MIAMI, March 11, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Watsco, Inc. (NYSE: WSO) today announced  its participation in the upcoming J.P. Morgan 2025 Industrials Conference.

Barry Logan, Executive Vice President, and Rick Gomez, Vice President, will participate in a fireside chat at the event on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 8:15 a.m. (EDT).

A live webcast of the event will be available in the Investor Relations section of Watsco’s website at https://investors.watsco.com/events.

About Watsco

Watsco is the largest distributor of heating, air conditioning and refrigeration (HVAC/R) products with locations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, and on an export basis to Latin America and the Caribbean.

The Company’s focus is on the replacement market, which has increased in size and importance as a result of the aging of installed systems, the introduction of higher energy efficient models and the necessity of HVAC products in homes and businesses. According to data published in March 2023 by the Energy Information Administration, there are approximately 102 million HVAC systems installed in the United States that have been in service for more than 10 years, most of which operate well below current minimum efficiency standards.

Accordingly, Watsco has the opportunity to be a significant and important contributor toward climate change as it plays an important role to lower CO2e emissions. According to the Department of Energy, HVAC systems account for roughly half of U.S. household energy consumption. As such, replacing older systems at higher efficiency levels is a critical means for homeowners to reduce electricity consumption and their carbon footprint.

Based on estimates validated by independent sources, Watsco averted an estimated 22.8 million metric tons of CO2e emissions from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2024 through the sale of replacement HVAC systems at higher-efficiency standards, an equivalent of eliminating 5.3 million gas powered vehicles off the road annually. More information, including sources and assumptions used to support the Company’s estimates, can be found at https://www.watsco.com.

Barry S. Logan 
Executive Vice President  
(305) 714-4102        
e-mail: blogan@watsco.com