) market was valued at $11.19 billion in 2015 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.1 percent to reach $17.33 billion in 2024, according to a new Transparency Market Research report titled District Cooling Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2016-2024.

The NEWS recently sat down with Craig Wanner to discuss his goals at Whalen and his view of the HVAC industry.

The latest report from HARDI shows that average sales for HARDI distributor members increased by 8.2 percent in December 2015, but annualized growth for all of 2015 registered a bit lower at 5.7 percent. This compares to the 6.1 percent gain in 2014, the second consecutive year of slower growth since a 7.3 percent increase was reported in 2013.

Sales of HVAC equipment were somewhat flat in 2015, according to AHRI, which reported year-to-date combined U.S. shipments of central air conditioners and air-source heat pumps decreased by 0.6 percent, and shipments of gas warm air furnaces increased 2.9 percent.