United States of America (USA) HVAC News & Trends

Mayakprint LLC is a Russian company that specializes in the production of vinyl wallpapers. Wallpaper production is a complex technological process: it needs to be precisely cooled down at different stages in order to keep the embossing shape and that the paint lies evenly for instance.  At the end, it ensures the high quality of the final product. efficient refrigeration system Recently, the company opened a fourth wallpaper printing line and the cooling system was hand...

HVAC systems are the most common home repair, representing 19 percent of service incidents facing homeowners. More than half of homeowners (53%) have faced a home repair emergency of some kind in the past 12 months. Furthermore, about a third of homeowners have US$ 500 or less set aside to pay for emergency home repairs, with some 17 percent having no money at all set aside for emergency home repair work. 10th Edition of the Biannual State of the Home Survey These are among the results of the...

The Heating and Hotwater Industry Council, HHIC, has produced a Heat Pump Charter aimed at ensuring the best consumer experience is obtained when heat pumps are installed, replacing other systems. It is a starting point; and represents the minimum requirements needed to give consumers confidence that their new heating system will deliver the affordability, warmth, and comfort they expect. Benefits Of The Charter Stewart Clements, Director, HHIC said, “The heating industry wants to give c...

GE Appliances (GEA), a Haier company, announced a $62 million investment to expand production at its massive, 750-acre manufacturing complex in Louisville and the creation of 260 new jobs as each of the three major manufacturing plants at Appliance Park ramp up assembly lines to produce more washers, dryers, dishwashers and refrigerators. “The investments and new jobs we are announcing today are another demonstration of our commitment to continue enhancing our manufacturing footprint in t...

Effective heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems have always been part of maintaining a healthy building environment, and with the impact of COVID-19 and the unique way the virus is spread, it has never been more imperative that HVAC plays a vital role in keeping occupants of buildings safe, especially as people begin to return to the office and other commercial environments. COVID-19 has three known contamination routes. First of all, there is person-to-person transmission, which co...

The disruption caused by coronavirus has put almost every business to the test. Special regulations have had to be rolled out for essential workers across many industries, including those in HVAC industry. Staff within these industries are key in preventing further disruption from adding to the already significant pressure on consumers and businesses in the current climate. While having to adapt to new working environments and an altered economic landscape themselves, it’s now imperative t...

Nothing brings wintertime operations to a halt faster than a frozen and blocked pipe. When industrial and residential pipes freeze, flow stops, expensive equipment breaks, surrounding items are damaged, the valuable product is lost, and repair downtime begins. Even if the pipe’s contents have a lower freezing point, changes in viscosity can cause catastrophic damage.  Applying insulation and other heating solutions before the winter months begin, saves the user time, money, and frust...

A new cloud-based solution enables HVAC professionals to access VRF systems remotely to diagnose service issues and lessen the time and costs of providing service. CoolAutomation’s Remote HVAC Service Solution enables HVAC service providers to remotely troubleshoot issues by analyzing real-time and historic data trends and analysis. They receive automatic error and anomaly notifications in their office or on their mobile phones. “The remote service solution provides the tools that H...

Newer buildings tend to be designed to be ‘green’, but what about older existing buildings, which still represent the largest share of environmental impact? There is more work to be done in the retrofit sector; and improving environmental performance of older buildings often involves ‘deep retrofits’ that are costly and impact multiple factors inside a building. In the COVID-19 era, there is also growing concern about needs such as circulating outside air, increasing hum...

Hiring and retaining employees in the HVAC market is an ongoing challenge. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that employment of heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers will grow 13 percent between 2018 to 2028, much faster than the average for all occupations. As the economic emerges from the COVID-19-induced slowdown, the industry’s workforce challenges will again be top-of-mind. Now is a great time for HVAC companies to update and expand their re...

Welcome to our Expert Panel Roundtable, a new feature of HVACInformed.com. We will be asking timely questions about the HVAC market and seeking out experts in the field to provide responses. Our goal is to promote a useful exchange of information on a variety of topics and to create a forum for discussion of important issues facing the industry. Launching this new feature in the middle of a global pandemic made choosing our first question quite easy. We asked our Expert Panel Roundtable: What ha...

Portable air conditioners have become a popular summertime cooling solution, valued for their easy, non-intrusive installation, fast set up, and the ability to easily store them away after the summer season ends. There is no end to the possible applications for a portable unit. Bedrooms, sunrooms, workout rooms, garages and other areas where relief is needed from the sweltering summer months are a great place to use a portable AC. Even homeowners with central AC will be glad to have one of thes...

Johnson Controls partnership with Iowa’s Cornell College has completed upgrades to the campus’ original two buildings, College Hall (1857) and Old Sem (1853). Teams of contractors have spent May and June replacing over 150 new windows, helping to make campus buildings more energy efficient. energy efficient Buildings “This is a really neat adventure, having the capacity to preserve these beautiful structures and to understand the historical value of these buildings,” sa...

Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Company, the owner of the multi-use sports, entertainment and media destination centered around the site of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, announced that its flagship destination resort has rebranded and changed its name to “Hall of Fame Village Powered by Johnson Controls,” effective July 2, 2020. The Hall of Fame Village Powered by Johnson Controls possesses a contemporary vision, mission, and values that adjure the destinatio...

Greenheck’s latest electric duct heater, model IDHE-O with a NEMA 4 enclosure, is UL listed for outdoor applications. The IDHE-O allows for multiple mounting positions where the control cabinet can be installed on either side of a horizontal duct or in any orientation on a vertical duct. The control cabinet is offset from the heating element like traditional duct heaters. However, the installer can position the offset to the left or to the right making installation easy. Control terminal...

KNF's new N 630 diaphragm vacuum/compressor pump series delivers high pressure and gas tightness with a durable, long-life design. Four versions are available for use in industrial coolant systems, gas recycling, gas and emissions measurement/analysis, and leak detection across a wide variety of industries, from chemical processing and energy to physics research. With a long service life, vacuum down to 0.74 inHg (25 mbar abs), positive pressure up to 174 psig (12 bar rel), and a flow rate up t...

Heat Transfer Products Group, LLC (HTPG), manufacturer of commercial refrigeration equipment sold under the recognized brands of Russell, Witt, Kramer and ColdZone, was recognized for excellence in product design in the 17th annual Dealer Design Awards program, sponsored by The Air Conditioning Heating & Refrigeration News (ACHR News) magazine. EcoNet Enabled Unit Cooler An independent panel of contractors acted as judges in the contest that had 93 entries. HTPG’s Center Mount EcoNet...

The Revolvair™, the Air Curtain System for Revolving Doors, supports the expectation that lobbies are comfortable and welcoming. Berner International announces the Revolvair™ Air Curtain System for Revolving Doors. The RevolvAir™ allows buildings to meet the expectation that occupants can comfortably socialize, work, and hang out in the lobby. While revolving doors significantly reduce a building’s energy consumption, they are not ‘airtight’. The revolving do...

All Belimo locations are operating with a high level of product availability. Thanks to the remarkable efforts of the company’s employees worldwide, they have been able to cope with this pandemic in such an excellent way as that their customers did not experience any increase in lead times or lack of availability of their products. At the same time, the company was maintaining safety and health of their employees as their top priority in all their facilities worldwide. Several authorities...

A. O. Smith announces that it has been named a ‘2020 Top Workplace’ by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper. The award is based solely on employee feedback gathered from a third-party study conducted earlier this year. Evaluating employee feedback “All of us at A. O. Smith are very excited that our Milwaukee headquarters and technology center have been recognized as a ‘Top Workplace’ in southeast Wisconsin,” said Mark Petrarca, SVP of human resources &am...

As the world works to contain the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19, the team at Trane is adapting to this rapidly evolving situation, implementing safety measures, and taking care of each other, the partners and the customers. They have implemented steps in an effort to protect the Trane team, the customers and the people who work, play and heal in the facilities where they provide services and systems. Trane’s business is largely categorized as ‘critical’ by the U.S. Depart...

Eurovent Middle East has opened up membership to the consultant community in a move to bring the industry in the region closer together and support technical exchange on a range of pressing issues. With his background in mechanical engineering, Dr. Iyad Al-Attar is both an Air Filtration consultant and an environmental enthusiast. He is currently a Visiting Academic Fellow in the School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing at Cranfield University in the United Kingdom. Air Filtration for...

J2 Innovations, the developer of the easy-to-configure and use software platform for building automation and IoT applications, FIN Framework (FIN), unveiled a strategic partnership with Clivet SpA that will enable the global maker of specialist HVAC systems to develop innovative HVAC plant and building optimization solutions. By leveraging FIN, OEMs can rapidly launch their own software and control products to the market by leveraging FIN’s open platform and wide range of building au...

Many of us are spending more time at home. Given that work and home lives are becoming more intertwined, it makes sense to create a “comfort zone” in the place where people spend the most time. I am speaking about the benefits of zoned HVAC comfort control through duct-free split systems.  Imagine offering your customers the ability to cool their bedroom at night without having to cool the whole house. Maybe they want to cool their home gym to 68 degrees while leaving the playr...

HYZER is new product that integrates the latest generation of efficient products together in a system. The control implements state-of-the-art algorithms to reduce energy consumption and preventively optimize operating conditions of all units, pumps and external devices involved in the heating and cooling production. HYZER control device offers different integration levels: from the management of more units in parallel to the control of auxiliary devices, such as dry coolers and/or external pum...

As cities, states and countries begin to reopen, people that live and work in buildings will need assurance building owners and operators are taking every precaution to ensure health and safety, starting with the air they breathe. Though guidance around the transmission of COVID-19 continues to evolve, experts agree that indoor air quality should be a top priority. Johnson Controls, a pioneer in creating safe and secure building environments, is committed to helping create spaces that put people...

Pump insulation jackets are specialized protective equipment designed to fit around industrial pumping equipment. Many different industries pump fluids or gases through pipes and need points of pump access on their pipeline. These industries include oil and gas, agriculture, transportation, power plants, marine and aerospace, chemical, bio-pharmaceutical, and more. These pumps are critical locations and are greatly vulnerable, regardless of their contents. Keeping pumps functional and protected...

Do not worry if HVAC equipment starts running into problems. It happens occasionally, and the Internet is full of results for “HVAC repair near me”, but there is no guarantee that they solve problems without additional charges, poor-quality parts, or simply HVAC scams. The HVAC Service offers high-quality and certified diagnostics, maintenance, installation, and repair. Advantages of HVAC repair with The HVAC Service’s team: The repair technicians are licensed, so user...

Industry-renowned efficiency, precise temperature control and new remote servicing capabilities improve home owner experience and reinforce Lennox’ leadership in product innovation. Lennox Industries (Lennox), a trusted HVAC brand for 125 years, is raising the bar on its Ultimate Comfort System, by unveiling a 99 percent efficient gas furnace with enhanced diagnostics, and a new Lennox PROs Service Dashboard for contractors, in order to improve customer relationship management and remote...

ADEY attended the Rinnai new product open house at SRGI's training center in Raynham, Massachusetts and what a success it was. Tankless water heater From the new Rinnai Sensei condensing tankless water heater & the Demand Duo 80-gallon hybrid water heater to ADEY's award-winning MagnaClean Commercial range and hot off the block, MagnaCleanse flushing unit, many contractors managed to feast their eyes on the latest and greatest HVAC products. It was an awesome day of meeting new HVAC pros,...