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PetersenDean has announced that its Solar4America campaign will begin offering electricity to consumers nationwide at under six cents per kilowatt hour. The program has already been launched in Arizona and California and will roll out to Texas in October, with four other states to follow in the first quarter of 2015.

The ZigBee Alliance has announced the ratification of the ZigBee Remote Control 2.0 standard for smart home remote control using fast, reliable radio frequency technology.

On the heels of recording its strongest pace of growth since 2007, there continues to be a high level of demand for design services signaled in the latest Architecture Billings Index (ABI). A leading economic indicator of construction activity, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported the August ABI score was 53.

Johnson Controls has announced that it plans to divest its Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) business. The company said the action reflects its previously stated intention to invest in businesses that are core to its long-term growth strategy and multi-industrial portfolio.

Ray McKenzie and Mac Chaney of Dothan and Madison, Alabama, have developed a new compressor that they claim has the potential to revolutionize the HVAC and refrigeration industries. The unit is said to be up to 50 percent more efficient than conventional equipment, and is also small, lightweight, and quiet.

The market for building energy management systems (BEMS) for small and medium-sized commercial buildings is expanding as building owners and managers demand more energy savings and easier ways to manage energy use in their facilities, notes Navigant Research.

Aire Serv® of North Dallas Metroplex owners, Neal and Rhea DiSanti, earned the Aire Serv Franchisee of the Year and Top Gun awards and team member Cynthia Paulson was awarded Office Professional of the Year at The Dwyer Group® International Conference held in Orlando, Florida.

ExecRank has selected Terry Johnston, executive vice president and president and chief operating officer for Lennox International’s North America Commercial Heating & Cooling business as a Top Chief Operating Officer for 2014. 

Less than one year after opening its Anaheim, California, location, AC Pro (formerly MSI HVAC), a wholesale supplier in Southern California and Nevada, has announced the addition of a new location in Riverside, California.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a ruling that establishes the 2013 standard as the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes.