For more than two decades, Entech Sales & Service in Dallas has offered HVACR professionals an in-depth look at centrifugal chillers, examining assembly, theory, microprocessors, and teardown training through a series of educational sessions heralded as some of the best nationwide.

The NEWS is accepting nominations for its annual Best Instructor and Best Trainer contest.

The 76th Annual RSES Conference and HVACR Technology Expo will be held Oct. 23-26 at the Sheraton Station Square Hotel in Pittsburgh.

The Servicing HVAC Refrigeration Systems course is designed to develop a technician’s skills to properly service HVAC refrigerant systems.

Building Performance Institute (BPI) announced its certification renewal policy has been amended to allow individuals holding multifamily certifications to earn continuing education units (CEU) toward written exams. 

The importance of ongoing HVACR education involves both the getting and the giving. So there is a need for those who want to learn, and for those who understand that learning didn’t end when they left the high school, college, or vocational school classroom and lab. 

Representatives from many of the industry’s manufacturers recently congregated in Washington, D.C., for two days of networking, lobbying, and discussing industry issues at this year’s annual Air-Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) Public Policy Symposium.

More than 2,500 HVAC professionals traveled to the 2013 Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) Conference and Indoor Air Expo in Florida to learn about new technology, business management tips, and industry trends.

As members of the baby boomer generation transition into retirement, more and more qualified individuals are needed to take their places in the workforce. Currently, the number of jobs opening up in the industry far outpaces the number of workers available to fill them.

The course shows installers how to install outstanding boiler rooms. Topics include sizing and near-boiler piping for both cast iron and modulating-condensing boilers, proper sizing and application of circulators and zone valves, zoning strategies, and hydronic electronics.