HVAC

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪt͡ʃˌvæk/, /ˌeɪt͡ʃ.vi.eɪˈsi/ (both are common)

Noun

HVAC (usually uncountable, plural HVACs)

1. (often attributive) Initialism of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning: those actions; the trade that supplies the equipment for them; the equipment that does them.

   Synonym: climate control

   Meronyms: heating, ventilating, ventilation, air conditioning, A/C, AC, refrigerating, refrigeration, cooling, air filtration

   • 2025 January 1, Jacob Krol, “The best smart thermostats of 2025, tried and tested”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 September 2025:

     Before starting the installation, we ensured that our HVAC system was turned off at the breaker, removed the old thermostat, hooked up the Nest Thermostat with the proper wiring configurations and connected it via the Nest app (available for Android or iOS).

   • 2025 October 30, Matteo Wong, Charlie Warzel, “Here’s How the AI Crash Happens”, in The Atlantic‎^[2], archived from the original on 30 October 2025:

     Many people believe that growth will only continue. “We’re gonna need stadiums full of electricians, heavy equipment operators, ironworkers, HVAC technicians,” Dwarkesh Patel and Romeo Dean, AI-industry analysts, wrote recently.

Translations

heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暖通空調 / 暖通空调 (nuǎntōng kōngtiáo)

• Danish: VVS (da) c (varme, ventilation, sanitet)
• Finnish: LVI (fi)
• French: CVC (fr)
• German: HLK (Heizung, Lüftung, Klima)
• Hungarian: klíma- és légtechnika, fűtés, szellőzés/szellőztetés és légkondicionálás/​klíma
• Kazakh: жылыту, желдету және ауаны баптау (jylytu, jeldetu jäne auany baptau)
• Korean: 공기조화기술(空氣調和技術) (gonggijohwagisul)
• Portuguese: AVAC f, HVAC f
• Russian: ОВиК (ru) (OViK) (отопление, вентиляция и кондиционирование)
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: VVS (sv) (värme, ventilation, sanitet)

See also

• return air
• supply air

Anagrams

• chav