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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"Home Services Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-30 21:15:48.949853+00","research_date":"2026-09-30","source_snapshot_sha256":"31277deb3b777ee75d68fce299264a009ea00198fcd23b217f7ea30d1d34fa80","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":52,"qualified_finalists":4,"ranking_unit":"HVAC contractor or company brand"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Canyon Air is a good fit for New Home Construction HVAC in its Southern California service area, and a poor fit everywhere else. Two of the seven platforms in this study named Canyon Air during the ranking stage — Kimi (rank 2) and OpenAI (rank 4) — giving it a 28.6% share of included platform responses and an average listed rank of 3.0. The strongest reason to consider it is a stated design-build workflow that runs from Manual J/D/S load calculations through Title 24 documentation, trade coordination, and commissioning closeout (, anthropic:source1, , ). The main limitation is that nearly…","target_buyer":"A home builder or homeowner building a new house who needs the HVAC system designed and installed from scratch as part of construction.","topic":{"base_category":"HVAC Installation and Repair","category_criteria":["new construction design collaboration","builder relationship experience","code compliance","load calculation accuracy"],"geography":"United States","slug":"best-hvac-companies-for-new-home-construction","title":"Best HVAC Companies for New Home Construction","use_case":"new home construction hvac"}}