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Energy Options, a division of Albireo Energy, announced that it has received Schneider Electric’s 2014 Elite Partner Award. Schneider recognizes its top representatives with the Elite Partner Award each year, and 2014 marks the sixth consecutive year Energy Options has achieved the designation.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) has announced $30 million in funding for 14 new projects aimed at creating highly efficient and scalable dry-cooling technologies for thermoelectric power plants.

The nonresidential construction sector continues to grow at a solid pace, reflecting 18 months of improving activity despite rising costs of construction materials and labor and a slight decline in regional economies where most construction activity is taking place, according to the FMI Nonresidential Construction Index (NRCI) report for Q2 2015.

The Resolute Fund III L.P., a private equity fund managed by The Jordan Co., announced that it has acquired DiversiTech Corp. in partnership with the existing management team from the company’s shareholder group, led by longtime chairman, Charles Lipman.

Transformative Wave announced that the Canadian Intellectual Property Office has issued patent approval on the company’s CATALYST technology, marking the fourth overall patent for the product. The CATALYST is an energy efficiency solution for existing commercial constant volume HVAC systems.

The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and the Mechanical Service Contractors of America (MSCA) have revised their Model NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Program for Service to make its contents consistent with recent revisions to the NFPA Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace (NFPA 70E - 2015).

Hypertherm announced it is reinforcing its commitment to welding schools and training programs by making all 10 hours of its American Welding Society (AWS) SENSE approved curriculum available for free download to instructors. At the same time, the company is launching a new educational grant program.

The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) has announced that results from its National Awareness of Energy Star® survey for 2014 shows continued growing strength for the Energy Star brand. In 2014, 89 percent of households recognized the Energy Star label when it was shown to them.

The Air Conditioning Contractors of America Educational Institute (ACCA-EI) Standards Task Team (STT) has announced an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) public review period for its BSR/ACCA 14 QMref -201x, “Quality Maintenance of Commercial Refrigeration Systems” as a new industry standard.

EnerNOC Inc. announced that Weis Markets, a Mid-Atlantic food retailer, has expanded deployment of EnerNOC’s energy intelligence software across its entire chain of 163 supermarkets located in Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.