Plumbing Daily Brief
On "Celebrating the Women Shaping HVACR’s Future"
The Top Women in HVAC program matters because it's documenting something real: women are solving actual workforce problems in a trade that desperately needs them, and visibility changes who shows up to apprenticeship programs. This isn't about feel-good recognition—it's about the fact that shops struggling to hire have barely looked in this direction, and the women in this program are proof that the bottleneck is cultural, not talent. If you're running a contracting company and haven't seriously asked whether your hiring and mentoring practices are keeping women out, this is the signal that you're leaving workers on the table while your competitors figure it out.
On "Acorn ConTrols ST7069 Tempering Valve"
A point-of-use tempering valve that actually holds setpoint under load is worth paying attention to, especially if you're doing retrofit work or dealing with scalding liability on senior housing and child-care jobs. The ST7069 solves a real problem—mixing valves that drift or require constant adjustment are money losers on service calls and warranty headaches. If it performs as advertised, this isn't just another valve; it's a defensive move against callbacks and liability claims that pay for itself fast on the right applications.
On "SCOTUS Declines to Hear Refrigerant Case Seeking to Curb EPA Power"
The Supreme Court just punted on the one case that could've reined in the EPA's refrigerant overreach, and that means the AIM Act implementation stays exactly where it is—which is bad news if you're banking on flexibility or pushing back on phase-out timelines. This isn't a surprise, but it closes the door on the legal challenge that mattered, so stop waiting for a court to fix this and start planning your transition now. The rulebook isn't changing; you're operating under it whether you like it or not.