• The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) reported a decrease in year-to-date shipment numbers in the gas furnace (-14.3 percent) and combined a/c and air-source heat pumps (-17.3 percent) categories.

• The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) approved the Building Owners and Managers Institute’s (BOMI’s) The Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Building Systems, Part I (Design I).

Publication date: 11/02/2009