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Big Features, Easy Installation: Honeywell Home ElitePRO Voted Residential Product of the Year
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (423+ words) RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: The Honeywell ElitePRO was chosen by voters as this year’s HVAC All-Star Award Residential Product of the Year. Winner: Honeywell Home ElitePRO Honorable Mentions: Ecoer TDi Select 2 Smart Inverter Heat Pump System, Samsung WindFree Premium…...
Big Features, Easy Installation: Honeywell ElitePRO Voted Residential Product of the Year
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (419+ words) RESIDENTIAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: The Honeywell ElitePRO was chosen by voters as this year’s HVAC All-Star Award Residential Product of the Year. Honorable Mentions: Ecoer TDi Select 2 Smart Inverter Heat Pump System, Samsung WindFree Premium The votes have been…...
Shine On: Jen McKee’s Influence on the HVACR Industry
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (956+ words) A POSITIVE INFLUENCE: Kee Hart Marketing Founder Jen McKee’s goal of helping trades industry companies enhance their social media grew into a passion for inspiring others to be a positive influence. Winner: Jen McKee, Founder, Kee Hart Marketing The title…...
Lennox Rooftop Heat Pump Takes Commercial Product of the Year Honors
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (813+ words) COMMERCIAL PRODUCT OF THE YEAR: With retrofit-ready features and contractor-friendly design, the Lennox Strategos was voted the winner of the Commercial Product of the Year category in the 2026 HVAC All-Star Awards. Winner: Lennox Rooftop Heat Pump Honorable Mentions: Daikin VRV…...
New Pennsylvania Program Offers Free Heat Pump Training
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (255+ words) PITTSBURGH — The Building Performance Foundation, an affiliate of The Building Performance Association (BPA), recently launched Penn Heat Pump Pathways (PHPP), a program for recruiting, training, and upskilling workers in heat pump installation. TixStone Solutions and CareerEquity are partners in the…...
Electric Heating Gains Momentum in New Homes
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (404+ words) ENERGY AND POLITICS: The installation of a heat pump system's condensing unit. The momentum behind heat pump adoption and concerns about energy affordability help make the case for decarbonization, according to the Building Decarbonization Coalition. A new report from the…...
'It Doesn't Seem Like Much Is the Same Except That It's Still HVAC"
2+ mon, 3+ day ago (892+ words) MEMORY LANE: Stan's Heating & Air Conditioning opened in 1954. “It doesn’t seem like much is the same except that it is still HVAC.” That’s Stan Johnson’s take on working in HVAC in the ‘60s and ‘70s versus today. The retired contractor — former owner…...
How to Solve the Toughest Challenges in Commercial HVAC Retrofits
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (233+ words) INSULATION: Ryne Sullivan, national sales manager at Kingspan Insulation North America, discusses the latest advances in duct system technology and what it takes to deliver high-performance retrofits in today’s built environment. The result is a system that is safer to…...
Have Heat Pumps Had It? 1960s Series Questioned the Equipment’s Future
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (1204+ words) BOLD PREDICTIONS: An anonymous engineer from a major manufacturer didn't place a lot of confidence on the heat pump's future — "In our opinion, the residential air-source heat pump will never be an important factor in the air conditioning industry." It’s…...
Decentralized Ventilation and the Hard Truths of Office-to-Residential HVAC Conversions
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (741+ words) ACHR News Decentralized Ventilation and the Hard Truths of Office-to-Residential HVAC Conversions Lessons from the Field with Tarang Patel of TRV Mechanical DECENTRALIZE: Decentralized ventilation stabilizes pressure in every apartment – making code compliance and air quality achievable from the lobby…...