The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) announced that it will adopt ASHRAE Standard 62.2-2010, Ventilation and Acceptable Indoor Air Quality in Low Rise Residential Buildings, on Jan. 1, 2013. The new standard will replace BPI’s current operating standard, ASHRAE 62-89.
Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), a provider of integrated performance analysis software and consulting services for sustainable building design and operation, has announced new HVAC enhancements to its VE-Pro building performance simulation software.
The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) awards committee is accepting nominations of individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements in and contributions toward the education of HVACR professionals.
The Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) 27th Annual Educational Conference MSCA LIVE 2012 will be held Oct. 14-17, 2012, at the Park Hyatt Aviara Resort in Carlsbad, Calif.
Individual homes and neighborhoods could be powered with a new, small-scale solid oxide fuel cell system that achieves up to 57 percent efficiency, significantly higher than the 30 to 50 percent efficiencies reported for other solid oxide fuel cells, according to a study published by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® released its 10th Annual State of the Builder Technology Market Study, which found installed home technology is strongly solidified in builders’ portfolios of services and offerings.
Cause of Action has filed a joint brief in a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) following what it says is DOE’s “move to impose unreasonable energy efficiency standards on distributors, installers, and users of residential heating and cooling products in the United States.”
Virtually every leading name in the building services industry has recently launched some form of building energy management system that hosts and manages building data in the cloud, according to a new white paper from Pike Research.
Eight HVACR and water heating industry associations have announced the formation of the HVACR Workforce Development Foundation. The Foundation will work to raise awareness of the industry, attract new members to the workforce, and enhance the quality of the available workforce in the industry.
AT&T has announced plans for a new portfolio of all-digital, IP-based home automation and security monitoring services. Called AT&T Digital Life™, the services will enable users to do such things as change the temperature setting on their thermostat or lock a door from anywhere using any web-enabled device.