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During an executive committee meeting at the Heating, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration Distributors International (HARDI) Annual Conference, members of the committee promoted Talbot Gee to CEO of HARDI.

Concerns about increasing energy costs are driving many organizations to look to their existing building stock for ways to reduce operating costs, notes Navigant Research. Corporate and government efforts to manage assets in a more strategic manner have produced global market opportunities for energy efficiency.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the launch of its Energy Star Home Advisor, an online tool designed to help Americans save energy and money by improving the energy efficiency of their homes through recommended, customized and prioritized home-improvement projects.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded green investments are helping federal buildings use less energy, even during harsh winters.

With the winter months upon us, Mastery Technologies has released a new training course to help workers learn to stay safe when working outside in winter weather. This course has been added to Mastery’s library, which includes a number of other winter-related training courses.

Florida Cooling Supply and Dependable Air Supply were honored by International Comfort Products (ICP) as the Comfortmaker® distributors of the year. ICP is a part of UTC Building & Industrial Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp.

Tecumseh Products Co. has announced a new sales and marketing structure as part of its growth strategy in Brazil and Latin America. The new team is charged with introducing the company’s latest generation of hermetic compressors and condensing units and leading customers through pending refrigerant and energy efficiency changes.

Kenneth D. Goodrich, an HVAC entrepreneur and CEO of Goettl Air Conditioning, Sonoran Air Conditioning, Honeybee Air Conditioning Experts, and The Sunny Plumber, announced that two Army veterans would be the first beneficiaries of the scholarship endowment he started at the College of Southern Nevada (CSN).

McKinstry, a design-build-operate-and-maintain firm, and Sabey Data Centers, a leading owner, developer, and operator of data center properties, have partnered to develop a product called the Mobile Commissioning Assistant for data center owners, allowing them to simulate actual operating conditions prior to installing servers.

Guidance to help ensure that homes are energy efficient and have good indoor environmental quality will be featured in several Technical Program sessions at the 2015 ASHRAE Winter Conference, Jan. 24-28, in Chicago.