At the end of each year, I’m always asked to look at the coming 12 months and give my thoughts on what is going to happen. So, now that it is December 2013, I can say my predictions for the year weren’t too far off. As you know, I like to look back at the current year for clues to what will happen next year. 2013 was a very interesting year for our industry, and I’m willing to bet that 2014 is going to be just as interesting, if not more so....More

As we celebrated the first year anniversary of the Goodman acquisition by Daikin Industries, LTD in November 2013, it set the stage for continued positive growth and success for all our distributors and dealers across North America. We anticipate continued market growth for our HVAC products, distributors and dealers during 2014....More

At the end of a year, we may be tempted to look back and reflect on the past. When looking back on 2013, we see a year of steady but mild economic growth and a government shutdown that accomplished nothing except establishing a new low in our opinion of our elected leaders....More

Forecasting is a tough business. It offers rather public exposure to one’s view, and if you’re wrong, the reminders can be jarring. So can the catcalls and the emails....More

For the baby boom generation, one of the longstanding icons of television came via a show called “The Wide World of Sports.” Each week we gathered round the big color console to catch the brassy introduction. Laid over melodramatic fanfare, we saw ski jumpers land gracefully and continental cyclists who, well, they crashed and thrashed into a heap. Like the voice of God from on high, announcer Jim McKay thundered: “Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sport ... the thrill of victory ... and the agony of defeat ... the human drama of athletic competition ......More

Homeowners have increasingly made the switch to programmable thermostats. And why not? They’re inexpensive, convenient and have the potential to decrease utility costs. But what happens to those thermostats that are being replaced, many of which are older-style thermostat units that typically contain mercury?...More