Comfort Systems USA Inc., a leading provider of commercial, industrial, and institutional HVAC services, has announced the election of Constance Skidmore and Vance Tang to its board of directors.

Designed to maximize energy savings in commercial buildings, the VFD Core provides a solution for contractors that works in 95 percent of HVAC applications and can be programmed in minutes, said the manufacturer. Increased memory allows for four parameter sets to be stored in one keypad for quick upload and downloading.

A newly published guideline from ASHRAE grants facility managers and building operating staff a foundation on which to improve performance of all buildings.

A major initiative that promises to make Milwaukee one of the most energy-efficient cities in the nation has been launched by the city and Milwaukee-based Johnson Controls.

For Valencia College, the objective was to install an efficient HVAC system to heat and cool the entire college campus.

In commercial buildings, workers usually come and go en masse each day. As a result, energy use can rapidly become inefficient. Now, a new study done on Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) buildings reveals some data that could help designers and building managers optimize energy usage.

The California Solar Initiative (CSI) - Thermal Program is encouraging Californians to take the next step in going green by installing solar water heating.

Ian Jack, of Blower-Door-XXL (Lemgo, Germany), was recently recognized by Guinness World Records for executing the world’s largest blower door test.

Onset has announced a live, online course on Wednesday, April 25, 2012, at 2 p.m. EDT entitled Assessing Energy Efficiency in Commercial Buildings.

Open doorways enable ease of movement for people and materials, yet open doors are one of the greatest sources of energy loss in a building. While the doors are open for in-and-out productivity, costly energy escapes. Air curtains offer a simple and sensible solution to this issue.

CLIMA 2013 Congress is an international scientific and engineering congress in the field of HVAC. This meeting is a joint event of the 11th REHVA World Congress and the 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 16 – 19, 2013.

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It will be held at the Talking Stick Resort. Read More

The summit includes AIA-accredited seminars. Read More

CONSTRUCT with the 55th CSI Annual Convention is destined to attract thousands of diverse institutional, industrial and commercial building professionals from all over the world, with billion-dollar purchasing power.

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