Financial assistance from Puget Sound Energy remains available to eligible natural gas customers in Seattle who need help paying last winter's heating bills.
Four 75-kilowatt cogeneration systems were recently installed at Chabot College. The systems, manufactured by Tecogen, are providing 100 percent of the energy required to heat Chabot's Olympic-sized outdoor pool and 38 percent of the electricity used throughout the rest of the campus.
Steve Wiggins, owner of Quality Air Care, Lorena, Texas, recently sent this story to The News concerning a no-heat/no-cooling service call. He got a lot more than he expected.
Nearly 100 families benefited from the time, talent, and donations of local union plumbing contractors as part of the 12th annual Rebuilding Together St. Louis event held on May 1, 2004.
In response to a need that was identified through the Education Survey that was conducted last year, the Heating, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Institute's (HRAI's) SkillTech Academy will pilot a one-day seminar in June on Troubleshooting Residential Air Conditioning Equipment.
U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (R-N.Y.) has announced a $500,000 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant for ECR International, Utica, N.Y., to spur the development of new energy-saving technology.
The Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) has announced the most recent recipient of a bursary from HRAI's Orvil L. Davie Memorial Fund: Peter Christensen, a student at British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT).
The North Texas Chapter of the Air Conditioning Contractors of America (NTACCA) is busy looking for funding for its annual "Beat the Heat" program, where low-income and elderly homeowners in the Dallas/Fort Worth area are given free repair services to existing cooling equipment or the installation of new window units.
Idaho homeowners seeking information about heating and cooling can log on to the Heating and Cooling Idaho site at www.repair-home.com/Heating_and_Cooling/Directory/Idaho/.