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Production of new single-family homes and apartments increased 1.5 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of nearly 700,000 units in January, according to figures from the U.S. Commerce Department.

Attendees of this week’s International Roofing Expo will have the chance to drive a NASCAR racecar – or the next-best thing.

Heating and cooling manufacturer Nordyne will be featured in an upcoming episode of Lifetime Television’s “Designing Spaces.”

In a press release, the company said several firms had expressed “a large amount of interest” in purchasing the maker of KlassicKolors and Terne II metal roofing products.

The Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International’s “2012 HVACR Market Forecast Webinar” will take place at 2 p.m. Feb. 29.

Timothy P. Stanley, in addition to being a licensed professional engineer and holding several other honors, is now a health care facility manager.

NASCAR driver Kyle Petty is replacing Rusty Wallace as keynote speaker for the International Roofing Expo.

The U.S. Energy Department tested the efficiency levels claimed by makers of tankless and storage-style water heaters. The Air-Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute said the products had perfect results, unlike most other appliances tested.

Twenty-nine more metro areas made it onto the NAHB-First American Improving Markets Index, which now lists 98 markets in 36 states as showing measurable gains.

Average sales for HARDI distributor members were down 12.2 percent in December, the second consecutive month of declin.