New Year, new opportunities. There are so many challenges going on in the world, and some of those are facing the HVAC industry. The latest “hot topic” is decarbonization and electrification (refer back to my February and August 2023 columns). Before these two terms appeared last year, there were net zero carbon and carbon neutral quests. But, can we check these two off as completed and move on to the new hot topics? Not really!
Net zero and carbon neutral remain to be achieved on all new projects, especially renovation projects. Years earlier, we had energy retrofit projects with financial funding through a variety of state, federal, and utility company grants. These two topics, as well as the new hot topics are going to need the same kind of financial incentives because not all institutions, business, etc., can afford to achieve these goals. And, the order of priority to complete is as follows.