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Don’t you hate it when a good technician (or installer, or sales person, or CSR, etc.) quits? Now you have to start all over with someone new. Is it worth it?

ACCA has urged Congress to extend the 25C and 45L energy efficiency tax credits for homeowners and property developers/new construction respectively. These important incentives, which help drive business for contractors, lapsed at the end of 2021 and Congress is actively negotiating their renewal.

The Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s vaccine or test mandate for employers with 100+ employees in a 6-3 ruling. The mandate required that workers at businesses with 100 or more employees must get vaccinated or submit a negative COVID-19 test weekly to enter the workplace.

Acknowledging shade is a big part of doing a load calculation. Sometimes it’s done correctly and sometimes it’s done incorrectly. The more accurate we are with our inputs the more predictable our results will be. There are hard and fast rules that should be followed in Manual J. Some of the more important ones are discussed in this article.

Did NOAA get it right? Last October, ACCA’s Wes Davis reported that NOAA said there was a high probability for most of the country to be warmer, while the Pacific Northwest would be colder. Where he lives, it’s been cold. How about you? It’s early in the year but, did NOAA get it right?

ACCA has urged Congress to extend the 25C and 45L energy efficiency tax credits for homeowners and property developers/new construction respectively. These important incentives, which help drive business for contractors, lapsed at the end of 2021 and Congress is actively negotiating their renewal. Continue reading to learn more.

The furnace season is upon us, and technicians across the country are busy keeping clients’ heating systems running smoothly and safely. This two-part article will discuss items you should be checking on furnaces to help reduce liability on combustion and venting.

ACCA urged leaders in Congress to oppose Build Back Better legislation in its current form, which would raise taxes on small and independently owned businesses in order to pay for roughly $1.5 trillion in new spending. Continue reading to learn more.

Join ACCA’s government relations team and Kyle Gargaro of ACHR NEWS for a town hall meeting at ACCA 2022 Conference and Expo in St. Louis.

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments regarding President Biden’s OSHA vaccine mandate for employers with 100+ employees.

Do you look forward to checking a heat pump’s performance in the winter? Do you have a routine that you rely on? We are going to walk you through a process that gives a good indication of whether the system is doing what it is supposed to be doing, or not. The best part is you don’t have to buy any special tools and the process is easy, it just requires some simple math.

Those who have been in the HVAC business for an extended period know systems with thermocouples and standing pilots are becoming a thing of the past. However, many appliances in the field still utilize a standing pilot, and a good service technician should know how to diagnose thermocouple issues correctly.

Typically, a home energy rater will conduct duct leakage tests and leakage tests on the home’s building envelope in accordance with energy codes. ACCA has proposed adding a code exception to conduct an airflow balancing procedure instead, thus giving contractors an opportunity to provide a more valuable service. 

It is vital for service technicians to have a solid understanding of how a heat pump works. One critical component of a heat pump system is the defrost control board. This blog article by ACCA’s Matt Akins will take you through the essential operation of a defrost control board and some basic troubleshooting.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay of OSHA’s vaccination, testing, and face covering emergency temporary standard (ETS), meaning that it is set to go into effect.

ACCA has partnered with Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) and Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association (PHCC) in filing a petition to overturn the EPA’s ban on the use of disposable cylinders for HFC refrigerants, which we believe exceeds the authority granted to EPA under the AIM Act.

A federal judge in Kentucky recently blocked President Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee. Now, a federal judge in Georgia has temporarily halted the mandate for federal contractors nationwide.

See the important takeaways from ACCA’s meeting with Congressman Mike Carey (OH-15) on the major legislative issues affecting the HVAC-R industry.

Discover a simple process that produces a quality temperature measurement for an AC system and takes just a little more time than measuring a sensible-only temperature split.

Learn more about a federal judge’s ruling halting the Biden Administration’s vaccine mandate in Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee, and what it means for your HVAC business.