Refrigeration contractors who have not yet attended the annual National Restaurant Association (NRA) show really need to put it on their bucket lists. For four days each year, McCormick Place convention center is filled to the rafters with vendors exhibiting everything from gluten-free pasta to pizza ovens to high-tech ice machines.

Hoshizaki America Inc. announced the appointment of James McDowell as president

Hoshizaki transferred manufacturing of select ice machines from Europe to its facility in Peachtree City.

In this puzzle, a restaurant manager complains that one of the ice machines in his high-volume establishment isn’t producing enough ice.

Hoshizaki America Inc. named Brian Rakers senior sales director of the eastern zone and Dan Cazalet as regional sales director of the western region.

Responding to increased public awareness of the importance of healthy indoor air quality, the hospitality industry is stepping up its game when it comes to providing guests with fresher, cleaner, and, sometimes, sanitized indoor air.

The new $48 million Aquatic Center at Mylan Park is unquestionably the most state-of-the-art indoor pool complex in West Virginia.

Ducts play a crucial role but are often overlooked.

The owner has bought into the project, the contract has been signed, and the design has been designed. Today is ductwork day.

How can an effective airflow strategy ensure quality ventilation and optimal indoor air quality, without breaking the budget?

Properly sealing and maintaining heating and cooling ducts is a low-cost measure that can improve energy efficiency.

While some contractors fabricate sheet metal in-house and others outsource that work, both groups can benefit from a few best practices.

Context can help professionals direct their attention to where duct leakage can best be addressed.

The ductless market has grown significantly in the U.S. in the last 20 years. What was once a fringe product has become a prominent subset of the HVAC world.

When the efficiency of an HVAC system is discussed, proper ductwork is often overlooked. But at the AHR Expo in Las Vegas, it was discussed plenty at the Johns Manville booth.

The Polk County Best Places to Work awards were annouced during a recent sports-themed breakfast in Lakeland, Florida.

Poughkeepsie, New York - Dandelion, a geothermal company that started at “X” at Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced its newest installation partner: American Heating and Cooling.

Volunteering a total of 244 hours of work, Arista’s employees put their skills and passion towards a great cause.

Wendy Abbagliato of Chester, New York, was promoted to office manager at Nebrasky Plumbing, Heating & Cooling, an award-winning Hudson Valley business. Abbagliato will be responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing the office operations for the company.

The report showed 61% of the Gen Z respondents said their parents haven’t spoken to them about vocational school — or told them not to consider it.

The industry touches our lives directly, and an HVACR-literate public would be a boon to it.

A look at how HVAC contractors can manage leads from the phone, website, and social media.

During my time in this industry, I think we’ve done a really good job of adding more women across different fields. Women don’t always think about HVACR, but it’s an industry that needs good leaders just like any other.

Like anything you really want to achieve, I think bringing more women into this field needs to be an active and purposeful exercise.

Don’t be affected my any negative feedback or comments you may receive. If you’re passionate about what you do, you will succeed.

Meet a few of the podcasters who have taken the HVAC world by storm. 

AI tools, such as Bluon’s MasterMechanic, could make a big dent in another aspect of the labor issue: the wisdom lost as older, highly skilled workers leave the industry.

Founding engineer and head of growth at Rilla, Will Gao, compares the value of data analysis for winning in sports to sales.

Software company Bluon is betting that artificial intelligence, or AI, can help solve the labor shortage — and pass along decades of knowledge from retiring HVAC techs to the next generation.

Evolving AI technology is becoming an important business tool for personalizing customer experience, analyzing data, and much more.

As AI continues to prove itself as more than just a fad, businesses should be harnessing its power to increase efficiencies and improve customer experiences.

AI, especially its use in information gathering, needs to be harnessed by HVAC contractors if they want to be noticed when customers are searching for services online.

Artificial intelligence, or AI, is now able to handle many of an HVAC contractor’s administrative tasks, and also help employees perform their own tasks better.

Artificial intelligence and HARDI’s new AI tool were big topics during the group’s recent Focus conference in Dallas, Texas.

The advent of smartphones has made life both simpler and more complicated for people around the world.

This product provides central management on one platform for both employees and owners.

With the scheduling map in the current system, customers can track the real-time location of vehicles.

Fleet tracking software solutions offer contractors far more than a simple interface to track their vans.

As business owners start preparing their companies to withstand the increased volume of business, it’s imperative they do the same with their fleets.

The latest version of the ProMaster work van from Ram, the truck division of Stellantis, offers many features previously only available on consumer vehicles.

Used in new construction and retrofit applications, the product is small, light, and customizable.

The YORK brand of JCI is launching a line of RTUs designed to exceed the DOE energy efficiency standards, which will take effect January 1, 2023.

The biggest competitor for Green Link Eco-Engineering’s KnuckleHead line of rooftop supports is wooden blocks.

Daikin Applied introduced two chillers and a rooftop unit and also took the opportunity to discuss the company’s decision to transition to R-32.

“Obviously, energy conservation and energy efficiency are two huge trends in the market.”

With each passing year, rooftop system developers find new ways to improve this staple piece of HVAC commercial equipment.

For many manufacturers, higher efficiency systems have been in the works for a while, but the 2023 DOE standards, pandemic, and current supply chain issues have added pressure.

RectorSeal will add the PF WaterWorks product line to its plumbing wholesale channel, building on its brand-preferred retail presence, the press release said.

The grant will provide state-of-the-art technology and equipment for industrial training programs such as mechatronics, information technology and cybersecurity, HVAC, construction management, welding, and more.

Philip Laiche exemplifies the same values that make Malco great: dedication to excellent customer service and going above and beyond to ensure contractors have the Malco tools they need to get the jobs done, a press release from Malco Tools Inc. said.