The U.S. General Services Administration’s (GSA’s) Denver Federal Center (DFC) campus is nearing the completion of its nearly 7 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) project. The project is GSA’s largest solar installation across the United States, and all campus PV is expected to be online by the end of 2011.
With the Midwest in the grip of a summer heat wave, FirstEnergy is offering tips on how people can save energy and money while keeping their cool. HVAC contractors can pass along these same tips to their customers.
Ellis Air Conditioning and Heating recently took on the task of redesigning the air conditioning and airflow system at Texas de Brazil, a busy and hot downtown Churrascaria. Known for delicious meats of all kinds, Texas de Brazil Steakhouse roasts all day over open fires. While the slow roasting makes delicious meat, it also creates a hot interior.
New Skill Builders, an initiative created to encourage more minorities and women to enter the construction trades in Chicago, is celebrating its first graduate to earn union journeyman status - and an award-winning journeyman at that. Kelvin Houston is a journeyman pipefitter with Local 597 in Chicago.
AstraZeneca has announced the installation of a 7,300-panel solar energy project that produces energy equivalent to about 10 percent of the campus’ office building electricity use. The 1.7 megawatt system is said to be the largest non-utility solar project in Delaware.
The Canadian Institute of Plumbing & Heating announced that exhibitor sales for the 2012 CMX-CIPHEX Trade Show and Learning Forum are moving well ahead of the last show in 2010. According to show manager Patrick Shield, “More than 85 percent of the show floor is already sold.”
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) expanded the “Switch the ’Stat” Thermostat Recovery Program into the province of Manitoba as of July 2011. According to HRAI, Switch the ’Stat offers a free and easy solution for contractors to recycle decommissioned thermostats collected from customers.
REC Solar, a leading solar electric provider in the United States, announced that the company is growing in the East Coast market with major commercial and residential installations in New Jersey, Maryland, and Massachusetts.
According to the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), the recently announced Canadian federal budget included the Conservative government’s promised $400 million for a restored ecoENERGY program for a one-year period.
According to the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI), the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act (CCPSA) became effective on June 20, 2011. The purpose of the act is to protect the public by addressing or preventing dangers to human health or safety that are posed by consumer products in Canada.
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