Weakened demand for HVAC services in the United States during the recession intensified price-based competition and put pressure on profit margins. According to a new industry report from IBISWorld, the HVAC industry is forecast to return to growth this year and continue to grow for the next five years.
The Brookings Institution has announced the launch of the new John Hazen White Jr. Forum on Public Policy for the study of manufacturing. White, president and CEO of Taco Inc., Cranston, R.I., endowed this Forum on Public Policy to fund activities related to manufacturing and innovation.
ASHRAE has announced a call for papers for its 2013 Annual Conference. The conference seeks papers on current research worldwide; core HVACR applications and systems; and, featured for this conference, integrated project design, energy modeling, and building efficiency performance.
The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and its National Certified Pipe Welding Bureau (NCPWB) subsidiary have compiled a set of NCPWB Toolbox Safety Talks addressing key safety concerns for those involved in pipe welding.
Fujitsu Training Academy is now offering its “Airstage V-II” classes online at the Fujitsu VRF Training Center, Fairfield, N.J., and at the Alabama HVAC Training Center, Verbena, Ala.
To mark the 110th anniversary of the invention of modern air conditioning by Dr. Willis H. Carrier — inventor and founder of the company that bears his name — Geraud Darnis, president and CEO, UTC Climate, Controls & Security presented “Weathermakers to the World” to the Library of Congress.
Doug Dougherty, president of the Geothermal Exchange Organization (GEO) submitted a statement for the record regarding S. 2146, the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (CES), which is now before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
LG Electronics has expanded its popular training series for Multi V III variable refrigerant flow (VRF) technology to an additional 15 markets across the United States, including Baltimore; Cincinnati; Kansas City, Mo.; Miami; Minneapolis; and Portland, Ore.
Mitsubishi Electric Cooling & Heating has restructured its four national sales zones into five business units (BUs), including a newly created Southwest BU. To support the new sales structure, Mitsubishi Electric has appointed five managers to lead the business units.
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