HVAC contractor Neil Comparetto of Comparetto Comfort Solutions LLC in Virginia walks you through how to make an air cleaning system using a box fan and MERV 13 filters to fight the spread of COVID-19 (coronavirus).

Ready or not, HVAC contractors are preparing for a newer normal.

The OpenBlue Healthy Building solutions include a combination of hardware and software – such as smart equipment, digital sensors, security systems, cameras, monitors, powerful analytics and dashboards, infection control and other connected devices.

ASHRAE representatives say they will have an update on the expo's status in mid-October.

Production begins on mobile units that deactivate coronavirus, and air-handling-system retrofits will be available soon

SNIPS asked the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for guidance on COVID-19 and HVAC systems, and here’s what they said.

The U.S. economy contracted at an annualized rate of 32.9 percent during the second quarter of 2020, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors. 

A collaboration, led by Medistar Corp. and researchers from the University of Houston and Texas A&M, has developed a heating ventilating and air conditioning system filter that can trap and instantly kill 99.8% of the coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic, says the team.

Seventy sheet metal workers, laborers, cement finishers, teamsters, pipe fitters and carpenters gathered on Monday to protest the use of out-of-state labor to construct the Guernsey Power Station, as reported by the Daily Jeffersonian. 

In more than a dozen Johnson Controls Inc. manufacturing plants across the country, International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation (SMART) workers are demanding better COVID-19 protections. The company responds.