For the city of Merced, Calif., the objective was to help the city reduce its energy consumption while supporting local jobs by hiring local subcontractors to deliver the project.

Earlier this year, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced a new LEED® program for hospitals and other health care facilities. LEED for Healthcare goes beyond the LEED for New Construction rating system, combining it with strong elements of the Green Guide for Health Care.

New technology in the HVAC industry stretches past equipment breakthroughs and component enhancements. Ancillary software and communication elements are often keys to making advanced heating and cooling solutions run correctly.

Designed to work with the APOGEE® BAS and BACnet programmable terminal equipment controllers (PTEC), the Series 2200 range of BAS CO2 room units include sensing-only and fully interactive models.

With new construction still down, contractors who specialize in commercial controls can find more opportunities for their business by retrofitting existing buildings.

Taking environmental control to the next level, the large field of competitors in The NEWS’ eighth annual Dealer Design Awards’ Commercial Controls category examined the aspects they already controlled and added enhancements that further define what true temperature control on a large scale really means.

More than 350 commercial controls contractors and distributors gathered to attend Honeywell’s Momentum Conference. The annual event serves as an energy, environmental, and economic idea exchange for those who provide the building industry with HVAC, security, video, and intrusion products and solutions.

The EnOcean Alliance announced that it has signed up its 200th member company, NanoSense. NanoSense develops products using EnOcean and KNX technologies that regulate and optimize air quality inside buildings. Originally created in April 2008 by Distech Controls, EnOcean, Masco, MK Electric, Omnio, and Thermokon, the alliance now counts 200 members from 20 different countries.