For contractors, the takeaway is simple: building owners and managers want data, transparency, and the ability to make decisions faster.
A unified platform that allows you to deliver remote diagnostics, verify performance, and reduce truck rolls isn’t just a convenience, it’s a competitive advantage. If you’re positioning yourself as a High-Performance HVAC service provider, this type of ecosystem is tailor-made for you.
Cooling: High Capacity, High Efficiency, Zero Compromise. Daikin Applied Americas continues to refine magnetic bearing compressor technology, and its Magnitude® WME-C Quad chiller (booth C4916) is another step toward reliable, high-capacity, oil-free cooling. This is the kind of chiller you specify when uptime is mission critical. It has up to 3,000 tons of capacity, dual circuit counter flow design, four compressors, and features like RideThrough® and RapidRestore®.
For the commercial market, especially data centers, healthcare, and large campuses, better part-load efficiency, less mechanical wear, and faster recovery after outages are now requirements.
As electrification drives more buildings toward heat pump and hydronic solutions, chillers like this give high-performance contractors enormous opportunity, especially those with strong measurement and commissioning capabilities.
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Heating: The Heat Pump Transformation Continues. Electrification isn’t slowing down. Copeland’s heating-optimized vapor injection portfolio is a direct response to the challenge of cold-climate and high-capacity heat pump performance.
By combining multiple compressor strategies — two-stage, tandem, variable-speed — with enhanced vapor injection, Copeland (booth C3607) is giving manufacturers and contractors the flexibility they need to design next-generation commercial heat pumps.
For HVAC contractors, this means one thing: heat pumps are coming for more commercial applications, and they’re coming fast. Schools, offices, retail centers, and multi-family buildings are all shifting toward heat pump technology for both air and water heating. Your ability to size, commission, and optimize these systems will define whether you lead or follow in the next decade.
Commercial Mini-Splits with Built-in Indoor Air Quality Filtration. A commercial mini-split unit with a built-in MERV 14 filter? That’s a first and it speaks to the rising demand for better filtration without retrofitting entire systems. Sharp Corp’s Airest (booth SL1919 ) captures 99.9% of dust before it even enters the unit, while still heating, cooling, and filtering simultaneously.
The lesson for contractors is bigger than a single product: IAQ is no longer an add-on or a “nice to have.”
Building owners expect cleaner air, and they want solutions that don’t increase static pressure, redesign ductwork, or create maintenance nightmares. Expect more integrated IAQ solutions across all segments of equipment.
Refrigeration: CO₂ Systems Become More Contractor-Friendly. CO₂ systems have been gaining ground, particularly in grocery and cold-storage applications, but the complexity has been a barrier for many contractors. Copeland’s new ZTW and ZTI trans-critical scroll compressor with dynamic vapor injection (Booth C3607) simplifies design, improves efficiency, and scales well for distributed refrigeration.
This matters because CO₂ refrigerant is no longer an emerging trend: it’s here. As regulations keep tightening, demand for natural refrigerants like CO₂ will continue to grow. Contractors who develop CO₂ expertise now are positioning themselves at the front of the next major shift in refrigeration.
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