Dan Rettig, senior product manager for heat pumps and sustainability at Lochinvar, sat down with ES Magazine for a podcast interview discussing mechanical room decarbonization and retrofits. Here is a transcribed and edited excerpt of the conversation.

Hydronic systems offer commercial building owners and industry professionals the opportunity to both take baby steps and long leaps toward achieving net zero carbon emissions.

Customer demand for decarbonization, sustainability, and improved IAQ are driving the HVAC industry these days. 

Combating climate change is the major topic of this time, and the HVAC industry is central to tackling that issue. Refrigerants play a large part in the industry’s efforts to slow the rate of global warming.

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Bryan Cordill, director of residential and commercial business development, PERC, provides an update on the state of the propane industry, offers his insight on inflation, and much more.

Martha Larson, director of sustainability, RMF Engineering, shares what the Inflation Reduction Act means to RMF, and how the firm intends to use it going forward.

Megan Owen, vice president of enterprise sales and marketing, McKinstry, examines the inner-workings of the Inflation Reduction Act and explores how its provisions will benefit the engineering industry as a whole.

Richard Theron, product line manager, MSA Safety, defines edge computing, discusses its cost and usefulness, explores applicable applications, and more.

Beth Splittgerber, product manager for the small diesel product line, Kohler Power Systems, North America, introduces hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO), discusses its role in the company’s present and future, and much more.