When a contractor suggests installing equipment that still uses last year’s refrigerant, you are not just choosing a model year, you are stepping into the middle of a national policy shift on how ...

Refrigerant reclaimers used to be the red-headed stepchild of the HVAC industry. That’s what Carl Grolle, owner of Golden Refrigerant, told The ACHR NEWS it felt like for decades. Then the HFC ...

Federal rules that took effect in 2025 quietly rewired how new home air conditioners and heat pumps are built, yet many ...

The HVAC industry is beginning to transition to new refrigerants required by the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, which gradually phases down the use of existing classes of ...

Are you ready for the upcoming refrigerant changes? In this video, Rasmussen Mechanical breaks down what you need to know about A2L refrigerants and how they impact the industry. 9:10 Maximizing the ...

Big changes are coming to the way you keep your house cool. The type of refrigerant currently used in HVAC systems is being phased out. The 2020 American Innovation and Manufacturing Act directed ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / August 25, 2025 / Every few decades, the HVAC industry undergoes a shift that redefines how we heat and cool our homes and businesses in the United States. Now ...

A group of scientists led by the Zhejiang University in China has developed a novel zeotropic refrigerant that can reportedly improve the performance of air-source heat pumps (ASHPs), while also ...

The Marching Jayhawks performed at a celebration of the opening of KU's latest research center on Nov. 7, 2024. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., is pictured in the background. If you could have just one ...

As summer temperatures begin to rise across the country, a headache is also heating up for the air conditioning industry. A shortage of R-454B refrigerant, the eco-friendly coolant poised to replace ...