HVAC R&D

This week Rhydon Atzenhoffer welcomes the Executive Director of the Skilled Careers Coalition, Mark Hedstrom, to the HVAC R&D Podcast.

The two discuss the ‘Gen Z toolbelt generation,’ the silver tsunami of retiring tradespeople, and how mentorships and programs like Skills Jam are shaping the future of recruitment and support for the skilled trades. 

Other topics include mental health for the trades, the lack of guidance about ...

Welcome back to the HVAC Zoomies Podcast, your favorite bonus show from HVAC R&D, as Rhydon and Rachael get into the fifth week of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

This week we take a look back at Oscar Piastri's dominant victory in Bahrain and preview this coming week's night race in Jeddah.

Enjoy the show and here is to another great Grand Prix!

Make sure to follow us on Instagram @hvaczoomies!

Thank you to JPL Flex and RLS - Rapid...

It's race week four of the 2025 Formula 1 season already and after three rounds it looks like it is already shaping up to be a Max Verstappen vs McLaren for the Drivers championship.

Rhydon and Rachael break down last week's results and get their bold predictions on the board for the coming weekend and enjoy some great HVAC banter along the way.

A dominant controlling performance by Max at Suzuka in the Lenovo Japanese Grand Prix s...

This week Rhydon Atzenhoffer welcomes third generation Tradeswoman and professional marketing bestseller, Amber Gaige, to the HVAC R&D Podcast.

Amber helped to grow her family's plumbing business where she was put into the position to "start" a marketing company, that launched her into her career passion of supporting businesses with their branding and growth strategies.

Having built something with her family, Amber transitione...

Welcome back to episode three of the HVAC Zoomies Podcast, a bonus show produced by HVAC R&D! 

Rhydon and Rachael are pumped to be back for another discussion as they break down some hot topics in the HVAC world to open the show, and then they get to the 2025 Chinese Sprint and Grand Prix results while evaluating their current bold prediction standings for the season.

Red Bull has made the first major move of the calendar year ...

What's Up #TradeCrew! This week on the HVAC R and D Podcast, Rhydon Atzenhoffer is joined by Laura Pitassi, an up and coming lady of the trade specializing in commercial service and custom piping systems.

Laura discusses her journey to becoming an HVAC Dynamo and how she came to find that the trades were truly where she belonged and found her career calling.

Would you like to make an appearance on the HVAC R and D Podcast? If so cl...

Rhydon and Rachael are back this week for the second installment of the HVAC Zoomies Podcast, an HVAC R and D Podcast Bonus Production, and they could not have asked for a more chaotic season opener to discuss after the Louis Vuitton Australian Grand Prix last weekend.

The two open the show with some quick news from around the world of HVAC and then get into their Melbourne debrief covering how their bold predictions for the openin...

Just before Christmas and the turn of the New Year, Rhydon Atzenhoffer welcomed Jimmy Abraham of Bosch Home Comfort USA to the show to discuss how to make the most of the 25C and Inflation Reduction Act tax credits as an HVAC or Plumbing contractor.

The two dive into the tools and information available through Bosch Home Comfort as well as urging contractors to do their own local research to be able to best serve their customers wh...

The HVAC R and D Podcast is proud to present this special production of the inaugural Episode of the brand's newest sub-show, The HVAC Zoomies!

Your traditional host of Rhydon Atzenhoffer is joined by Episode 131 guest Rachael Plein as his co-host for this new bonus show to join the line-up of the R&D stable.

A show about bring the love of HVAC and Formula 1 together under one show where they talk HVAC News and Formula 1 news i...

For the second day of Live recording in the Podcast Pavilion of the 2025 AHR Expo in Orlando Florida, Rhydon was joined to long time friends of the show, Ashley Lynds (@HVAC_ASH), and Rebecca Stamey (@beccashotforac) of Refrigeration Technologies.

The three discussed the HVAC School Symposium, the HVAC Tactical Awards and all things Refrigeration Technologies from the AHR Expo.

Additionally the trio also got into the growth of Wome...

I am excited to release the first of two special live episode recordings from the 2025 Orlando AHR Expo Podcast Pavilion. The first of which is with my coworker and fellow creator Tony Mormino. With an interesting journey from being a sales engineer and sales manager to completely reinventing his career by jumping head first into becoming an online personality, podcaster and trainer while joining the HVAC influencer community, Ton...

Thanks to Bosch Home Comfort, just prior to Christmas, Rhydon was able to have an eye opening conversation with Bosch IDS Ultra project engineer, Trevor Shane.

The two discussed not only Trevor's path to Bosch and how he navigated a switch from the auto industry to HVAC but some of the key design features on the new IDS Ultra Cold Climate Heat Pump. IDS Ultra as the first Heat Pump to pass the United States Cold Climate Challenge a...

As we close out 2024, Rhydon was happy to welcome back returning guests Caio Torres, known as SheetMetalHVAC, and Rachelle Martins, known as HVAC_Install_Her, as two hidden gems of the industry.

In the second half of this two part year end show the three resume their conversation with discussions about Caio and Rachelle career and growth opportunities.

Later the trio get into talks about giving back to and helping develop the HVAC ...

As we close out 2024, Rhydon was happy to welcome back returning guests Caio Torres, known as SheetMetalHVAC, and Rachelle Martins, known as HVAC_Install_Her, as two hidden gems of the industry.

In the first half of this two part year end show the three open with discussions about Caio and Rhydon working on their golf game and Rachelle's family trip to Europe.

Then they get into Caio's latest journey in his career and his newest ad...

This week Rhydon welcomes NVIRIQ, formerly known as SunTrac, to the show to discuss his career path to HVAC and his company's revolutionary products.

A fun conversation from one end of the spectrum to the other, Devin and Rhydon dig into the ins and outs of an up and coming HVAC manufacturing company and the processes and hurdles along the way.

#HVAC #TRADECREW #NVIRIQ #SUN #ENERGY #RENEWABLE #ENDLESS #TURNKEY #MANUFACTURER #PACK...

This week on the HVAC R&D Podcast, Rhydon is joined by Shurtape Technologies Product Manager of HVAC Tapes, Dennis Ineman.

With a unique career journey that is riddled with interesting events and great stories, Dennis recounts his years of experience in product branding, marketing and development that ultimately lead him from Harvard to the world of Shurtape and HVAC right here in North Carolina. 

Let's Get it Goin', Yea C'mon!

Bosch Home Comfort Pro's Crawford and Wyatt Haskell from Haskell Heating and Air join Rhydon on this week's episode to discuss how they came to be in the Western North Carolina mountains and how they are building a new HVAC company one install and lead at a time.

#HVAC #BUSINESS #ENTREPRENEURSHIP #BOSCH #IDS #IDSULTRA #LIKEABOSCH #HEATING #AIRCONDITIONING #HEATPUMP #FURNACE #DUALFUEL #WNC #HIGHCOUNTRY #BROTHERLYLOVE #BUBBA #HASKE...