Featuring:

• Adam Mufich – National Comfort Institute
• Dominick Guarino – National Comfort Institute
• Bryan Orr – HVAC School/Kalos Services/GRIT Foundation
• Leilani Orr – Kalos Services/GRIT Foundation

Adam and Dominick talk with Bryan and Leilani Orr to get the inside scoop on GRIT Foundation, a new non-profit organization dedicated to educating young people about careers in skilled trades including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and carpentry. By creating hands-on learning camps across the US GRIT’s goal is to increase the percentage of young people in secondary education who choose to pursue a career in the trades.

This podcast was recorded live at AHR 2025

Featuring:

• Adam Mufich – National comfort Institute
• Dominick Guarino – National Comfort Institute
• Steve Rogers – The Energy Conservatory
• Chris Hughes – The Energy Conservatory

Adam Mufich and Dominick Guarino of National Comfort Institute talk with Steve Rogers and Chris Hughes of The Energy Conservatory about the Air Upgrade™ process and how that has changed the path of airflow testing. Testing is at the center of it.

The group shares how the three most common problems are Airflow Airflow Airflow. According to Chris Hughes, a long-time student of NCI, “airflow is the least taught subject in trade school, and it all starts with a deeper understanding of static pressure.” Chris and Steve Rogers share how TEC’s Trueflow app dovetails with NCI training, and how each of the three NCI tests work TEC’s tools and software.

This podcast was recorded live at AHR 2025

Featuring:

• David Richardson – National Comfort Institute
• Ty Branaman – GRIT Foundation/Love2HVAC
• Ben Lipscomb P.E. – National Comfort Institute
• Adam Mufich – National Comfort Institute

Today’s Heat Pumps are not your grandad’s Oldsmobile. David Richardson brings together some champions of heat pump retrofits to talk about their experiences with them – including a teaser for a new upcoming NCI class! The key to good heat pump installations, whether a replacement or converting to electric heating from fossil fuels is understanding how the whole system works together, especially air distribution.

It starts with understanding the true building load, using a good load calc software. Next you select the right equipment to match the existing conditions, and updating the duct system to allow the equipment to deliver the performance it was designed to. The key is to understand a heat pump is not a system – it’s a component of a system.

Equipment selection is more important than ever especially in cooling mode when you need to balance latent and sensible heat removal. Selecting the right inverter equipment is even more critical in latent removal.

This podcast was recorded live at AHR 2025.