Hvac contractors are still a little unsure how much of a margin of error to allow themselves when they bid on geothermal (ground-source or water-source) heat pump projects.
The hospitality industry would welcome the standard, because it could allow patrons to smoke in communities that now have (or are considering) 100% smoking bans in public places.
Most in the hvac business had started bracing for a recession based on downward trends months before the economic analysts stamped that recession a fact.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) announced that its BACnet® standard should be simpler to use, now that all addenda have been consolidated into one document.
New requirements have been included in the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers’ (ASHRAE) 2001 ventilation standard.
K. Hovnanian Companies, New Jersey’s largest builder, announced that its future homes would meet voluntary federal standards that cut natural gas and electricity use by at least one third.