HVAC Industry News
Headlines, vendor posts and podcast episodes from HVAC trade sources. Every story opens on the publisher's site.
- J2 Innovations
The Worldwide Launch of FIN Intelligence (opens j2inn.com in a new tab)
October is always a busy month, but this year, it was even busier as we travelled to some local events to officially launch FIN Intelligence , the AI layer now built into FIN Framework 5.3. The J2 Innovations team has been on the show floor at Chillventa in Germany, IBS in France, Smart Buildings…
- KMC Controls
Humidity, Temperature & Ventilation Control in Industrial Environments (opens kmccontrols.com in a new tab)
A room can be at the right temperature and still be out of control. The thermostat may show the expected... Read more » The post Humidity, Temperature & Ventilation Control in Industrial Environments first appeared on KMC Controls .
- The New Flat Rate
Plumbing Proposal Template: How to Write One Homeowners Actually Sign (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
A homeowner is holding two quotes for the same water heater replacement. The first lists labor hours, a parts total, and one price at the bottom. The second gives her five options, each with one complete price and a plain description of what she gets. She calls the second plumber back. What should…
- Just Venting
Cooling Tower Water Treatment Basics: Improve Efficiency and Protect Your Equipment (opens goodway.com in a new tab)
Cooling tower water treatment helps maintain water quality by reducing scale buildup, preventing corrosion, and controlling microbial growth in cooling water systems. Cooling tower water treatment plays a direct role in equipment reliability, water use, and cooling performance. When scale…
- The New Flat Rate
Plumbing Customer Retention: How to Turn One Service Call Into a Customer for Life (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
Every plumbing company has a number it never looks at. Not revenue, not average ticket. The percentage of last year's customers who called you again this year.
- Amply Blog
Ep. 70: How Halco Built a $40 Million Home Services Business One Problem at a Time (opens info.amply.energy in a new tab)
"Everything we're doing is just solving problems that we have," Hal Smith says. That's how the plumbing, HVAC and electric company he started in 1984, at 22, became Halco Home Solutions . Today Halco has a couple hundred employees, four offices across upstate New York, and around $40 million a…
- The New Flat Rate
Financial Literacy for Contractors: Make Numbers Useful (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
Busy contractors can still feel broke. When pricing, expenses, and cash are unclear, hard work may not translate into a stable business or the freedom ownership was meant to create.
- Amply Blog
Amply and Southern California Edison team up for two NATE-certified heat pump trainings (opens info.amply.energy in a new tab)
Amply is excited to partner with Southern California Edison to deliver two trainings on high performance heat pump sales and designing reliable heat pump systems that keep your customers happy and reduce callbacks.
- Service Fusion Blog
Must-Have Tools for HVAC Technicians (opens servicefusion.com in a new tab)
Showing up to a call without the right tool costs time, and with refrigerant and electricity involved, it can cost much more This guide covers the must-have tools for HVAC technicians, how to build a starter kit for a new hire, and what to know about certification and safety gear before the first…
- The New Flat Rate
Plumbing Estimating Software: Which Kind Do You Need? (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
What's the best estimating software for a plumbing company? It depends on the work you do. Commercial and new-construction plumbers need takeoff and bid tools that calculate quantities, labor, and material costs from plans. Residential service plumbers need quoting tools that build consistent…
- The New Flat Rate
Plumbing Software: The Plumber's Complete Buyer's Guide (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
Plumbers aren't short on plumbing software options. They're short on straight answers about which ones they actually need. Every platform says it runs the whole business, every demo looks good, and most comparison sites list dozens of tools without explaining what separates them.
- Service Fusion Blog
How Kuhlman Electric Found Their Field Service ‘Game Changer’ and Doubled Revenue (opens servicefusion.com in a new tab)
From an old-school landline without additional features to a fully connected phone-and-reporting system that helped double revenue, Kuhlman Electric transformed how they run field service.
- The New Flat Rate
Plumbing Scheduling App: Why Your Calendar Keeps Breaking (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
Your board looks tidy at 7:45 and broken by 11. So you start asking: what's the best scheduling app for a small plumbing business? The honest answer is any app that lets you set real job types, real durations, and real booking rules, because a plumbing scheduling app only runs what you feed it.
- The New Flat Rate
We're Headed to New Orleans for MasterMind 2027 (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
We've been busy planning our 2027 Freedom Builders University MasterMind, and I'm pretty excited about everything coming together. We're heading to New Orleans, Louisiana, January 25th–29th, and we've got some awesome speakers, great sessions, and a few fun things planned outside of the meeting…
- Just Venting
Manufacturing Week at Goodway: Celebrating the People Behind 60 Years of Reliability (opens goodway.com in a new tab)
Behind every dependable piece of equipment are people who understand that their work matters long after it leaves the manufacturing floor. A maintenance professional will rely on it to complete a demanding job. A facility will depend on it to care for essential equipment.
- Computrols
Tech Tip: Upgrading X to LX — What Changes and How to Swap (opens computrols.com in a new tab)
October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month, a good time to look at how your controllers talk to the network. If your building still runs X-Line controllers, they communicate at 10 Mbps and can’t encrypt their connection to CBAS. The LX was built to close that gap. It is 10 times faster on Ethernet…
- Amply Blog
Amply is an official training partner with the North American Technician Excellence and the Building Performance Institute (opens info.amply.energy in a new tab)
We're excited to announce that Amply is now an official North American Technician Excellence (NATE) and Building Performance Institute (BPI) training partner.
- The New Flat Rate
Plumbing Invoice Software: How to Choose One That Gets You Paid Faster (opens thenewflatrate.com in a new tab)
The best plumbing invoice software lets your tech send the invoice from their phone before they leave the driveway, accepts card and ACH payments on site, syncs cleanly to QuickBooks, and automates reminders for anything left open. But invoice software is usually not the actual problem. Most slow…
- AccuLynx
Roofing Crew and Office Communication: What Goes Wrong With Disconnected Systems (opens acculynx.com in a new tab)
When roofing crews and the office use different systems, job information can get lost at every handoff. This results in wrong materials, missed schedules, late invoices, and more. Each gap can erode profit and customer trust. This is a systems problem, rather than just a crew problem or an office…
- J2 Innovations
J2 Innovations Launches FIN Intelligence at Smart Buildings Show 2026 in London,Bringing AI-Native Capabilities to Building Automation (opens j2inn.com in a new tab)
J2 Innovations, a Siemens-owned company and creator of FIN Framework, an open framework for building automation, today announced the official launch of FIN Intelligence at Smart Buildings Show London. As a sponsor of the event’s dedicated AI Hub, J2 Innovations will demonstrate how FIN Framework…