AMCA granted ISO 17025 accreditation; ACCA Ohio names 2012-2013 president; BOCES 2 Center for Workforce Development named an online testing site; HVAC Excellence confers certified master HVACR educator status to five instructors; AHRI launches online directory of certified forced circulation air cooling and air heating coils; ASHRAE opens registration for 2012 annual conference.
The Refrigeration Service Engineers Society (RSES) announced that it is relocating its corporate headquarters to Rolling Meadows, Ill. According to the association, the new facility will more efficiently accommodate current staff and allow the organization to better serve its members and the industry at large.
The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA) announced that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has approved its HVAC Air Duct Leakage Test Manual, second edition, as an American National Standard.
ConsensusDocs® users will be able to work on their standard construction contracts using Microsoft Word® on a PC or Mac as a result of an upgraded new web-based platform released by the ConsensusDocs Coalition.
The OpenADR Alliance, a nonprofit corporation created to foster the development, adoption, and compliance of a smart grid standard known as Open Automated Demand Response (OpenADR), has announced the successful testing of the OpenADR 2.0a profile standard.
The Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA) has announced that the National Institute of Building Sciences has joined its board of directors. Dana Kennish “Deke” Smith, FAIA, will represent the Institute on the CABA board.
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International presented 66 buildings with the BOMA 360 Performance Program® designation in the first quarter of 2012. According to the organization, these buildings join a growing number of best-in-class properties to receive the designation since its launch in 2009.
Trimble announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SketchUp®, one of the most popular 3D modeling tools, from Google. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.
The deployment of energy harvesting devices will grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 38 percent over the next few years, resulting in annual shipments of 235.4 million units by 2015 (from a base of 53 million in 2012), comprising a range of consumer and industrial applications, according to a report from Pike Research.
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