The index is comprised of the results of survey
questions given to Air Conditioning Contractors of America members, who are
asked how they feel about business prospects in the near term.
Citing newly released federal data, Associated General Contractors
officials said the numbers of people working in construction rose to a two-year
high.
Officials
with HARDI and the ACCA are celebrating a decision that upheld federal
preemption of HVAC efficiency standards in a case that pitted manufacturers’
desires for nationwide consistency against local control.
Indiana is the 23rd state to enact a
right-to-work law, which bans union membership or the payment of dues as a
condition of employment, and the first one in a decade.
The
International Builders’ Show is shortening the event by one day, starting next
year. Formerly a four-day trade show, the expo will
run Jan. 22-24, 2013, in Las Vegas.
The Jan. 25 ruling was a
victory for the Air-Conditioning, Heating
and Refrigeration Institute and other industry groups, which claimed federal
law governing the manufacture of heating and cooling equipment overrode ability
of Albuquerque, N.M., to set its own performance standards.
The former Renewable Energy Pavilion has been
renamed the Sustainability Pavilion and will feature environmentally friendly
products such solar, photovoltaics, vegetative, day lighting and geothermal
technologies.
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