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Following years of module oversupply and artificially low pricing, the solar photovoltaic (PV) market is expected to shift from a high-cost, subsidized source of energy to a growing market with the potential to displace other energy technologies, notes Navigant Research.

HVACR tool manufacturer, hilmor®, has announced its third annual Retool Your Future Scholarship Contest. Designed to aid current and future HVACR students, the scholarship contest awards six grand prizes consisting of a $5,000 scholarship, a trip to the 2016 AHR Expo in Orlando, Florida, and a set of hilmor tools.

EnTouch Controls, a provider of energy management as a service (EMaaS), has introduced its Advanced Peak Energy Management service, which builds on its EnTouch360°™ platform, to enable restaurant and retail facilities to reduce monthly energy spending by curtailing the amount of energy used during peak demand hours.

Thermo King, a manufacturer of transport refrigeration systems and a brand of Ingersoll Rand, announced that it will begin to offer North American customers new options for trailer and self-powered truck products using lower global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants.

U.S. Water has launched PhosZero™ with E-FeX™ Technology, a new sustainable chemistry for cooling tower water treatment. The company said the new technology provides a blend of ingredients that replaces the most common uses of phosphorus in cooling water applications.

Ecova, an energy and sustainability management company, has released a report with the results of its new survey on energy management systems (EMS). The report summarizes the findings from a survey of nearly 200 multi-site companies, across multiple industries, to better understand how companies select, manage, and maintain an EMS.

The global geothermal heat pump market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.26 percent over the period of 2015 to 2019, according to a report from Research and Markets.

SkillsUSA announced that its SkillsUSA WorldTeam, consisting of 18 career and technical education students, will head to the WorldSkills Competition in São Paulo, Brazil, to compete in 16 skill categories during the 43rd biennial event Aug. 11-16.

Owners of small buildings have an opportunity to differentiate themselves by implementing energy-efficient practices, due to a significant gap between large and small office buildings in achieving green certification, according to a new study by CBRE Group Inc. and Maastricht University.

The International Code Council (ICC) and ASHRAE have signed an agreement on development and maintenance of a new version of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) sponsored by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), ASHRAE, ICC, Illuminating Engineering Society (IES), and U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).