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HVAC: The 9-PM Problem | After-Hours PlaybookCover story · HVAC
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Vertiqa Team · May 26, 2026

HVAC: The 9-PM Problem | After-Hours Playbook

It's 9:14 PM on a January Tuesday in Atlanta. Outside it's 28 degrees and dropping. A retired schoolteacher in Decatur is sitting in her living room watching the thermostat read 58. Her furnace has…

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