Controlsys Enterprise, Brossard, Quebec, announced that Johnson Controls, Milwaukee, appointed independent controls contractor, DHC Automation & Controls, Ottawa, as an Authorized Building Controls Specialist (ABCS).
Carrier Florida presented information on the phaseout of HCFC-22, and the implications for the HVAC industry at the 42nd Annual Florida Association for Career and Technical Educators (FACTE) Conference. Carrier Florida is part of Carrier Corp.’s company-operated distribution network.
Optimum Energy LLC has announced the introduction of OptimumHVAC, software applications that the company says allow analysis of HVAC system performance and remote troubleshooting, in real time, over the Internet.
The Wathena Unified School District (USD) 406 in Wathena, Kan., is implementing $537,913 in facility enhancements designed to improve operations, comfort, and efficiency in the district’s 100,400-square-foot school facility. The Energy Solutions division of TAC will complete the work as part of a performance contract.
Canada’s first Leadership In Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified supermarket is a showcase of green, sustainable HVACR technologies, including solar heating, heat recovery, high efficiency compressor rack refrigeration, and secondary glycol loop heat reclamation.
The American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) reported that the Michigan legislature passed a significant utility Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS) as a part of comprehensive state energy legislation.
Schmidt’s Wholesale’s long-valued employee, Patty Prezioso, recently celebrated her 50th year of employment at the company. She started there in 1958, fresh after her graduation from Delaware Valley Central High School in Callacoon, N.Y.
Martin Flaherty, board member and past president of the Pennsylvania Association of Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors (Pa.-PHCC), spoke on the group’s behalf at a joint public hearing of the House Labor Relations and Professional Licensure Committees on licensure of construction trades and consumer protection.
Mark Boncardo, the Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada’s (HRAI’s) chair, announced the most recent recipient of HRAI’s Orvil L. Davie Memorial Fund bursary - Trevor Finn of Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology.
The wholesaler Ferguson has appointed Anthony Santacroce to general manager of its South Carolina HVAC branch. He succeeds Jon Wallace “who has transitioned into the leadership role of Louisiana HVAC,” according to a statement from the company.
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