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Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News is the weekly newsmagazine of the HVACR contractor covering residential and commercial contracting.
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When the Numbers Look Good, HVAC Buyers Start Testing the Story
6+ day, 21+ hour ago (915+ words) BEYOND THE QoE: Going beyond the QoE is where many commercial HVAC sales deals stall. Business buyers have questions that you can prepare for in advance. You have a letter of intent from a buyer for your commercial HVAC shop....
GoodLeap HVAC Lease Keeps Contractors in the Service Loop
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (253+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — HVAC financing and technology provider GoodLeap has launched its HVAC Lease program, which, unlike many lease programs that end in a large, unexpected buyout, gives homeowners a clear path to ownership from day one. The lease includes annual…...
Study Measures HVACR Distribution’s $33 Billion Economic Impact
1+ week, 5+ day ago (278+ words) COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wholesale HVACR distribution in the U.S. supports more than 100,000 jobs and generates nearly $33 billion in annual economic output, according to a new study by Heating, Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI). The study, Keeping America Comfortable: A Baseline Economic…...
The 1980s: The Decade That Changed HVACR Forever
3+ week, 21+ hour ago (638+ words) ARCHIVE: Long before CAD and automation became standard, ACHR NEWS reported on how contractors were beginning to use computers for estimating, recordkeeping, and business management. If someone asked when modern HVACR truly began, many would probably point to today's era…...
Why Low Bid HVAC Can Become a High-Cost Problem
3+ week, 4+ day ago (528+ words) LOW BID: Victor Chael, a Regional Commercial Sales Manager at Mitsubishi Electric Trane HVAC US, draws on over two decades of industry experience to highlight the hidden costs of low-bid HVAC decisions. After more than a decade working on commercial…...
Cooling Equipment Rebounds in Q2 as Heat Pumps Continue to Climb
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1010+ words) The HVAC industry’s rebound from this year’s sluggish start continued in June, with shipping data for heating and cooling equipment up compared with the same period last year, though it indicates a divided market. The latest Air-Conditioning, Heating, & Refrigeration Equipment…...
Under 35 and Buying: A New Generation of HVAC Business Owners Emerges
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1463+ words) For decades, HVAC companies typically changed hands one of three ways: They stayed in the family, were sold to a longtime employee, or were purchased by another contractor. More recently, a wave of private equity acquisitions reshaped the industry's ownership…...