Three leading trade associations have announced they will collaborate closely on educational initiatives to benefit the HVACR industry’s hydronics and radiant panel sectors.

One way to define newsmakers are those who make a lot of news. And that has certainly been the case for Talbot Gee and the Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI).

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA), the Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI), and the Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced they will collaborate closely on educational initiatives to benefit the industry’s hydronics and radiant panel sectors.

The Heating, Airconditioning & Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) announced North American HVACR average distributor sales for November 2011 were down 1.7 percent from the same month last year. The dip is the first such decline since October 2010.

Scheduled Jan. 23-25 events at the 2012 AHR Expo in Chicago.

Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) kicked off the 2012 AHR Expo on Sunday evening with its Icebreaker for members and guests.

Although the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its final rule establishing regional standards for air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces last October, the fight is not over yet. Through the legal advocacy group Cause of Action, the Heating, Airconditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) has filed a petition to intervene through the United States Court of Appeals against the DOE.

Although the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its final rule establishing regional standards for air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces last October, the fight is not over yet. Both the Heating, Air-conditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) and Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) have filed petitions to intervene through the United States Court of Appeals against the DOE.

Although the Department of Energy (DOE) announced its final rule establishing regional standards for air conditioners, heat pumps, and furnaces last October, the fight is not over yet. Both the Heating, Airconditioning, and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) and Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) have filed petitions to intervene through the United States Court of Appeals against the DOE.

Stephen W. Alello, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away Monday, Dec. 26, 2011, at the age of 54 after a brief battle with kidney cancer.