2025 NCI Summit Award Winners
Each year, High-Performance HVAC contractors are recognized for excellence in their businesses during the NCI Annual Summit. Here are this year’s winners …
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Category: Features
Improve Indoor Air Quality with Air Upgrades
It’s no secret that most residential HVAC systems operate with high static pressure and low fan airflow. How does that impact indoor air quality? Find out in this Adam Mufich article..
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Breathing Better: Contractors Are Redefining IAQ
Indoor air quality (IAQ) is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. In this round table-like discussion, five HVAC professionals share how they are changing how they think about the air inside customer homes.
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Summit 2025 Sets the Stage for Next Year and Beyond
High-Performance HVAC™ contractors from across North America converged in Austin, TX, from September 9–12, 2025, for the 22nd Annual High-Performance HVAC™ Summit, hosted by the National Comfort Institute (NCI). Here is a recap of that event.
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Building Talent From the Inside Out: Redefining HVAC Tech Recruiting
By growing talent from within, investing in continuous training, and fostering a culture of respect and opportunity, Cardinal Heating is not only building a workforce — they believe they are helping to develop the future of the HVAC industry. Read more here.
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CO Never Takes A Vacation: Why Monitoring Should Be a Standard Practice
We work in the High-Performance HVAC world. We hold ourselves to a higher standard — not just in terms of comfort and efficiency, but also in health and safety. Monitoring for CO isn’t a nice extra. It’s a core to the job. Check out Mark Hunt’s article on the importance of carrying a personal CO monitor, using it every day, on every call. As he writes, “The life you save may not just be your customer’s. It might be your own.”
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We Need to Evolve Into High-Performance HVAC Craftsmen
Somewhere along the way, Contractor Paul Wieboldt realized the industry he loved was being driven into mediocrity — not by malice, but by momentum. He says, “Bad habits became standard practices. Systems were oversized, ducts were undersized, and comfort became a crap shoot.” Read his suggestions for HVAC contractors everywhere.
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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. That is NOT necessarily true. …
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10 Steps to Solving Common Inverter Problems
If you’re like me, your journey with inverter-driven systems started with a mix of curiosity,...
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Maintenance Agreements: Transforming Our HVAC Business
When we first launched our maintenance agreement program at Hearn Plumbing, Heating, and Air, it...
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