Report Reveals 2023 Trends, Challenges & Opportunities to Watch in HVACR Industry

AHR Expo has released its 2023 Industry Trend Report, co-sponsored by ASHRAE and AHI. To compile the report, respondents were asked to reflect on opportunities, threats and challenges in the HVACR industry to be considered for the near future, as well as feedback regarding discussions happening in their specific areas of expertise.

The full report can be downloaded at ahrexpo.com. Takeaways and common themes covered in the report include:

• Regulations remain a driving force toward a cleaner future (decarbonization, green transition, M1 and refrigerant updates)
• The built environment is evolving (new efficiency demands, IT and the connected consumer, automation, awareness of long-term benefit with higher performing systems)
• Supply chain recovery (new practices adapted out of necessity, new ways of moving product across the chain)
• Inflation and recession (forecasts and planning, expectations, new role of HVACR in the budget)
• Workforce and training (need for a strong and skilled workforce, projected increasing industry demands, flow of information across the chain: IAQ, changing regulations, application updates)
• Cybersecurity (building control, threat considerations, planning for a connected future)
• Expansion, growth and meeting demand (managing multiple areas of industry growth, educating workforce and end user, managing and meeting consumer expectations).