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Commercial HVAC Rebate Now Available from Air-Tro

The Air Conditioning and Heating Company was Approved by Southern California Edison to Offer the Rebate Program to Commercial Businesses. The goal of the new Early Retirement program is to reduce peak demand by replacing old inefficient operating HVAC units with new high efficiency units, as well as paying incentives for the replacement of older, but operational, commercial HVAC equipment with new high-efficiency units.

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HERO financing coming to Los Angeles County

For the past year, homeowners in San Bernardino and Riverside Counties have been able to use HERO (Home Energy Renovation Opportunity) financing to improve the energy performance of their home. In the next few weeks, Los Angeles County is planning on approving the program so their homeowners can benefit as well.

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Air Conditioning Costs to Rise in 2015

For the first time in nine years, the Federal government is raising efficiency standards for air conditioning equipment. New EPA rules require residential cooling systems installed in California in 2015 to have a Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating (SEER) of 14 or higher.

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Interview with Air-Tro President Bob Helbing

Q & A with Bob Helbing, President of IHACI . In an industry that prides itself for resolving cooling issues, Bob Helbing is on a serious hot streak. As president Air-Tro Inc., Helbing runs one of the most successful commercial and residential HVAC contractors in Southern California. Over the years, Air-Tro has won multiple accolades, including ACCA’s 2011 Contractor of the Year award and Los Angeles Times 2012 Best of California Readers’ Choice award.

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Air-Tro: The Way We Were 1990

We recently replaced a furnace for a long-time customer. So long-time, that we’d actually installed the furnace we were replacing…