• North American Technician Excellence (NATE) increased the price of its Core Installation and Service Tests, effective Jan. 1, 2007.

• The North American Insulation Manufacturers Association’s (NAIMA’s) brochure, Sand, a Renewable and Virtually Inexhaustible Resource, and a fact sheet on the role fiberglass and rock and slag wool insulation play in the LEED program, are now available in its library of free resources at www.naima.org.

• Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association’s (PHCC’s) Quality Service Contractors’ (QSC’s) power meeting, Feb. 22-24, 2007, is offering a variety of topics focusing on business management processes and analyses.