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F.W. Webb Co., a major Northeast distributor of plumbing, HVAC, refrigeration, pipes, valves and fittings, and more, has announced the acquisition of Watertown Supply, Watertown, Massachusetts.

Honeywell and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that they are working together to deepen facility sustainability by integrating USGBC’s new LEED® Dynamic Plaque™, a near-real-time monitoring tool, with integrated building automation technology from Honeywell.

Alfa Laval announced that intends to consolidate the European manufacturing footprint of its air heat exchangers for refrigeration applications to existing manufacturing sites in Italy, Poland, and Finland. The intention is to close its site in Groningen, the Netherlands, by September 2015.

UTC Building & Industrial Systems, which manufactures products under the Carrier, Bryant, Payne, and ICP brand names, has announced a price increase of up to 5 percent on residential and commercial HVAC equipment. It will be implemented over the next 60 days.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new resource, the Better Buildings Residential Program Solution Center, to share proven methods for reducing energy waste in residential buildings. 

NIBE, which acquired a 10 percent interest in the company in November 2011, announced that it has acquired the remaining 90 percent of North American geothermal heat pump manufacturer Enertech Global LLC.

The global home energy management systems (HEMS) market is expected to exceed $2 billion by 2020, according to a new study by Grand View Research. Owing to increasing energy cost coupled with growing environmental concerns, energy management has emerged as a priority, which is expected to fuel the HEMS market. 

The election of new leadership and approval of a restructuring plan with an emphasis on training were highlights of the InsideIQ Building Automation Alliance Fall Meeting. The alliance is an international organization comprised of independent building automation contractors.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that it will allow Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) users to register projects under the LEED 2009 rating system until Oct. 31, 2016. The original date for LEED 2009 registration to close was June 15, 2015.

The Building Performance Institute Inc. (BPI) has announced that BPI-1200-S-201x: Standard for Basic Analysis of Buildings is now available for public comment. The standard is open for comment through Dec. 15, 2014.