Once Murphy graduated, he started an electrical company with his brother-in-law and another partner doing electrical work for about three years. It was at this time that Murphy decided to change his path and go out on his own, starting his own electrical business about 12 years ago. It was around this same time that his wife, Tracey went into kidney failure and needed a transplant. “When I opened my own electrical company, we did heat pumps separately, just to test out the heat pump market.” Because of his experience in other industries, Murphy wanted to be cautious, but he was seeing that there was a trend hap- pening and he wanted to get into that market. “Unfortunate- ly, at the time there was a stigma against electricians doing heat pumps,” said Murphy. So, he did heat pump installs under a separate business with a different name. After about two years, things were going well, and the decision was made to combine the two businesses and rebrand under the name Halifax Heat Pumps & Electrical in 2016.
HALIFAX HEAT PUMPS & ELECTRICAL
AFFORDABLE, CERTIFIED & RELIABLE
by Ryan Myson
Y ou do not have to speak to Eric Murphy, President of Halifax Heat Pumps & Electrical long to under- stand that he goes all in for everything he does in life, personally and professionally. Murphy shares how a family health adver- sity led to him scaling his business into a well-respected full-service heat pump and electrical business with a strong rep- utation for providing customer service and quality of work for both residential and commercial projects.
It is always interesting how things, regardless of how well they are planned, never go as we thought they would as we make our way in the world. Our journey takes us in different directions and paths to get to where we belong professionally and personally. When Murphy, a 43-year-old entrepreneur, husband, and father of three, began his journey he was in university taking business. It was during a time when the world was in a panic over the upcoming Y2K. Everyone was thinking the world as we knew it was going to come to an end, so he decided to become a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. Well Y2K came and went with little hoopla and the industry became flooded with special - ists. So, what does Murphy do, he changes his professional path and trained to become an electri- cian in 2002.
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FALL/WINTER 2022 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • FALL/WINTER 2022
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