Quick Hits: This Week in HVAC
December 26, 2023
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👉 Read: In response to industry feedback and lobbying efforts, the EPA changed its “final rule”, allowing certain higher-GWP (R-410A) equipment to be installed through January 1, 2026 — a year longer than the initial January 1, 2025 deadline.
👉 Read: ServiceTitan prepares — after scrapping last year’s plans — to go public in 2024.
👉 Read: Founder of XPO Logistics plans to start rolling up HVAC and plumbing distributors with his new company.
👉 Listen: Secretary Jennifer Granholm, leader of the DOE’s HVAC-related efforts, recaps 2023.
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