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Discover how High-Performance HVAC™ can revolutionize your business and provide better comfort, safety, health, and energy efficiency for your customers.
High-Performance HVAC™ professionals:
Deliver comfort, safety, health, and energy efficiency using proven testing methods and documented results.
High-Performance professionals are craftsmen who rely on field measurements to diagnose system problems and identify solutions. Once the problems are resolved, they repeat the measurements to prove the system works as promised
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UPDATE: Total HVAC System Rating with ComfortMaxx™ & measureQuick®
One of the most significant challenges our industry faces is understanding the difference between HVAC equipment and the HVAC system. For example, many contractors and their customers believe the equipment and the system are the same. They assume a 95% furnace and 22...
10 Steps to Solving Common Inverter Problems
If you’re like me, your journey with inverter-driven systems started with a mix of curiosity, confusion, and maybe a little frustration. These systems are powerful, efficient, and sometimes downright unpredictable. They promise all the efficiency in the world,...
Maintenance Agreements: Transforming Our HVAC Business
When we first launched our maintenance agreement program at Hearn Plumbing, Heating, and Air, it looked a lot like everyone else’s — simple checkups, basic service visits. This was a great way to smooth out our shoulder seasons. However, as we adopted High-Performance...
Taking a Step-by-Step Approach to High-Performance HVAC™
Adding High-Performance HVAC™ to a company can be challenging. It’s easy to get lost in all the options and to know when to do what. Years ago, we published the PATH to Performance series. It outlined the sequential steps to apply the four pillars of air-side...
Efficiency At a Crossroad: Changes Start NOW!
It’s not news that the government is pushing increased efficiency and decarbonization with the introduction of the bipartisan AIM Act. New mandates and more stringent ratings, including SEER2, are forcing the residential market to sell a “greener,” more...
Moving Beyond Silver Bullets with Non-Invasive Refrigerant-side Testing
Over the last four decades, I have seen the same recurring issues and shortcuts plaguing our industry despite having more supporting standards than many other trades combined. It seems we still chase band-aid fixes and silver bullets that result in very inefficient...
If You Don’t Measure, You’re Just Guessing™
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Beyond Proper Equipment Sizing and Selection
Adam and David discuss field conditions and factors that affect comfort and performance. They examine why design doesn’t always equal reality and the risks of ignoring proper sizing and selection. The dangers of oversized equipment and how it affects both the duct system and comfort are also discussed.
Lessons Learned Field Testing ComfortMaxx
The High-Performance HVAC Podcast - Episode 107Released July 2025Lessons Learned Field Testing ComfortMaxx™Adam and David share their recent field experiences testing NCI’s ComfortMaxx powered by measureQuick. They discuss testing challenges, like fan airflow...
NCI High-Performance HVAC Summit: Why it’s Different
Join NCI’s Dominick Guarino and David Richardson as they explore the origins of Summit, some of the most memorable moments, and the spirit of Summit that makes this event so different from most industry events.