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Spotlight On TRP Participant: Gandy Installations

At 65 years young, Gandy Installations is a familiar and respected name within BC’s HVAC community. And, as a participant in HRAI’s Thermostat Recovery Program (TRP), the company is playing a key role in keeping harmful elements out of Canada’s waste stream.

Is Your Indoor Air Quality Making You Sick?

Winter is quickly approaching, and we’ve retreated into our indoor air spaces. Many of us are continuing to work from home due to keeping our circles small and our families safe. Even others have opted to home-school and keep the family all in one place.

Demand Heater Benefits – It’s time to go tankless!

There are quite a few benefits to giving Gandy a call for installation of a Rheem or Navien tankless water heater. Taylor Gandy, General Manager at Gandy Installations shared some valuable info about tank system technology.  “The benefits of an on demand heater are – unlimited hot water– once the hot water starts, it never runs […]

Efficiency ratings on Furnaces and Air Conditioners

What do the numbers mean? It’s time to buy a new furnace, or you’re tired of hot sticky nights and are looking to purchase an air conditioner. But how do you make a decision? What do all of those energy efficiency ratings tell you? With natural gas prices more than tripling in the past ten […]

Beat The Heat

Our first home in Surrey had a great big picture window facing south. In the winter it was great, because if it was a little sunny outside, and you opened the draperies, the room would heat up naturally. The passive solar heating that ensued was welcomed, and even saved us some money on our energy […]

Air Quality and Smog Blog

Who can forget those weird alien golden skies and the loss of mountain views? The summer of 2018 will go down as the smokiest year on record in BC. During the month of August, BC had the worst air quality in North America, due to an excess of forest fires. Along with warm weather, which […]