A team of researchers recently analyzed the utility bills of Las Vegas homeowners living in new Building America houses to see if predicted energy savings were being achieved. The analysis turned up some surprises, and the lessons learned should help refine predictions for hot climate energy use.
Ad agency Wieden + Kennedy's new home in a former Portland, OR, warehouse presented unique challenges in design. It also offered the opportunity to install a very different heating and cooling system provided by The Trane Company.
The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) recognized two California contractors for their exceptional legislative contributions at its annual legislative awards dinner in Washington, DC.
Darren Kimura and Energy Conservation Hawaii (ECH) have each come a long way since 1995. Kimura, who started ECH more than six years ago, has developed into quite a businessman, recently being named the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) 2002 Young Entrepreneur of the Year for Hawaii.
If International Service Leadership (ISL) ever sought a “poster contractor” — as opposed to a poster child — Leland Smith should be ISL president Bill Efird’s first choice.
Goettl Air Conditioning, Inc., which has been manufacturing heating and air conditioning equipment in Phoenix, AZ, since 1939, earned two awards recently.
The Southern Nevada Air Conditioning Refrigeration Service Contractors Association (SNARSCA) learned that no one with a contractor’s license can escape the destructive effects of construction defect lawsuits.
Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham announced recently that the Department of Energy (DOE) will award the state of Oregon $2,856,430 to improve the energy efficiency of hundreds of low-income households this year.
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